{"id":12735,"date":"2020-05-14T18:24:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T23:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=12735"},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T23:26:24","slug":"local-contractors-urged-to-attend-rdas-capacity-building-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/local-contractors-urged-to-attend-rdas-capacity-building-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Local contractors urged to attend RDA\u2019s capacity-building workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local contractors are being urged to attend the Recovery & Development Agency\u2019s (RDA) capacity-building workshops.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a recent contract-signing, the RDA\u2019s Acting Chief Executive Officer Anthony McMaster said the workshops are designed to better equip contractors with the required knowledge needed to become a highly competitive bidder when pursing a tendered project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would implore all the contractors in the BVI to take advantage of the training sessions. You can even go as far as registering with the RDA, because if you register with the RDA, once we put tenders out we also send notifications to you as a contractor to let you know a tender is there, you may have an interest in it,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it is not just dependent on whether or not you actually see the newspaper or you were able to visit the website, you will actually get an email telling you that it is there. So you have effectively no excuse to not be a part of the process,\u201d the RDA boss added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next workshop on Virgin Gorda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McMaster also said the RDA will be hosting their next workshop on Thursday, May 14 and encouraged interested contractors to make an effort to attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to be hosting a workshop on Virgin Gorda, and of course, because of social distancing we are limited to 15 participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we have more than 15 persons registered we will conduct a second training exercise on Virgin Gorda, but we will make sure that every single contractor on the island that has an interest to learn, have the opportunity to learn, and we will provide that training,\u201d McMaster added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seminars part of government\u2019s plan to develop contractors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Premier Andrew Fahie said that the RDA\u2019s workshops are part of his government\u2019s plan to ensure that local contractors receive the necessary guidance to elevate them to the next stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/bvinews.com\/local-contractors-urged-to-attend-rdas-capacity-building-workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image:\u00a0 Pixabay (<a href=\"http:\/\/pexels.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pexels<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local contractors are being urged to attend the Recovery &#038; Development Agency\u2019s (RDA) capacity-building workshops. Speaking at a recent contract-signing, the RDA\u2019s Acting Chief Executive Officer Anthony McMaster said the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":6596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[75,122],"class_list":["post-12735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-british-virgin-islands","tag-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Seminar-classroom-empty-chairs-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1024%2C731&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-3jp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18782,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/rda-to-host-procurement-workshop-to-solicit-stronger-tender-submissions\/","url_meta":{"origin":12735,"position":0},"title":"RDA To Host Procurement Workshop To Solicit Stronger Tender Submissions","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"October 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"British Virgin Islands For one day only, the Recovery and Development Agency will host a procurement workshop aimed at improving contractors and supplier\u2019s capacity to effectively respond to general bidding opportunities as well as for projects financed by the Government of the Virgin Islands, and the Caribbean Development Bank. 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