The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade held its first CARICOM Expo today in Belize City to celebrate when Belize first joined CARICOM, half a century ago. They had 15 booths on display at the SJC gym and here's what they had to showcase at the expo.
Janina Choj, Foreign Trade Economist, Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
"So Today Belize is proudly celebrating it's 51 years of journey through CARICOM which stands for the Caribbean community, Belize joined CARICOM on May 1st 1974 and today its' not just a celebration that happens yearly but what we are doing is we are putting light to the work that takes place everyday. Presently we have the ministry's as well as the regional institutions present showcasing the work that takes place everyday, how they align with member states in the Caribbean community to ensure regional unity, cooperation and progress."
"So this morning we have 15 booths present and the whole gist of it's is for them to be able to share with students, we have invited, high school, primary as well and tertiary institutions students and to share with them the work that is being done and the regional initiatives carried on a daily basis, for example we have immigration department, they take care of the CARICOM skills certificates the application process, what is needed and we have the ministry of foreign affairs and foreign trade which deals with diplomatic issues as well as the goods that move around the region, we have sustainable development, we have the regional institutions like CARDI, the 5C's showing their work and their presence in Belize."
Yorshabell Cattouse, Manager Membership Department, Belize Chamber Of Commerce
"So the Belize Chamber Of Commerce an industry is an association body an association body of businesses, business owners, employers and so what we have at our booth today is information as to how business owners can become members so we are hoping to have visitors that own businesses and maybe they havent joined the chamber yet, what we do is we offer support to businesses, in terms of capacitating them and connecting them to business opportunities, this is a CARICOM expo so we do that kind of connection, we are members of Caribbean chamber that is an association of other chambers in the Caribbean so they also have members and so our members can connect with them for business."
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