Mr. Houston and Edsel Gumbs.
The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) continues to call upon the business community, entrepreneurs, business enthusiasts, and the general public to seize the opportunity of our free COCI Business Webinars Series 2021. The Chamber has been conducting these information sessions in the form of workshops since 2019. However, given the current situation of a global pandemic and the need for business support, the Chamber has digitalized its sessions in the form of ZOOM webinars. Our ongoing COCI Business Webinars are geared towards the growth and development of our businesses through capacity building. Since March, our webinars are usually held once a month (sometimes twice) and are from 19:00 – 20:00 PM. Recordings of the webinars can be viewed via the Chambers social media platform Facebook.
On Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 COCI will be hosting an extraordinary webinar on the topic “Hurricane Awareness and Disaster Planning” since we have now entered the Hurricane Season. The Chamber wishes that business owners and citizens attend this webinar to gather as much knowledge as it pertains to the Hurricane Season and best practices as it relates to disaster planning. Topics that would be covered include the formation of tropical cyclones, naming of storms, disaster definition, and types, governmental legislation pertaining to roles and responsibilities, information of the EOC and ESF groups. This webinar will also be live stream on our Facebook platform. The presenters of this upcoming webinar would be Mr. Paul Martens- Head of Disaster Management and Mr. Joseph Isaac- Head of the Meteorological Office.
