The development of particular sectors of the economy

Agriculture

• Build community capacity to sustain growth and development of its agriculture and food sector.
• Assist agricultural firms to become more competitive.
• Provide information that agricultural firms need to thrive in a rapidly changing business environment.
• Improve communication between community leaders, farms, and agribusiness persons, planners and economic developers.
• Empowerment of Women to raising levels of nutrition, improving the production and distribution of food and agricultural products and enhancing the living conditions of rural populations.

Industry

• Organise and promote cooperation among firms in the sector.
• Research and development of new technology or new products.
• Technology transfer or modernisation, to assist firms in adopting up-to-date technology.
• Specialised financing, to fill capital needs not met by banks and other conventional financing sources.
• Employment and training programs, to assure an adequate and skilled workforce.
• Marketing programs, to help firms access new markets and generate more sales.
• Actions directed at other key competitiveness issues as revealed by the industry analysis. Examples might include transportation, zoning or land use impediments, or the cost of energy.

Tourism

• Create an environment that supports the success of existing business and new start-ups.
• Upgrade the condition and capacity of the infrastructure to support tourism business expansion.
• Implement an integrated regional marketing program for tourism development.
• Exploit Natural Resource-based Tourism
• Develop well-trained and spoken workforce adapted for tourism and customer service.
• Improve Health and Social Services for a larger influx of population