The Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the U.S. Embassy in Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the OECS co-hosted a GCTF seminar at the Kingstown Baptist Church, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 6th June, 2023. The theme of the seminar was “Tending to Tomorrow’s Talents Today: Technical and Vocational Training Tools and Techniques for Developing States in the Caribbean and Latin America”.
H.E. Peter Sha-Li Lan, Ambassador of Taiwan, H.E. Linda Taglialatela, Ambassador of the United States in Barbados, and Hon. Montgomery Daniel, Deputy Minister of SVG welcomed all participants at the seminar, followed by keynote speeches delivered by Hon. Camillo Gonsalves, Minster of Finance, Economic Planning, and Information Technology, and Robert Burch, Acting Center Director in USAID’s Center for Education within the Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation; with Foreign Minister Keisal Peters and Education Minister Curtis King delivered the closing remarks. Other cabinet members and high level officials from the government of SVG, Embassy of Taiwan, Embassy of the U.S. and other participants also attened the seminar. The speakers of the 2 panel discusssions came from Taiwan, U.S.A, SVG, Barbados, Guatemala, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia. There are around 100 people physically participated and over 100 viewers participated online. The participants also visited some of the beneficiaries of the bilateral projects implemented jointly by Taiwan and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, including ON-SITE and the Women’s Empowerment Projects.
The Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF) is a platform established by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the United States of America on June 1, 2015. It aims to demonstrate Taiwan’s strengths and expertise to address global issues of mutual concern, while enhancing Taiwan’s multilateral cooperation throughout the world. Over the past eight years, the GCTF has held 55 international workshops on topics such as public health, law enforcement cooperation, women’s empowerment, energy efficiency, e-commerce, cybersecurity, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief (HA/DR), and media literacy. Over than 6,300 government officials, experts, and civil society representatives from 125 countries have participated in these events. Japan became a full partner of the GCTF framework in 2019, and Australia also became a full partner in 2021. More like-minded countries such as Sweden, Guatemala, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada, Israel, the EU, and Slovakia have joined to cohost GCTF workshops. For more information, please visit: gctf.tw/en/ (E)
