THE POSSIBILITIES ARE LIM[IT]LESS.

The landscape of Trinidad and Tobago's IT enabled services is about to reach new heights with the advent of the Global Services Promotions Programme championed by the Ministry of Planning and Development. "Diversification" is no longer a buzz word but a reality; the objective of the program is to promote exports and foreign direct investment in the IT enabled services industry in Trinidad and Tobago. 

The Global Services Promotion Programme and the Ministry of Planning and Development exhibited at the Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) from Thursday July 7th to Saturday July 9th, 2016. We took the opportunity to promote the IDB funded project 'Global Services Internationalisation Hub' (GSI Hub),  as well as collect a database of businesses that can potentially service the hub and members of the public who may benefit from the hub. 

The GSI Hub is located  at 25 Ramsaran Street , Chaguanas.

 Click here to view the GSI Hub Brochure

How can your business supply goods and services to the hub?

Contact Ms. Melissa Ramkumarsingh, Procurement Specialist. 

e: melissa.ramkumarsingh@planning.gov.tt

Areas of need include but are not limited to;

1) Goods: IT Equipment, Office Supplies, Sinage, Supply and maintenance of a Generator etc.

2) Works: Construction and Outfitting of Hub

3) Non-Consulting Services: Insurance, Security Services, Janitorial Services, Advertising Services, Catering Services, Website Hosting and Design etc. 

4)Consulting Services: Market research, Branding and Advertising Services, Curriculum Development, Research Services (IT Sector and Diaspora) 

5) Individual Consultants: Child Care Facilitator, Office Manager, Data Analyst etc. 

For students the hub offers everything you need for success

Centre for ITeS training and development, Transition-centre from tertiary to workforce, Employment Opportunities, Modern Work-space, Mentors and Coaches, Consulting and Support, Networking opportunities.

Email: GSPP@planning.gov.tt for more information on how you can be part of the GSI Hub.

Animation and Visual Effects Company, Second Floor Studios, displayed a showreel of their animations at our TIC 2016 booth

Visiting persons were able to enter their contact information and areas of interest into our data capture stations

Potential clients entering contact information into our data capture stations

Ms. Ramkumarsingh, Procurement Specialist and Ms, Ramlal, Financial Analyst; Global Services Procurement Programme speaks to an interested buyer at our booth

Game producers, Coded Arts, demonstrates their video game Char Sue Great Adventure, developed right here in Trinidad and Tobago

Nelson Island: Where History Comes Alive

Students board the Calypso Sprinter

Three hundred students from across Trinidad visited Nelson Island on Tuesday 22nd March, 2016 with the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago. Including, Mayaro Government Primary, Happy Hill Hindu Primary and Laventille Girls Government to name a few . This tour of the island intended to impart both knowledge and appreciation of our heritage to the students, their teachers and parents who were also in attendance. Filled with facts, anecdotes, and expert tour guides visitors began learning about the rich history of Nelson Island from the moment the ‘Calypso Sprinter’ set sail.

When the ship docked smiling faces disembarked onto Nelson Island, there history came alive as students and other visitors were treated to dramatizations by the ‘SR Ideal Theatre Production Company’ who reenacted the historic people who once inhabited Nelson Island. An Amerindian, enslaved Africans, an indentured labourer and Tubal Uriah ‘Buzz’ Butler were present in all their glory to elaborate on  their heritage, culture and what the island was like in their time. The most engaging dramatizations came from the “King Slave” (name derived from the enslaved Africans from nearby estates of “King Negroes”). Students gathered as the King Slave delivered a powerful monologue on freedom, in front the oldest standing roofed building in Trinidad built by enslaved Africans marked AD 1802. Chants of “freedom” could be heard throughout the island as the students made their way around to view other dramatizations.

An Amerindian climbs, swings and jumps from tree to tree

An enslaved African drumming as the King Slave delivers his monologue

The King Slave delivers a powerful monologue on freedom,

he looks up at the building seen below

The oldest roofed building in Trinidad, built by enslaved Africans in AD 1802

An Indentured Labourer quizzes students on foods brought from her homeland

A student admires the view from the Calypso Sprinter

Children gathered on Nelson Island after their tour for songs and games