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The IMPACT Justice Project which is nearing completion has been hailed a success for helping to reshape legislative policy across the region.The eight-year, multi-country regional justice sector reform project which is slated to end in March 2023 was designed to address deficiencies in the justice sector and enhance access to justice for women, men and young people in 13 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states, including Barbados.Speaking during a meeting to review the IMPACT Justice legislative drafting component on Tuesday morning at the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, the Head of Cooperation for the Eastern Caribbean at Global Affairs Canada, Abebech Assefa, lauded the initiative.She explained that when the project was conceptualised in 2014, governments had identified the need for harmonised laws and a comprehensive legislative review to serve as policy guides for the further development of critical areas of legislation.
President of the Guild of Students at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus Osazé Moraldo-Bowen is accusing public and private sector leaders in Barbados and the rest of the region of taking a “tokenism” approach when it comes to youth involvement in decision-making processes.He suggested that there was a lack of respect for the youth, and he called for their greater involvement in the decisions being taken to solve challenges.Moraldo-Bowen suggested that issues relating to the perception of corruption and the climate crisis were among those that could be better addressed if youth were given a seat at the table of decision-making.He also pointed to the high cost of travel within the region and lack of business opportunities, jobs and other economic opportunities for the youth, as some of the major challenges that needed to be dealt with urgently with greater involvement from young people.
Government is committed to restoring economic growth and stability by creating the enabling framework through which businesses may emerge and thrive. Minister of State in Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands said this growth would be achieved by developing and prioritising which policy reforms will have the greatest impact on the private sector and managing the limited resources to fund the design and execution of the reforms. Husbands was addressing …
A United States-based academic says local entrepreneurs and small businesses are missing out on numerous networking opportunities from the Welcome Stamp Programme, and has called on authorities to create a formal structure for them to make the best of those prospects.Dr Ebony A. Utley, Professor of Communication Studies and an Associate Director for the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, who came to Barbados through the programme in 2021, lamented that the initiative has no portal to encourage business links.The 12-month Welcome Stamp Programme was introduced in July 2020 to give people from other countries the opportunity to work remotely on the island.Although praising the initiative, Dr Utley told Barbados TODAY: “If you have people from around the world with different networks and connections that are interacting with the local entrepreneurs, maybe those connections would be sufficient to find someone who might be interested in investing or find someone who could be a