National Competitiveness Strategy
Action Plan & Institutional Arrangements

 

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Guyana’s National Competitiveness Strategy (NCS) outlines 122 actions and planned activities to enhance national competitiveness. These are being implemented in three ways:

(i) Regular activities of various Government agencies and private sector actors.

(ii) Existing programs: A number of programs are already working to support the achievement of the NCS objectives. Key among these include Guyana Trade and Investment Support (GTIS), the Commercial Court Program, the Agricultural Support Services Program, the Linden Economic Advancement Program (LEAP), EU Support to the Competitiveness of Rice Industry in the Caribbean, private sector support programs, and numerous infrastructure projects (e.g. Road Rehabilitation Programs).

(iii) New programs. This includes the Support for Competitiveness Program (also referred to as the IDB-funded Competitiveness Programme) and the Agricultural Diversification Program (also supported by the IDB).

In addition, the Sugar Action Plan has been designed in the context of the objectives and priorities established by the NCS – the Sugar Action Plan and NCS are complementary and mutually supportive. However, large tracts of the Sugar Action Plan remain unfunded, and large front loaded investments will be needed in the near future to support the policy recommendations of the Sugar Action Plan.

This document sets out the Action Plan and Institutional Arrangements for the implementation of each of the 122 actions in the NCS, as well as the institutional arrangements for the NCS moving forward:

• Chapter 2 details major new, existing and proposed programs that support the NCS.
• Chapter 3 outlines the institutional structure to support the analysis and formulation of NCS policies and programmes.
• Chapter 4 provides a brief overview of the institutional structure to support the implementation of NCS actions.
• Chapter 5 provides an overview of the over-arching monitoring and evaluation framework for the NCS.
Chapter 6 summarizes all 122 actions set out in the NCS, and provides a link (i) to the relevant Government or private sector agency which has responsibility for action; (ii) where relevant, to an implementing project or program; (iii) to target completion dates; (iv) to indicators of success.