MIAMI –The World Commerce Facilities in Georgetown Guyana, and Miami Florida on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which paves the way in which for advancing the pursuits of small and medium dimension enterprises to benefit from commerce and funding alternatives, together with participation by Guyanese enterprises within the annual worldwide Meals and Beverage Present of the Americas, to be held later this yr in Miami.
At a easy signing ceremony at WTC’s Miami workplace the place the MOU was inked by president and chief government officer of WTC Miami, Ivan Barrios and WTC Georgetown government director Wesley Kirton, the 2 organizations outlined the scope of their meant collaboration to incorporate market intelligence and analysis; help for enterprise to enterprise networking; commerce coverage info sharing; improvement of methods for mutual market entry for services; coaching and capability constructing; and the alternate of commerce and funding missions.
In delivering digital remarks, Chairman of Demerara Distillers Ltd., Komal Samaroo, who can be chairman of WTC Georgetown, mentioned the World Commerce Middle in Guyana has a “crucial” function to play in selling commerce with Guyanese companies and the remainder of the world.
“So I imagine our two world commerce facilities working collectively can additional improve and improve the extent of commerce that takes place now between Guyana and the US and significantly at the moment as international locations look extra at their meals safety, provide chain, on shoring, nearing shoring and all these changes which can be going down,” Samaroo mentioned.
He added that the Meals and Beverage Present of the Americas is of explicit curiosity to Guyana as a number of reliable small and medium dimension meals producers search abroad markets.
Meals and Beverage Present of the Americas
Miami’s WTC chief government Ivan Barrios introduced that ensuing from the MOU, a bunch of small Guyanese meals producers who won’t be able to exhibit might take part on this yr’s present freed from value thereby benefitting from the networking alternatives in addition to conferences and the convention part of the occasion. These producers must fulfill sure situations together with advice by WTC Georgetown.
Barrios additionally suggested that there will probably be a kitchen on the present to facilitate how merchandise are used to arrange numerous dishes and that Guyana is welcome to have a chef take part to display how particular Guyanese dishes are ready.
Vice President of World Commerce Middle, Miami, Alicia Ancona welcomed Guyana’s participation within the occasion, whether or not its Guyanese companies exhibiting their merchandise or simply visiting to community.
“That’s one thing that we work with international locations that haven’t but been on the present. We encourage them to go to. We meet with them beforehand; we do excursions beforehand… to have the chance to fulfill with potential companions as they discover both getting into the US market or exporting globally,” Ancona mentioned.
In thanking WTC Miami for working with WTC Georgetown on the MOU and its eventual signing, government director Wesley Kirton described the MOU as “offering a platform for mutually helpful strategic initiatives which might profit micro, small and medium dimension enterprises. We should guarantee we maximize the potential of this new relationship.”
WTC Georgetown will organize an outreach to meals and beverage producers in Guyana to additional sensitize them in regards to the Food and Beverage Show and Conference of the Americas which will probably be held on the Miami Seashore Conference Middle, September 16-18. This occasion will entice greater than 600 exhibitors and consumers from over 50 international locations.
