TSI Project Funded by Implemented by Kick-off training seminar Brussels, 4-6 November 2014 Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation Author: Jude Houston

TSI Project Funded by Implemented by Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation Overview  Map of St. Maarten  Key Economic Indicators of St. Maarten  Sectors for Innovative Intervention  Issues faced in various sectors & possible Innovational Intervention  Key stakeholders

TSI Project Funded by Implemented by Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation

TSI Project Funded by Implemented by Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation

TSI Project Funded by Implemented by Sectors for Innovative Intervention  The Tourism Sector  SME’s  Education  Research and Development  Government Institution Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation

TSI Project Funded by Implemented by Issues within Sectors Tourism  Increasing Competition  Seasonality  Inability to track regional and global trends in tourism through ICT Possible Innovative Solution  Innovative measures of decreasing or complete removal of the tourism seasonality  For tourism public management, creation of intelligent and interactive spaces for the visitors, flow monitoring systems  For management decisions - tools for reputation management and digital branding and analysis of real-time data for decision-making Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation

TSI Project Funded by Implemented by SME’s Development  Operational task guidance  lack of sufficient entrepreneurial skills  key skills in human resource management, accounting, and business management Possible Innovative Solution  Creation of Website as one stop shop for all information pertaining to SME’s- From Start up to Operational Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation

TSI Project Funded by Implemented by Education  High youth unemployment  Growing demand for hospitality skill – locally and regionally  Innovative Opportunity Enhance existing educational institution to offer online professional certificates esp. in Hospitality Sector Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation

TSI Project Funded by Implemented by Research and Development (Economic Perspective)  High food Import  Food insecurity  Nutritional Insecurity  Renewable Energy Policy (Towards a Green Economy) Innovative Opportunity  Research what food commodity can be produced locally through the use of technology (greenhouse and drip irrigation technological system )  Research Possible use of Renewable technologies – household and other green waste that can be recycled for compost – Wind and Solar  Collaborate with other countries in the region that has Research institutes Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation

TSI Project Funded by Implemented by Public Governance Lack of integration across ministries; lack of transparency /communication and coordination internally and externally Innovative Opportunity  Synchronize departmental processes and outputs  Streamline internal processes and procedures Mandate Automation  Centralization of services  Increase knowledge of government procedures and services Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation

TSI Project Funded by Implemented by Sustainable Growth and Development in St. Maarten through Innovation Key Stakeholders  Government of St. Maarten  Government owned companies  St Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry  St. Hotel and Trade Association  University of St. Maarten  National Institute for Professional Advancement  Division for Education Innovation

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