(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – The Department of Commerce, International Trade, Investment, Enterprise Development and Consumer Affairs in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat and the Commonwealth Secretariat will be hosting stakeholder consultations with private sector and public sector representatives to discuss the proposed Draft Master Plan for Services in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
The roundtable discussions will be held at the Coco Palm, Rodney Bay – La Place Michel Conference Room from 8:30 am on Thursday July 26, 2018 for Private sector representatives and on Friday, July 27, 2018 for public sector representatives.
By way of background, CARICOM Member States and the government of the Dominican Republic in an effort to harness the growth potential of their Services sector have agreed to prepare regional strategies and implementation plans for the following seven sub-sectors: Financial Services, ICT Services, Professional Services, Health and Wellness Services, Cultural, Entertainment and Sporting Services, Tourism Services, Trade in Education Services. Sector-specific stakeholders from across the CARIFORUM region were consulted over the past two years and the draft regional proposals and Master Plan are now completed.
In an effort to build consensus on the proposals, funding has been secured through the Commonwealth Secretariat to host roundtable discussions with private and public sector stakeholders in Saint Lucia to facilitate awareness of the proposals and to provide further inputs to the draft proposals, before they are finalised for the consideration of the Governments.
Regional strategies outlined in the Draft Master plan also correspond to Saint Lucia’s own National Services policy which was adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers in November 2017.
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