De­vel­op­ment op­por­tu­ni­ties and dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion were among the top­ics of dis­cus­sion when Min­is­ter of For­eign and CARI­COM Af­fairs, Sen­a­tor Dr Amery Browne, met re­cent­ly with the new Coun­try Rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the In­ter-Amer­i­can De­vel­op­ment Bank (IDB) in Trinidad and To­ba­go, Ca­ri­na Cock­burn.

An of­fi­cial state­ment from the Min­istry of For­eign and CARI­COM Af­fairs re­ports that on Fri­day 6th Au­gust 2021, Ms Cock­burn met with Dr Browne in a vir­tu­al cour­tesy call, dur­ing which they dis­cussed op­por­tu­ni­ties for co­op­er­a­tion be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go and the IDB.

Ac­cord­ing to the state­ment, they “iden­ti­fied Dig­i­tal Trans­for­ma­tion, in ar­eas such as ed­u­ca­tion, health care, and na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty, as an im­por­tant dri­ver in the trans­for­ma­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go in the post-pan­dem­ic pe­ri­od.”

“Min­is­ter Browne and Ms. Cock­burn agreed to build on the ex­ist­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go and the IDB in pur­suit of Gov­ern­ment’s Vi­sion 2030 pri­or­i­ties for the de­vel­op­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go,” the re­lease stat­ed.