18 By Franklyn Michael, Supplementary Associate, CARICAD C ARICAD responded positively to a request by the Ministry of Tourism in Antigua and Barbuda to provide technical support for a review of the Ministry’s 2020/2022 Strategic Plan. CARICAD had provided support for the development of that plan in 2019. It was agreed that the mission to Antigua and Barbuda would follow a mission to Montserrat which was to be undertaken by Supplementary Associate of CARICAD, Franklyn Michael. He had facilitated the planning process in 2019. The mission to Antigua and Barbuda took place from Monday, November 7th until Friday, November 11th, 2022 because there were several other administrative activities agreed to for the mission to Antigua and Barbuda in addition to the review of the plan. The review of the Plan took place on Thursday, November 10th at the Hotel Training School at Dutchman’s Bay. Permanent Secretary Walter Christopher agreed that the focus would be on four broad areas: 1. Identify the specific effects of COVID-19 on the implementation of the plan 2. Quantify the effects of the pandemic as much as practicable 3. Identify other issues that affected implementation of the plan 4. Develop and agree on a framework and action guidelines for revising and updating the plan Emphasis was placed on a review of the planning context for a new strategic plan. Permanent Secretary Christopher led the Ministry’s Working Group that interacted with Mr. Michael to review the plan. Continues on next page
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