GCCI, CDB project aims at upgrading business support groups

Representatives of the art and craft, apiculture and agro-processing industries meeting with GCCI President Vishnu Doerga (seated, fourth right) and Immediate Past President and Executive Member Lance Hinds on Wednesday

On Wednesday, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) took an important step towards placing its resources at the disposal of small businesses and sister business support organisations, staging of a forum designed to determine how the chamber can work with them to determine their needs and how those can be satisfied.

The ability of the GCCI to reach out to deficient sectors derives from the significant steps it has taken in enhancing its profile at the domestic and external levels as an effective business support organisation, securing the attention of prominent regional and international organisations and, more recently, partnering with those organisations in the execution of projects designed to realise broader business growth in the country. Indeed, the GCCI has already secured a critical partnership with the Caribbean Development Bank aimed at enhancing the viability of local micro,