Ryan Ba­choo

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce (TTCIC) has an­nounced three new com­mit­tees in its con­tin­ued role to rep­re­sent the busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty while al­so con­tribut­ing rec­om­men­da­tions and ad­vo­cat­ing for de­vel­op­ment strate­gies in the best in­ter­est of our na­tion­al econ­o­my.

The com­mit­tees in­clude:

• The Or­ange Econ­o­my Com­mit­tee

• The Food Se­cu­ri­ty, Agri­cul­ture and Fish­eries Com­mit­tee and

• The Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal and Well­ness Com­mit­tee

The Or­ange Econ­o­my spans sec­tors such as film, mu­sic, de­sign, and soft­ware, dri­ving growth via job cre­ation, in­no­va­tion, di­ver­si­fi­ca­tion, ex­ports, and ur­ban re­vi­tal­iza­tion. It aims to pro­mote and sup­port the growth of the or­ange in­dus­try in Trinidad and To­ba­go, while al­so pro­mot­ing eco­nom­ic di­ver­si­fi­ca­tion and re­duc­ing de­pen­den­cy on oil and gas.

The Food Se­cu­ri­ty, Agri­cul­ture and Fish­eries Com­mit­tee’s aim is to com­bat food in­se­cu­ri­ty, im­prove nu­tri­tion, and make farm­ing more sus­tain­able. Its goal is to part­ner with busi­ness­es to in­vest re­spon­si­bly for pos­i­tive changes in our food sys­tem, while stress­ing mind­ful con­sump­tion and pro­duc­tion.

The Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal and Well­ness Com­mit­tee will mon­i­tor health­care trends, pro­vide in­dus­try guid­ance, em­pow­er mem­bers through knowl­edge en­hance­ment, ad­vo­cate for re­forms that ad­dress op­er­a­tional chal­lenges, fos­ter pa­tient-cen­tric ap­proach­es, and as­sess per­for­mance against bench­marks.

Pres­i­dent of TTCIC, Ms. Ki­ran Ma­haraj ex­plained, “These sec­tors are in­creas­ing­ly sig­nif­i­cant and re­quire at­ten­tion and ded­i­ca­tion if we are to un­leash their full po­ten­tial. A struc­tured and strate­gic ap­proach that is well co­or­di­nat­ed among stake­hold­ers will al­low for bet­ter suc­cess.