Speaking to the Government Information Service on Monday, Mrs. Scarborough who headed a delegation to St. Kitts over the weekend, as part of the St. Kitts and Nevis contingent, noted that several discussions were held and the area of training was the focal point.

She noted that the commission was set up to assess the needs of each country and to find a way in which each country could help each other, and added that the group looked at the area of sports and training.

She said, “Basically, what came out of the meeting was that various departments needed training in technicians, technical persons. We do need training in persons for statistics.”

The Assistant Secretary observed that the outcome from the meeting looked very fruitful saying, “First of all the Cubans would need to go back to Cuba and meet with their various departments and try to source the needs as outlined from the meeting. Once that has been done, they would get back to us as to how they can help us in these various area.”

Mrs. Scarborough explained that many of the programmes available are of long-term duration for five to six years, with the first year being a language emersion. She also explained that there were no particular criteria available, except availability of space in the university and the particular need. “Wherever they can help us they would try to find a department that can perhaps send somebody here to train local persons or find schools that are available and positions available where somebody from Nevis can go over and follow a programme.”

Following an assessment of the areas in which the Cuban Government would be able to help, the Nevis Island Administration would be able to take advantage of possible prospects. The delegation was comprised of persons from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Department of Culture and the Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority.