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Economic Revival Summit Dinner and Awards Ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Political Leader of the United Workers Party (UWP) has hailed the first-ever Dominica Economic Revival Summit, an event organized by the UWP in partnership with the Electoral Reform Coalition (ERC), a success.<\/p>\n

The event took\u00a0place from Tuesday, June 4 to Thursday, June 6, at the Jungle Bay Resort in Soufriere.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a very successful summit,\u201d he said during an interview with the media on Thursday. \u201cWe are very thankful for the many persons who participated. In fact, the night of the opening and awards dinner we had about 50,000 viewers, so there was a tremendous amount of interest that was shown,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the actual content of the summit was extraordinarily good.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were able to focus on several areas that we believe are good entry points towards reversing our economic situation in Dominica,\u201d Dr. Fontaine stated. \u201cWe looked for example at the knowledge industry where we believe there are a number of jobs that can be created particularly for our young people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also touched on the need to revamp the agriculture sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause what we really need to do is to go into agro-processing, but we cannot begin that on any large or consistent scale if we do not revamp the agriculture sector,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Another area he mentioned was the water resource.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can we use the water that we have to begin to generate revenue and foreign exchange for Dominica?\u201d Fontaine questioned.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cWe also looked at the whole area of renewable energy. We believe that this is an area that we can even look to export and an area that we can look to exploit even more than we are doing now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, Dr. Fontaine believes the discussions were useful.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd coming out of this and going forward, what we plan to do is to put a plan of action together that will include short-term, medium and long-term,\u201d he indicated.<\/p>\n

Dr. Fontaine added that\u201cin the short term as I said we are going to see how we can create jobs from the knowledge-based industry, in the medium and longer term we will be looking at the agriculture sector, and in the longer term we are looking to totally revamp the agriculture sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he said the UWP is in the process of building up a solid plan so that as soon as the party is elected into office it will be implemented.<\/p>\n

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