services sector
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Creative mechanisms required to make service providers competitive – CARICOM Ambassador
… there is need for us to turn the market access opportunities provided under the CSME, the OECS Economic Union and the EPA into market presence and penetration. The challenge here is that many of our service providers are small micro enterprises that have significant internal capacity constraints. The recommendations and Action Plan emanating from this Symposium should also address…
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Unlock the youth potential – Services Sector stakeholders urged
Our youth have fresh perspectives, the energy and the willingness to learn and all that is needed to unlock their potential, is the chance to do so, from the people who have the power to provide opportunities. We need to highlight all professions, and showcase their importance to the development of the region, rather than tell our youth that in…
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Services Sector critical to Region’s survival – Antigua/Barbuda’s Trade, Industry Minister
Stakeholders in the Region’s Services Sector who have gathered in Antigua and Barbuda for a development symposium have been warned that the Region’s very survival was linked to the performance of the sector and their efforts to make it succeed. Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Trade, Industry, Sports and Culture Chet Greene told the Symposium’s Opening Ceremony, Monday, that Services…
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Seeking growth in Services: Stakeholders open symposium Monday
A wide cross section of stakeholders in the Region’s services sector began a three day symposium in Antigua and Barbuda Monday, aimed at developing strategies and action plans to boost investment, output, employment and trade in the sector. The event will focus on increasing business in several priority areas including: Professional Services Information and Communication technologies (ICT) Financial Services Health…
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Region to target growth opportunities in Services Sector
Stakeholders in the Services Sector across the Region will seek to develop Regional Strategies and Action Plans to boost investment, output, employment and trade in the sector when they meet at a Regional Symposium in Antigua and Barbuda, 17 – 19 October, 2016. The event, which will bring together public and private sector representatives from CARICOM/CARIFORUM Member States will focus…
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