Budget Highlight: Strengthening Government/ Private Sector relations Government has welcomed the formation of the Dominica Business Forum, an advocacy group representative of the entire private sector. Government would like to see this body as a true partner in identifying and dialoguing on matters of development and economic growth. We want to reach the stage where government only has to focus on creating and improving the environment for private enterprise to flourish, so that they become the main drivers of economic growth. To this end, a committee of senior Government officials has been appointed to serve as the body which will engage the private sector in this partnership. In the first instance, the issues of concern to the Forum will determine the agenda for these meetings. It is intended that the engagement will be done on a regular basis and over time the agenda will be broadened to address issues of mutual concern. The focal point for the Forum is the Secretary to the Cabinet who will be the first point of contact for the Forum. In order that our enterprises address the challenge of achieving economies of scale due to their size, it is important that they begin to look outward to create networks and business models that capitalise on the benefits of the OECS Economic Union and the wider CARICOM. In that regard, the OECS Business Council is the ideal starting point. This Council has been established as the major advocate of the private sector in the OECS. Its principal focus is to place the sector on a more competitive footing, to capitalise on opportunities for investment and trade and to make policy proposals to governments to achieve these objectives. Government endorses the OECS Business Council, and encourages the private sector to embrace it as another instrument of advocacy at the regional level.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:53:13 +0000
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