The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) are working to help local businesses to secure financial, technical and marketing support available to enhance their competitive capacity on the regional and international markets.
Senior Vice President of the GCCI Lance Hinds and Go-Invest official Euchena Gibson announced at a media briefing on Wednesday that the collaborative initiative by the two agencies will target business support opportunities such as that being offered by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Carib Export). In April last year, Carib Export secured more than €32 million from the European Union (EU) to support the development of the private sector in Cariforum member countries.
The announcement comes in the wake of local private sector entities missing out on opportunities being offered by Carib Export to businesses in the region, to secure potentially lucrative marketing opportunities for