Private sector discussion: business environment in the Commonwealth of Dominica

The Dominica Business Forum Inc. (DBF Inc.) will convene a Virtual Private Sector Discussion via Zoom at 5:30 P.M. on Thursday 5th October 2023 to discuss growing concerns about the political, social, and economic climate and its impact on doing business in the Commonwealth of Dominica.

The meeting will concentrate on three main concerns:
1. The ongoing electricity power outages and load shedding which is adversely affecting businesses.

2. The increase in criminal activity: Where private sector enterprises are targeted as crime scenes and as the country enters the festive season, which runs right through Carnival 2024, what precautions can be taken to secure investments.

3. The unresolved Revised Electoral Legislation. The DBF Inc. has written to the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica recommending the establishment of a broad-based committee to bring closure to the process.

The Dominica Business Forum Inc. extends an invitation to Dominica’s Private Sector to attend the Zoom Meeting at 5:30 P.m. on Thursday 5th October 2023 to discuss the aforementioned and other relevant issues with the objective of seeking an audience with the Government of Dominica to seek solutions to matters which have the potential of developing into a national crisis.

DBF Inc. recognizes that historically the private sector enterprises have suffered the brunt of any political, social, and economic unrest in the country as witnessed since 1979 and most recently in 2017.

Representatives of private sector organizations and individual business owners are invited to join the meeting through the attached Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84109215373?pwd=QmI2S1FlWHJPNkIxOTNvc1NrbEZ0UT09

Meeting ID: 841 0921 5373 Passcode: 049594

The Dominica Business Forum Inc. (DBF Inc.) was established through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by twelve private sector organizations in 2012 and was subsequently registered under the companies Act of the Commonwealth of Dominica
as the representative body of the private sector.

Since its establishment, the Dominica Business Forum Inc. has engaged in numerous activities related to the promotion of private sector interest in Dominica such as the convening of numerous consultations on the role of the private sector in the national
economy, pre-budget and post-budget discussions, the engagement with the Public Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ), intervention with the government and parliamentary opposition in the aftermath of the 2017 event which saw the vandalism
of private sector enterprises, engagement with the police in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria when numerous private sector enterprises were looted.

The Dominica Business Forum Inc. continues to encourage the private sector to lend their voices on issues on national development and to recognize the importance and the contribution of the private sector in the economic development of the nation.

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