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Jobs, ferry envoys' mission
by TREVOR YEARWOOD
Posted: Nov 4, 2009 10:16 UTC
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BRIDGETOWN - More seasonal jobs for Barbadians and a proposed ferry service to link the island to Latin America are among subjects being considered by Barbados' diplomatic network.
The two issues were raised on Monday during a videoconference connecting Barbadian diplomats in several countries with members of the sub-committee of the Council for Investment, Exports, Foreign Exchange and the Diaspora (CIEX) gathered at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Barbados.
Caracas-based ambassador Major Charles Brathwaite said Venezuelan investors had expressed an interest in building a marina here as well as in having a ferry service linking Barbados and Latin American countries.
A portfolio on the proposals is being put together and Government is to check out the bona fides of the potential investors, he reported.
Consul General in Miami, Colin Mayers, said his office was trying to get more seasonal work in the United States for Barbadians.
Prime Minister David Thompson, in a Press briefing afterwards, noted that the United States and Canadian farm labour programmes had for years been a source of employment for Barbadians.
However, he pointed out: "Barbadians are not as enamoured of the farm labour scheme as they used to be . . . .
"If people are not pursuing agriculture here, they are not going to want to go and pursue it elsewhere, certainly not unless you have modern greenhouses and other agricultural practices that would be consistent with that [development]."
Thompson said Government had hired a consultant to tackle a wide area of employment possibilities, including cruise ships and hospitals, which would be "consistent with what young people would like to do".
During the videoconference, the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Maxine McClean, and several other Cabinet ministers heard a list of projects or ideas getting the attention of the diplomatic houses.
These included closer cultural, tourism and investment ties with Caribbean people living abroad, improving airlift to Barbados and the global effort to reduce carbon emissions.
Barbados' missions in Miami, New York, Toronto, London, Venezuela, Brussels, Geneva and Ottawa were involved in the morning link-up.
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