ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada will host a three-day national Trade in Services Policy Advisory and Training Workshop that forms part of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) regional initiative on strengthening capacity for evidence-based policymaking and economic resilience in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
The Grenadian government, in collaboration with UNCTAD, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), will host the event on March 16-18.
The organisers said it aims to improve the availability, quality, and use of services trade data for policy design and implementation, and to strengthen Grenada’s analytical capacity to support economic diversification, particularly through creative services, ICT, and other modern service sectors.
The event will bring together senior policymakers, statisticians, private-sector representatives, creatives, ICT professionals, and academia.
The organisers said that UNCTAD experts will deliver targeted training on digital trade and servicification; creative services and intellectual property; international technical standards for services and quantitative services trade policy analysis.
Participants will also engage in structured group work to diagnose challenges, map value chains, identify market-access barriers, and design institutional solutions. Expected outputs include a creative sector value chain bottleneck map, a market access priority list, and draft Terms of Reference for a National Trade in Services Working Group. These will inform a forthcoming UNCTAD country advisory report.
On 18 March, UNCTAD will conduct follow-up interviews with additional national stakeholders to ensure comprehensive input into the advisory process.
“This workshop marks a significant step toward strengthening Grenada’s services sector and advancing its economic resilience strategy through data-driven policymaking,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
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