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Trinidad and Tobago Makes Presentation at the OAS on Preparations for 2014 Competitiveness Forum
February 25, 2014
Photo: OAS
The Organization of American States (OAS) today hosted a presentation by the Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development of Trinidad and Tobago, Bhoendradatt Tewarie, in his role as President Pro Tempore of the Inter-American Competitiveness Network for 2014, about the preparations for the VIII Americas Competitiveness Forum, which will be held in Port of Spain from October 8 to 10, 2014.
The meeting was opened by the Executive Secretary for Integral Development of the OAS, Sherry Tross, and featured the participation of the Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the OAS, Neil Parsan; Ines Bustillo, Director of the Washington Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); representatives from CAF, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC), the Compete Caribbean program, the Secretariat for Central American Integration System (SIECA) and the Technological University of Monterrey and the delegates of the countries that make up the RIAC Steering Committee: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, United States, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago.
The VIII Americas Competitiveness Forum 2014 has as its theme and central focus “The Human Imagination at Work: Driving Competitiveness, Powering Innovation.” Prior to the meeting, Minister Tewarie took part in a regular meeting of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development at OAS headquarters in Washington DC.
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