The Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) recently hosted
a meeting for an EU programme that's intended to strengthen
Caribbean OCT governments' abilities to service their
countries' business sectors.
COSME, which stands for Caribbean OCTs Small and Medium
Enterprises, was hosted on Tuesday, 4 November, at the Westin
Casuarina Resort. DCI Director Ryan Rajkumarsingh said the
programme's overall objective is to contribute to the
sustainable and climate-resistant economic diversification and
prosperity of the Caribbean OCTs, by improving the competitiveness
of their small and medium enterprises.
COSME steering committee members from the 12 Caribbean Overseas
Countries and Territories – Cayman, Anguilla, BVI,
Montserrat, Turks and Caicos, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St
Eustatius, St Maarten, and St Barthelemy – attended the
meeting in Cayman, which built on progress made in early October
during a meeting held in St Maarten.
