Trade Sector Support Program (TSSP)

About the TSSP

The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has received a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) that will provide partial funding for a Trade Sector Support Program. A Program Coordinating Unit (PCU) has been established to implement the Program in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), the Executing Agency for the Program.

The overall objective of the Program is to improve the international trade performance of Trinidad and Tobago by strengthening the country's technical and institutional capacity to formulate and implement trade policy, to participate effectively in trade negotiations, to implement trade agreements, and to increase and diversify exports.

THE PROGRAM'S SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE: 

• To improve the institutional organization of the Ministry of Trade and Industry; 
• To develop the technical capacity of human resources in trade related public institutions;
• To improve the technical, analytical, and institutional bases of trade policymaking and 
• To provide support to the private sector's attempts to adjust to the challenges posed by the liberalization of trade.

Contact Information:

MTI: 623-2931-4 (PBX)

Program Coordinating Unit: 

• Program Coordinator: 624-0536 or PBX Ext. 2023
• Assistant Coordinator - Training and Technical Studies: 624-6067 or PBX Ext. 2043
• Assistant Coordinator - Information Technology: 624-7077 or PBX Ext. 2025