Tobago’s Resilience and Vision: A Bold Leap Towards 2025!

January 8th, 2025

Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Message 2024-2025

Despite the formidable challenges that confronted us, including our largest man-made disaster, Tobago continues pressing on towards greatness. We remain undaunted by testing circumstances, often adopting the mindset that they too are par for the course. In fact, we have embraced unforeseen challenges with the confidence that opportunities lie even within them. Therefore, no experience undergone is futile and will all be used in taking this little island to the next level.

Our development approach moving forward will be guided by a Strategic Selectivity model. This institutional strategy inevitably strengthens the Tobago House of Assembly’s technical decision-making, allowing us to prioritise projects based on impact, scale, pace, and other key factors, while taking into account financial constraints. It provides a more realistic and adaptative framework that complements the fluidity of governance, which is expected to have a positive influence on our delivery output.

Additionally, we will continue making significant strides on the digital transformation front in Fiscal 2025. We are already highly motivated by the progress of last May, with the launch of the e-Tender platform for the THA and its special purpose companies.

This year, we intend to advance the implementation of an Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) within that platform, intensify efforts to digitise THA’s social services, as well as health records, and also adopt an e-wallet system. These represent just a snippet of all that is yet to come, as we boldly lead the way in ushering in a digital revolution across Tobago.  Additionally, we are determined to keep on promoting a supportive environment for local entrepreneurship.

This has led the Administration to commission the establishment of a Tobago Development Fund, which will undoubtedly be a transformative initiative for the local business sector. Through this Fund, more commercial borrowers will be able to access financing solutions beyond the traditional options available.  A variety of services is also being offered at the Strategic Business Support and Development Unit (SBSDU) and the Eco-Industrial Development Company of Tobago (E-IDCOT) for entrepreneurs to capitalise upon.

As usual, it is impossible to share the majority of our development plans here. But, Tobagonians can eagerly look forward to a period of greater acceleration, alignment, and ultimately achievement in 2025!

Submitted by:
Tobago House of Assembly (THA)
Hochoy Charles Administrative Complex;
62-64 Calder Hall Road,
Scarborough 900408,
Tobago;
Tel: (868) 639-3421 Ext. 1;
Fax: (868) 639-5374;
Email: [email protected];
Website: tha.gov.tt