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Linden | |
| Linden is situated 60 miles upstream on the Demerara River and is a gateway to Guyana's hinterland. | ||
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Region 10 | |
| Administrative Region 10 is 16,977 square kilometres in area. The major industries are timber and bauxite mining. | ||
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LEAP | |
| 97-98 Republic Avenue Mackenzie, Linden Guyana Tel +592 444 4059/ 6256 Fax +592 444 4057 Email mail@leapguyana.org |
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Stabroek Business Friday, December 16th 2005
Even without the trademark business suit and brief case Richard Winter exudes the conviction of a confident entrepreneur who, having guided his company through measured risks and prudent decisions, now believes that his investment is on the threshold of paying dividends.
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PACA Kick-Off-Workshop
June 17th 2005
In close collaboration with the Regional Democratic Council, the Interim Management Committee of the Mayor and Town Council and the Linden Chamber of Commerce, LEAP announces the start of a PACA Exercise. PACA stands for “Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage”. It is a methodology to do rapid appraisals of different economic sectors, sub-sectors and clusters with the aim to identify competitive advantages and motivated stakeholders with whom precise, time-bound and quick-to-realise activities can be carried out.
A PACA team comprising 7 members has been selected after a special 5-days training with 12 participants. The team is composed of RDC-, MTC- and Linden Chamber nominees as well as of private local consultants.
The PACA Kick-off Workshop on June 16, 2005 marks the official start of a series of interviews, mini-workshops and other inquiries during a three weeks period during which the PACA Team tries to get maximum information about the economic problems and possibilities prevailing in the different sectors. This method is highly participative putting the public- and private sector participants in the driver’s seat. The team assists in identifying strengths and weaknesses regarding development potential in various sectors so that by the end of June all participants in the “Kick-off Workshop” will be presented the findings during a “Results Workshop”. During that workshop so-called “PACA Champions” will be identified who will have to realise jointly identified activities which can get started immediately, with our own resources and which can be carried out within a three month time frame.
LEAP, RDC, MTC and LCICD are ready to assist the PACA Champions in the realisation of the activities. A newly created “Regional Development Unit” within RDC coordinates the activities with the ultimate goal to come up with a Regional Economic Development Plan after 2 years. This plan ought to be based on those sectors which prove their capacities.
PACA as a bottom-up methodology does not encourage huge expectations from the broad public to quick developments but it rather counts in the first place on manageable self-development efforts of concerned stakeholders in promising sectors.
PACA has a proven track record in a number of countries (South Africa, Brazil, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Montenegro, etc.) and with the support of international development agencies such as GTZ, EU and US A.I.D.
