Consistent with the pronouncements made by the new political administration regarding a role for overseas-based Guyanese in the building of the country’s economy, Stabroek Business has been informed that an imminent public/private sector economic forum is likely to see participation from Guyanese in the a diaspora.
Newly elected Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Major General (rtd) Norman McLean disclosed during an interview with this newspaper last week that the PSC had begun to work towards the planning and execution of the forum, an undertaking that it had embraced during a recent meeting that had included President David Granger.
While McLean said he was not in a position to provide full details of the planned forum at this time, he said that it was likely that the event could take place in September. The retired Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff told this newspaper that at the recent meeting with government officials the PSC had been mandated to plan the forum. He said that among the outcomes towards which the forum was working was the creation of “a viable economic plan for
