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promoting its programs to local individuals and companies through so- cial media,newspaper and radio ads,and public events in communities, schools,and churches,it also collaborates with other governmental and non-governmental agencies and organizations,especially those that reach out to students and others who are training for careers. “We have an EntrepreneurshipThrough Education program,where we help young persons of school age to understandwhat it means to be an entrepreneur,and,as a result,interest them in getting into busi- ness,”she explains.“We also have relationships with our local Polytech- nic and CommunityColleges,and the Universityof theWest Indies.We also have aMemorandumof Understanding (MOU) with the Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity (BIMAP),whichwas es- tablished years agowith the assistance of the BIDC,because of the identified need to have training available for the industrial sector.So, through BIMAP,we’re able to influence the training of persons involved in industry.” In order to promote its existing clients’products and services beyond Barbados,the BIDCparticipates in regional and international trade shows.“We’re preparing to go to Panama inMarch; we’re also going