Ladies and gentlemen, we often hear catchwords such as creativity, knowledge, innovation and technology being bandied about in the media by policy makers, businessmen, scientists, and technocrats.
This year’s topic “Services Driving Development†is truly relevant in light of the current world economic climate and indeed in terms of our own objectives for long term economic growth.
The establishment of the Office of the Special Ambassador for Trade and Industry is expected to lend strategic advantage to our diplomacy and our investment and trade promotion.
This National Services Week and the ones to follow in coming years will be critical in demonstrating that our confidence in the service providers of Trinidad and Tobago is in no way misplaced.
National Innovation Council Needed
We therefore see this services symposium as the first step towards reversing our history of poor implementation of regional decisions. At the end of this meeting we should leave not only understanding more about the needs of the regional service sector
