(b)
Establishing a framework for engagement and partnership with the private sector.
Unleash Key Economic Growth Drivers viz,
(a)
Creative, Manufacturing and Services Industries - with an emphasis on Tourism
Services in the immediate term (initiatives recommended by the CARICOM
Commission on the Economy). Also this strategy will build on the preparation of
strategic plans for the following service industry sectors: Tourism Services,
Financial Services, ICT Services, Professional Services, Construction Services,
Education Services, Health and Wellness Services and Cultural, Entertainment
and Sporting Services;
(b)
Leveraging the regional integration arrangements to develop resource-based
(natural resource and value added) products and promote production integration;
(c)
Agriculture (Food and Nutrition Security and Export Development) – positioning
the regional agricultural and fisheries sector as one economic space for growth
and export development and enable food and nutrition security taking in account
existing strategies to remove key binding constraints and to deliver on the
Common Agriculture Policy, the Regional Food and Nutrition Policy, the Common
Fisheries Policy viz,
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i.
Establishing a system of regional indicators for Agriculture targeted at
reducing the food import bill within specified time frames. Select
commodities based on their potential competitiveness and contribution to
import substitution, exports, alleviation of food security risks, production
integration, and increased contribution to economic development and
GDP;
ii.
Advancing initiatives for exports through promoting an enabling
environment in Member States for attracting investment in small and large
scale agri-food initiatives, while encouraging entrepreneurship among
youth, women and small farmers (linked to building Social Resilience);
iii.
Developing a fully integrated and harmonized Regional Agricultural Health
and Food Safety System;
iv.
Advancing initiatives for sustainable expansion and intensification of fish
production through responsible aquaculture development in both coastal
waters and inland, particularly in the countries with large land masses and