The National Development Foundation of Dominica Ltd (NDFD) engaged in a Service Contract with the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica through the National Authorizing Office for the European Development Fund to implement a Capacity Building Project for Dominica Manufacturer’s Association-Agro Processors.
The overall objective of the project was to continue to provide support along the value chain by equipping agro-processors around the country with necessary knowledge, skills and tools in the areas of customer service, financial education, marketing and record keeping. With improved capacity the agro-processors will be better able to achieving sustainability through their enterprises and thereby improving their export readiness abilities and competencies.
This Capacity Building Project was funded under the Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM) and was implemented during the period of February 24th to March 17th 2016. The sessions were held at the NDFD Conference Room, Roseau Dominica.
The information disseminated was well received by all the agro-processors who attended. They were very grateful that they were identified to participate and attend these capacity building sessions. They are looking forward to work with all the necessary stakeholders to continue to receive business advisory, financial support and entering the export market.
One participant of the training was Graceson John the proprietor of Big G’s Sauces located in Delices. He expressed “I found this initiative quite beneficial for a business like mine since the knowledge on the various topics were very informative.” He also noted “I am additionally grateful for the follow up work that NDFD is doing in order to get us ready for where we plan to be. The Business Support Department is doing valuable work in the areas of technical assistance, accounting and even marketing.”
Very Good Job by the NDFD and the European Union in building capacity for sustainable development of the Dominica and the Region by extension.
So really it is the EU paying for this. No problem with that but it seems we getting more help from Europe than from our own Caricom, that only cost us money so why don’t we join EU instead?