| Committee expresses faith in Goodwill financesAfter partnering for progress in 2007, with no plan to seek financing from the government and depending on goodwill for financing,Air Max 90 Essential White And Black, the road to Guy-expo 2009 began yesterday with the unveiling of the theme “Promoting business in a low carbon environment.”Slated for staging over a six-day period from September 24 at the Sophia Exhibition Site, Tourism and Commerce Minister, Manniram Prashad, says international and regional interest is at an all time high. He said, “Even before this launch, about 70 percent of the booths have already been taken up and some want more space too.”Guy expo co chairman Deryck Cummings and Minister Manniram Prashad at the unveiling of Guyexpo theme. Explaining the aim to ensure every sector and strata of society is appraised and educated on the national strategy,Air Max 90 Black And White Mens, Minister Prashad said Guyana is focussed on climate change and the low carbon initiative because most local businesses are located on the coast and with rising sea levels they prone to flooding etc.He said that in the tourism light,Air Max 97 For Sale Cheap, it is important that the rainforest be preserved via the low carbon initiative, hence the focus on the two areas in the theme.This year, he is sure that the expo will feature high level contingents from the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and other Caribbean countries.“From all the responses that we’ve been getting we expect wider international participation not only from the Caribbean, India and China but also from Singapore, Argentina, Chile and Columbia and of course the Brazilians will be sending a large contingent.”He also said that the Surinamese will be well represented. However,Wholesale Baseball Jerseys 2018, he made it clear that “this is not just a show to party; it’s a show to promote local products.”Like committee co-chairman,Nike Air Max 1 Ultra Flyknit Womens, Deryck Cummings, the Minister is optimistic that attendance and participation this year could surpass the acclaim of the 2007 exposition.Cummings said that the theme should be seen in the context of Guyana as a developing country being faced with the current global economic crises devising strategies to stave off adverse effects.He says that Guyana has assessed its unique strengths as a vulnerable small state, determined how it can be transformed into marketable product and through its application of innovative strategies is working to attract international attention and endorsements. This, he says, can lead to significant economic gains and as such Guyana boldly unveiled the low carbon development strategy.With much interest generated and an abundance of inquiries from senior Caribbean heads, Minister Prashad has said the committee decided to launch Guy-Expo before the Heads of Government meeting in Guyana.On September 23,Argentina World Cup T-Shirts, there will be a business seminar organised jointly with GO-INVEST to advise on ways to do business in Guyana.Reflecting on successes of eth expo, the minister said Barbados’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mia Mottley and a team of 25 participated and worked to develop joint ventures which have been maintained.At the launching, yesterday, in the Ministry’s boardroom, the Minister introduced the expo planning committee. They included Co-chairman Deryck Cummings; Co-ordinator Ronald Doorgen; Aavlon Jagnandan; Chairman of the Finance Committee, Desmond Mohamed; and Cultural Shows Co-ordinator, Lennox Canterbury.He said that security will be at an all time high to make the event an incident free one. Final details are being worked out for ingress and egress to the exhibition centre.The Minister noted that the airlines are also involved and if necessary they are willing to put on extra flights.He also said that his team will engage the residents of Lamaha Gardens to workout arrangements to the benefit of the organizers and the residents.Thus far he says arrangements are being made to ensure that the residents are issued free tickets to the event and that most of them are happy as the event is being held in the interest of the development of the country.Because Guyana hosted CAIFESTA there was no Guy-expo in 2008. |
