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• Promote “Hatchery” programmes operated by • Develop key performance indicators aligned to
the Private Sector, which would create the export strategic plans of the MTI, TTMA and
opportunities for mentoring as well as “angel other manufacturers
investment”
• Implement a training plan that effectively
ENHANCE HUMAN addresses gaps in staff competencies and skills
RESOURCE CAPACITY IN THE • Develop an effective electronic client
MANUFACTURING SECTOR management system
• Develop and leverage strategic global
partnerships to increase effectiveness
• Facilitate the transformation of existing
processes on SMEs to introduce innovation
products through the introduction of innovation
vouchers
• Negotiate the expansion of preferential access
To support the human resource needs of the and the removal of non-tariff barriers under
Sector, the PNM will: existing trade agreements, in particular, Cuba,
Costa Rica, Colombia, Dominican Republic and
• Design and implement a National Vocational Panama
Training Strategy to create skilled employees with
relevant vocational qualification standards • Initiate new bilateral agreements that focus on
Central and Latin America, the wider Caribbean,
• Expand the current vocational offerings within ASEAN, and Africa
secondary schools to allows students to pursue
Caribbean Vocational Qualifications • Enhance cooperation within CARICOM Member
States to increase enhance market access to
• Implement a National Apprenticeship export market
Programme modelled along the German
vocational education and training system
EXPAND EXPORT GROWTH
TO TRADITIONAL AND NON-
TRADITIONAL MARKETS
The transformation and modernisation of
exporTT into a leading export promotion agency,
will be the driving-force for the development of
an internationally competitive and resilient
export sector. • Approach the CARICOM Secretariat for an
increase in the CET rates within the bound rates
To achieve this, the PNM will: for all goods that can be produced locally and can
meet regional demand
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