The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) is proud to officially launch National Services Week 2026, a first-of-its-kind national platform dedicated to elevating the role of services as a central pillar of economic growth, innovation, and export expansion in Trinidad and Tobago. The inaugural week of activities will take place from September 6th to 12th, 2026, in Port of Spain.
Under the theme “Mapping Growth Beyond Energy | 50/50 by 2030,” National Services Week represents more than a calendar event. It is a strategic national signal that Trinidad and Tobago is ready to deepen its commitment to services as a driver of diversification, competitiveness, and global opportunity.
For decades, the services sector has quietly powered the economy, contributing approximately 60 percent of national GDP and supporting the vast majority of the workforce across industries such as ICT, professional services, finance, tourism, engineering, education, logistics, creative industries, and energy services. Yet despite its scale and resilience, the sector’s full export potential remains significantly underleveraged.
National Services Week is designed to change that.
Throughout the week, TTCSI will convene service providers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, investors, regulators, educators, international partners, and business support organizations for a series of high-impact conversations, workshops, networking engagements, sector spotlights, and strategic dialogues focused on unlocking new growth pathways.
The platform will explore how Trinidad and Tobago can better position its talent, expertise, and service capabilities in regional and global markets, while also strengthening domestic ecosystems that enable innovation, scale, and market access.
This initiative directly supports the national aspiration of achieving a 50/50 balance between energy and non-energy export earnings by 2030, placing services at the heart of the country’s next chapter of economic transformation.
According to international trade data, global services exports now exceed US$7 trillion annually, continuing to outpace growth in merchandise trade. For Trinidad and Tobago, this presents a clear strategic opportunity: to convert local expertise into globally competitive services exports, foreign exchange earnings, and sustainable jobs.
Speaking on the launch, TTCSI emphasized that National Services Week is intended to become the country’s flagship annual platform for the services economy, creating structured visibility for the sector while fostering collaboration among stakeholders who are shaping the future of Trinidad and Tobago.
This is not only about celebrating the sector. It is about organizing it for scale.
It is about creating stronger coordination between public and private sector institutions, building export-ready firms, improving policy alignment, increasing investment readiness, and ensuring that Trinidad and Tobago’s services ecosystem is globally recognized for excellence.
From MSMEs and startups to established firms and professional associations, National Services Week creates a national stage for the country’s service innovators, consultants, engineers, creatives, educators, digital entrepreneurs, and solution providers to showcase capability and forge new partnerships.
As TTCSI continues to champion services-led growth, this launch marks the beginning of a much larger national movement.
The future of Trinidad and Tobago’s economy will not be built by goods alone. It will be powered by ideas, expertise, innovation, and services that can compete anywhere in the world.
National Services Week 2026 is where that future begins.
Save the date: September 6th to 12th, 2026.
