Opportunities in areas such as technical assistance, grants and investment funding to support productive development policies, will be made available to Grenadian companies through a new and innovative programme called Compete Caribbean. As a first step in the process, a workshop will be held on Tuesday, June 12, at the Grenada Bureau of Standards, Queens Park, to garner private sector interest and advance identification and development of cluster initiatives. Compete Caribbean – a collaboration involving governments and private sector groups in fifteen Caribbean countries including Grenada – is aimed at improving competitiveness and economic growth in the region. Participants at Tuesday’s workshop will include manufacturers, private sector representatives and government officials. The exercise will be facilitated by Compete Caribbean representative, Bertram Johnson, who will explain the contents of the new programme. The workshop, which begins 8.30 am, is organized by the Ministry of Environment, Foreign Trade and Export Development.