The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) has inducted three new organizations into its membership and reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the country’s services sector.
At its Annual General meeting on Friday, the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) celebrated the membership inclusion of the Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association, the Montserrat Cocoa Farmers Cooperative, and Anime Caribe.
The TTCSI said these organizations were selected for their unique contributions to the national and regional services landscape.
TTCSI President Dianne Joseph emphasized the coalition’s mission to uplift underserved and emerging service providers.
“These three organizations that we have selected is just the start of a new era for the TTCSI in serving our members, building capacity, building their brand, and taking them further up the success ladder and into the regional and international space. We believe that we have the capacity to do that. And we believe that there should be a mixture of those that we support.”
She noted that while large businesses are already thriving globally, smaller entities need structured support to scale.
“So TTCSI is here to help build those capacity, build their brand, conduct workshops so that we can allow them to set their governance structures and their systems, set their operational policies, and create their strategic plans, and create a pathway of success.”
Representing the Unit Trust Corporation (UTC), Senior Manager Lisa Hitlal-Padilla praised the inductees and stressed the importance of collaboration across sectors to drive national transformation.
“When we think about entrepreneurship in Trinidad and Tobago, we often default to physical products, brick and mortar, or tangible exports. But the truth is, our future economy, our global competitiveness, and our local empowerment will be shaped just as powerfully by services.”
The TTCSI said it will continue to work with corporate partners to support more organizations like these, helping them scale their impact across the Caribbean and beyond.