{"id":9625,"date":"2024-09-13T14:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T17:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vsbstia.org\/?p=9625"},"modified":"2024-09-13T14:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T17:03:54","slug":"focus-group-meeting-met-usaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vsbstia.org\/?p=9625","title":{"rendered":"Focus group meeting met USAID"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eaeaea;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:65.3333%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Op vrijdag 6 september is bij de Amerikaanse Ambassade een bijeenkomst gehouden tussen medewerkers van de USAID Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) en vertegenwoordigers van de VB, ASFA en AMCHAM. Tijdens deze meeting hebben de verschillende vertegenwoordigers input gegeven welke zal worden opgenomen in de nieuwe regionale ontwikkeling samenwerkingsstrategie voor de komende 5 jaar waar de USAID mee bezig is. Enkele dringende kwesties die aangekaart zijn zijn met name onderwijs, gezondsheidszorg, het wegtrekken van gekwalificeerd personeel, local content, vergroten van exportmogelijkheden, het ontbreken van de nodige kennis en kunde (compliance and standards inzake Foreign investment, de ontwikkelingen binnen de olie en gas sector en het onvoldoende voorbereid zijn van Suriname hierop, entrepreneurship. Daarnaast werd gevraagd hoe de private sector ondersteuning kan krijgen van USAID. Door de USAID vertegenwoordigers is aangegeven dat de ondersteuning niet zal zitten in financi\u00ebn maar wel in met name advocacy en capacity building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Namens de VSB waren aanwezig DB lid Arianne de Bye en directeur Dayenne Wielingen. 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