Honourable Guy Joseph, Minister for Economic Development, Housing, Urban Renewal, Transport and Civil Aviation launched Saint Lucia’s Social and Economic Labs on the 2nd November 2018. The lab methodology is a new approach which the government is undertaking to develop and deliver on the Medium Term Development Strategy (MTDS) for 2019-2022, with the aim to achieve an inclusive and sustainable Saint Lucia by 2022.
The process began in April 2018, when Saint Lucia’s Cabinet and senior officials from the public service, together with representatives from the private sector, prioritised six (6) Key Results Areas (KRAs) to focus on. The six KRAs comprise three (3) Economic KRAs, which are Tourism, Agriculture and Infrastructure, and three (3) Social KRAs, which are Healthcare, Education and Crime. Collectively, these sectors represent some of the most important areas that impact the lives of every Saint Lucian.
The Department of Economic Development, Transport and Civil Aviation is the lead sponsor for the labs, and the Government of Saint Lucia is fully committed to the labs.
Phase 1 of this process is the lab phase, which will take place from 20 November to 14 December. During this phase, the labs will identify issues and opportunities, prioritise solutions and develop detailed implementation plans for execution over the next four years. The labs will involve participation of all key stakeholders from the public and private sectors, and the output of the labs will be detailed implementation programmes as well as budget requirements to run the projects and initiatives identified, in order to achieve the aims of the Medium Term Development Strategy (MTDS) 2019-2022.
As part of the labs, the Government of Saint Lucia is putting out a call for projects under the Economic Key Results Areas of Tourism and Agriculture.
The project areas under the Tourism KRA are as follows:
- International hotel brands interested in investing in St Lucia
- Cruise operators looking to make St Lucia a home port
- Health and Wellness Tourism
- Village Tourism
- Eco Tourism
The project areas under the Agriculture KRA are as follows:
- Production of foods as a means of import substitution
- Food processing projects
- Production of high value, high yield crops that encourage crop diversification
- Production of staple crops
Interested parties should submit the form attached (Page 1-2) by 4.30 pm on Friday, 9th November 2018 to economicdevelopment@govt.lc.
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