Last Updated on November 29, 2019, 3:33 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The member of Caribbean Export Board for St Kitts and Nevis, Jasemin Weekes has said that the Board is focused on sustainable development for the twin Island Federation and the wider Caribbean.
This announcement was made by Weekes during an opening ceremony of regional seminar for Facilitating Investment in SDG Projects at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort on Thursday.
The Caribbean Export Board aim to attain sustainable development through areas such as “investment, export promotion, trade development and policy advocacy,” Weekes highlighted.
Further Weekes said that it is to be realised through “the creation of decent jobs and the attraction and retention of businesses that support our goal to improve the lives of the people of our Federation.”
The member thus emphasized that the work of St Kitts-Nevis government, in collaboration with the Caribbean Export Board, is to emphasise its attention on the “attainment of gender equality, industry innovation, decent work and economic growth and infrastructure, climate action and partnerships.”
Using gender equality to highlight development in St. Kitts-Nevis Weekes said that “in March 2018, Caribbean Exports launched the We Export programme with a focus on improving access to finance for women entrepreneurs” within the CARIFORUM subgrouping.
“This programme…allowed for this provision to support 20 women-owned businesses within CARIFORUM with the aim of improving their export development and competitiveness.”
CARIFORUM, of which St. Kitts and Nevis is a member, refers to the Body comprising Caribbean ACP States which are signatories of the Georgetown Agreement.
This Agreement was signed in 1975, and it created the African, Caribbean and Pacific cluster of States (ACP).
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