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ADB PRAISED FOR ITS WORK Series Of Three Workshops This Week
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A prominent official in the region says the Anguilla Development Board (ADB) is doing a good job for the people of the island. He is Tony Maugh, Head of the Private Sector Division of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank. He was speaking on Monday, February 20, at the opening of three short workshops at the Teachers’ Resource Centre for ADB personnel and small business operators.
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L-R: Tony Maugh, Jerome Singh, Jean Bell and Kenneth Harvey
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“Let me say that though Anguilla is small and its Development Board is small, you have an enviable reputation in the Caribbean for being one of the most efficient, profitable (dollar-wise) development banks in this part of the world,” he commented. “In fact, very often when I speak to other development banks about what is happening and quality of work and performance, I single out Anguilla’s Development Board as an example that could be followed.”
Mr. Maugh noted that in the rest of the OECS there were prime examples of development banks which were supposed to be profitable and well run, but which had folded and merged into the national commercial banks with what he called “horrendous results.”
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Board Members and staff of the ADB
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He said that although there were signs that the ADB had slipped somewhat, it had not done so to an irretrievable position.
“This training programme is timely because it seeks to focus your mind on the affairs outside of your function, whilst at the same time focusing on how you should relate to the clients you have to deal with,” he explained.
The first workshop, from Monday to Thursday was for ADB staff and Board members and covered Client Management and Project Appraisal Techniques. It sought among other matters to ensure the best possible outcomes for both the client’s project and the ADB’s investment.
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Small Business Operators and others at workshop
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One of the two other workshops was for entrepreneurs and small business operators. It sought to expose them to the concept of business-modelling as a tool for enriching their ongoing or proposed businesses…and the successful implementation of their business plan.
The second workshop for the entrepreneurs and small business operators was arranged for Thursday and Friday. It was to assist those who had developed business models to identify and chart their developmental needs through a structured needs assessment approach. The workshop was also to identify supportive training opportunities in keeping with the clients’ needs.
The workshops were organised by the CDB’s Private Sector Development Division through its Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services (CTCS).
Mr. Maugh, the Division’s chief, who remained in Anguilla until Wednesday, came to see how the ADB staff and Board members responded to the workshop and how it was conducted by his colleague, Kenneth Harvey, CTCS Investment Officer and Technical Assistant with the CDB’s Private Sector Development Division. Other workshop facilitators were CTCS Investment Officers Jean Bell and Jerome Singh.