NSCC in the Caribbean - Day 4

Day four of the trade mission started with a meeting at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. This is the only publicly funded medical facility in Barbados. The NSCC team met with the CEO of QEH, as well with the Heads of the Nursing and the HR Departments. During the meeting a number of capacity building issues were discussed and various potential training activities have been identified. As a result of this successful discussion a follow-up meeting with QEH officials has been scheduled.

Our next meeting was at the Ministry of Community Development & Culture. Our colleagues from Barbados expressed strong interest in programs related to music and music business. Despite many talented artists in this field, music is still considered by local society a past time and not as a potential profession.

Due to a large number of meetings scheduled for the rest of the day, our team divided into two groups in the afternoon. Two members of our group participated in a couple of meetings with senior officials at the Barbados Community College (BCC). NSCC has a very good relationship with BCCC and these meetings provided an opportunity to continue discussions around future partnership activities.

The rest of our group met with the Senior Trade Commissioner at the High Commission of Canada. The staff of the Trade Section at the High Commission has been very supportive of our past and current activities in the Caribbean. A big thank you to all of our colleagues at the High Commission. The purpose of this meeting was to brief the new Senior Trade Commissioner on some of our recent actvities and successes in the Caribbean.

This day ended with a dinner for all trade mission participants as well as the Canadian High Commissioner in Barbados and most of the staff from the Trade Section of the High Commission.