The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Consumer Affairs in keeping with its mandate to encourage industrial development and provide technical assistance to the private sector in Saint Lucia has organized a two day seminar for the Construction Sector.  This Seminar which is fully funded by the European Commission through SEQUA has as its main objectives:

To improve the operational standards of the Sector; To encourage functional co-operation between the Construction Sector, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Consumer Affairs, and other related stakeholders; To provide a forum through whichthe requisite rules, regulations, codes and guidelines governing the sector can be articulated tothe participants by the respective authorities/stakeholders; To reduce the element of non-compliance by operators within the sector to established rules and procedures; To foster an awareness of the challenges and opportunities in the global trading environment; To set the stage to form a representative body for the construction sector.

The Seminar will be held at the National Insurance Corporation (NIC) Conference Room, Waterfront, Castries on Tuesday October 19 and Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Registration for the Seminar can be done by contacting the following persons: Mr. Eden St. Croix at 468-4209 or Miss Sancha Mathurin at 468-4238.