Business View Caribbean | February 2021

26 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN FEBRUARY 2021 product is flawless and will achieve the goal of easing the process of doing business in Trinidad and Tobago. • Commencing the initial stages of the manpower plan is a priority. Through consultation, the baseline data has to be confirmed and the gaps understood in order to ensure that by 2022 the plan can be successfully developed. • Starting the roll out of the competitiveness and innovation programme with the EU is also a high priority, as economic transformation through diversification away from oil and gas is a top agenda item for Trinidad and Tobago’s government. For more information on the Ministry of Planning and Development’s initiatives, visit: www.planning.gov.tt www.tcpd.gov.tt www.developtt.gov.tt and Tobago’s capital city in culture and arts, spatial planning, design, renewable energy, digitisation and technology, as well as tourism and residential capacity. This was launched in November 2020 and funding via the PSIP has been allocated for the enhancement of the Port of Spain General Hospital, various tourism projects, the UNESCO City of Music initiative of which Port of Spain has been designated and more. • The automated construction permitting system called DevelopTT was piloted in Port of Spain, which is the North Regional Planning Region and environs in March of 2020. In 2021, the Planning and Development Ministry will continue the implementation in the South Regional Office, the East Regional Office and the Tobago Regional Office until coverage of the entire island is achieved. However, the priority for 2021 still remains using the feedback from users as part of the project to ensure the Port of Spain, looking North-West.