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TTBizLinK
Over one thousand
businesses and individuals
are active users
Tobago Development
83.
Government, through the Tobago House of Assembly, continued facilitating
business and industry development and promoted diversification of the Tobago economy
through the following projects:
Business Incubator Programme
Enterprise Development Company of Tobago
Enterprise Assistance Grant Programme
Investment Promotion
84.
The sum of $8 million was expended in fiscal 2013 for the promotion of
investment by invesTT with the goals of improving the investment environment,
marketing Trinidad and Tobago to investors and facilitating the investment and
reinvestment processes. Activities in fiscal 2013 included:
Update of invesTT website
Hosting of the Caribbean Investment Forum 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Port
of Spain from June 10
th
to 11
th
.
Participation in the Trade and Investment Convention 2013 in Port of Spain
and Trade Americas Expo in Miami, Florida from June 20-21 2013
Production of promotional material including investment guide, teasers for
the new targeted sector – Agribusiness and a revised version of the DVD
“
This is where I want to be”
85.
Under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) as part of the agreement
between Government and the European Commission a $6 million allocation was utilised
to enable the development of competitive businesses in Trinidad and Tobago. Projects
contributed to the upgrade of the Single Electronic Window for Trade and Business
Facilitation, including the development of electronic export permits and enhancement of
the e-company registry.
86.
During Fiscal 2013, the Ministry of Trade,
Industry and Investment as part of the establishment of
the Single Electronic Window for business and trade
facilitation, continued its roll out of e-services on
TTBizLink. TTBizLink now offers twenty-one (21)
different e-government services with interconnectivity to
more than a dozen Government departments and as at 31
August 2013, over one thousand (1000) businesses and individuals were active users of
TTBizLinK. Services provided on the continued roll out of the initiative included:
