All posts by Cherise Catwell
Call for Expressions of Interest – The Caribbean Leadership Project
The Caribbean Leadership Project (CLP) is soliciting expressions of interest from suitably qualified consultants to serve as leadership development facilitators in its leadership development programme for senior public servants and leaders of key regional institutions. Expressions of interest must be submitted electronically by 16:00 hours (Eastern Time) on August 31, 2012. For further information please […]
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Automotive Art Entrepreneurship Competition Launched
Entrepreneurship, the pursuit of opportunity beyond the resources you currently control, is one of today’s hottest trending subjects across a wide variety of fields and forums. From new venture creation to social ventures, entrepreneurship has become a discipline in today’s world that is sought after by both global powerhouses and garage start-ups, and is an essential skill for […]
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InfoDev Initiative
The intention of the InfoDev Initiative was to meet with relevant stakeholders on several islands in order to understand the challenges facing women entrepreneurs, and specifically of those that are growth-oriented. Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica and St Vincent were included in the mission since they represent different sized islands and preliminary research indicated that in all of […]
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Services Scoop
Services Scoop is the pioneering trade magazine of the Caribbean. With the emphasis on ‘trade in services’, this magazine highlights the critical, yet underrated role the services sector plays in our economic development. Services Scoop explores how the region can better realize trade in services, seize regional and international opportunities, and highlights examples of success. […]
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CSI Announces Election of Citigroup’s Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr. to CSI Board Chairman
Washington, D.C. – The Coalition of Service Industries (CSI) announced today that Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr., Vice Chairman of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group, has been elected Chairman of CSI’s Board of Directors. Di Piazza succeeds William J. Toppeta, former President, MetLife International, who now serves as Senior Advisor at the Promontory Financial Group in New […]
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2012 Global Services Summit: The New Agenda
The 2012 Global Services Summit: The New Agenda will be held on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC. This year marks a critical turning point in the long effort to liberalize services trade and investment. A group of 20 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have begun discussions aimed at […]
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World Trade Report 2012
Regulatory measures for trade in goods and services raise new and pressing challenges for international cooperation in the 21st Century. The World Trade Report 2012 examines why governments use these non-tariff measures and to what extent such measures may distort international trade. View the entire report here.
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Developing Barbados’ Competitiveness in Export Services
When we think of the services sector in Barbados, the first thought usually for many is tourism. But, the fact is that services trade consists of over 120 sectors many of which are being traded here in Barbados and in the region; many of which are in varying stages of the ‘competitiveness life cycle.’ These […]
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