The Barbados Consulate in Miami, in association with Carrie-Lynn Grazette Cancer Foundation, hosted an outreach program – ‘Barbados Comes to Atlanta’ (BCTA) on Friday, May 26 to Monday, May 29, in Atlanta, Georgia.
During the event Noel Lynch, Barbados’ Ambassador to the United States and the Organisation of American States, disclosed that Barbados was described as one of the best black-run societies in the world and a small nation that is becoming a global powerhouse.
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He shared an example using the Bridgetown Initiative that is essentially a new deal to restructure the global financial architecture that would not only help Barbados but would also help all other small developing countries like Barbados, to do what is necessary to maintain, sustain and build resilience for future generations.
Lynch also said, “Barbados, like all the other countries has gone through some difficult times, but we are recovering and we’re recovering maybe better than people didn’t even envision that we would have recovered…. And in a country that is moving ahead and doing the kind of stuff that we’re doing, putting Barbados on the map, we’re showing that a small developing state can be a global powerhouse,” Ambassador Lynch stated.
He welcomed decriptions of his work as “the best job in the world”, with the response that “every day I get to articulate the vision of Mia Amor Mottley for the development of a small nation that’s becoming a global powerhouse”.
Other Barbadian delegates presented their vision for the island country.
Invest Barbados Consultant, David Rice noted that Invest Barbados’ mission was to seek, secure and support sustainable investments that enhanced the economic and social development of Barbados, and he further explained why Barbados is a good country for investment opportunities.
Aerospace Technology expert Dr. William Downes spoke about his vision of opening the Barbados Aeronautical Space Agency, which, if successful, would see Barbados having the first space agency in the Caribbean. This vision includes the training of Barbadians in the field of aeronautics, and the creation of jobs.
The aim of the event was to provide an atmosphere that establishes and/or nurtures relationships between business and heritage agencies in Barbados and Atlanta; create business opportunities for persons and agencies in Barbados with their counterparts in the USA, and give exposure to Barbadian artistes.
Consul General Rudy Grant who led the Barbados delegation explained that before the COVID-19 pandemic, the “Barbados Comes To” events were traditionally held on a biennial basis to engage with the Barbadian diaspora, and have been successful to date.
