CALENDAR 2009

Dates are subject to be changed

January

1st New Years Day
12th – 18th - Barbados Jazz Festival

Febuary

4th -8th     – West Indies vs England - Sabina Park, Jamaica - (1st Test)
13th -17th - West Indies vs England - Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua – (2nd Test)
23rd & 24th – Carnival, Trinidad and Tobago
26th – 2nd March - West Indies vs England - Kensington Oval, Barbados – (3rd Test)

March

6th – 10th - West Indies vs England – Queens Park Oval, POS Trinidad – (4th Test)
12th – ½ day seminar on Sustainable Manufacturing: A New Frontier for Caribbean Manufacturing
20th - West Indies vs England – Guyana (1st Digicel ODI)
22nd –West Indies vs England – Guyana (2nd Digicel ODI)
26th – Secondary Exam Assessment (SEA)
27th - West Indies vs England – Barbados (3rd Digicel ODI)
29th –West Indies vs England – Barbados (4th Digicel ODI)
30th – Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day

April

3rd –West Indies vs England – St Lucia (5th Digicel ODI)
10th -       Good Friday
13th - Easter Monday
17th – 19th – Summit of the Americas
22nd – TTMA 53rd Annual General Meeting, Trinidad Hilton Hotel
24th – 26th - 5th Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival

May

1st – 10th - St Lucia Jazz Festival
Launch of UN Global Compact Local Network
(to be announced)
30th Indian Arrival Day

June

11th Corpus Christi
19th Labour Day
24th – 27th Trade and Investment Convention 2009 (10th Anniversary), Centre of Excellence, Macoya

July

 

August

1st – Emancipation Day
31st – Independence Day

September

24th – Republic Day
TTMA Post Budget Meeting – (Tentative)

October

 

Novemeber

Caribbean Head of Government Conference – Trinidad

December

4th - Annual Membership Christmas Party (Tentative)
25th – Christmas Day
26th - Boxing Day

 
HEADLINES

TTMA’s Trade & Investment Convention TIC Hits 10th Anniversary High Note

Our Biggest B2B Tradeshow to Date

When the planning process began for the Trade & Investment Convention 2009 (TIC) organisers knew that it this year’s event was going to be more difficult to pull off than any in TIC’s ten-year history. In a rock-bottom economic environment, selling the show “could not be business as usual” says Anthony Aboud, Chairman of TIC.

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TTMA Presents its new Board of Directors

The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association is pleased to announce that Mr. Greig Laughlin has been elected to serve as President for the term 2009-2010.

Mr. Laughlin was elected at the TTMA’s 53rd Annual General Meeting, which took place at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre on Wednesday May 6th, 2009.

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TTMA embarks on project aimed at improving labour productivity

The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association is aware that many of its members are affected by low productivity and high employee turnover.

A recent study conducted by the South Trinidad Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the United Nations Development Programme in 2007 to determine the quantum, focus and impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) investments by the private sector showed that there were relatively low levels of investment in internal CSR programs.

In response to these findings, the TTMA, through the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank, is embarking on a project to pilot the application of internal CSR to improve productivity and performance in labour intensive manufacturing companies.

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Your Association at work

The TTMA exists to serve YOU - our members.

Find out what the TTMA has been doing under the pillars Social Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, and Viability for the past year.

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Trade & Investment Convention 2009 to Celebrate a Decade of Success!

In 2009, the Trade & Investment Convention will celebrate its Tenth Anniversary and, if TIC 2008 is anything to go by, it’s bound to be the biggest business event of the year!

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Import Quarantine, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources

Chemistry, Food & Drug Division, Ministry of Health

Customs & Excise Division, Ministry of Finance

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The Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago

The Jamaica Manufacturers' Association

The Barbados Manufacturers' Association

CARIRI

Ministry of Trade and Industry

Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards

T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export)

Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation
 

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