Molweni ekuseni nonke. Kulusizi olukhulu ukuba ndingakwazi ukuba kunye nani namhlanje kukuvulwa ngokusesikweni kwalo nyaka INkomfa yeCaribbean kuKhenketho oluZinzileyo Uphuhliso. Ngokufika kwe I-Tropical Storm Dorian Andikwazanga ukubhabha ukuya e-St. Vincent ukuze ndithathe inxaxheba ngokobuqu kwenye yeenkomfa ezibalulekileyo ze-CTO, ezithi, ngenxa yeemeko zemozulu zangoku, zifike ngexesha elifanelekileyo.
Nangona kukho le ngxaki, kukho izinto ezimbalwa endinombulelo ngazo. Ndinombulelo kuba ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, impembelelo yemozulu ihleli incinci kwaye iCaribbean iyaqhubeka - ngokoqobo - uncumo phakathi kwesaqhwithi. Ndinombulelo ngetekhnoloji eye yandivumela ukuba ndibenobukho obubonakalayo kule nkomfa. Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, ndiyabulela kuni, abathunywa, abathe nangona kukho imingeni ebangelwa yimozulu, bagqibe kwelokuba baye kule nkomfa, nto leyo ebonisa ukuzibophelela kwenu kuphuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo kwiCaribbean.
Thina kwi-CTO singathanda ngokukodwa ukubulela uRhulumente kunye nabantu baseSt. Vincent kunye neGrenadines ngokuvuma ukusingatha esi siganeko sibalulekileyo. Esi siganeko sisiganeko sokuqala se-CTO esilolu hlobo sibanjwe yi-St. Siyakuncoma kwakhona ngesigqibo sakho sokusingatha inkomfa ngenxa yokulibaziseka ngosuku olunye.
Kundivuyisa kakhulu ukuthetha nawe ekuvuleni kwento endithembisa ukuba iya kuba yinto enomdla kakhulu, exhokonxa iingcinga iintsuku ezimbalwa. Okubaluleke ngakumbi, sinethemba lokuba ekupheleni kweli xesha, iingxoxo ziya kukhokelela kumanyathelo kunye nentsebenziswano eziya kuthi ke yona incedise ekubunjweni ngokutsha kolu shishino sithembele kulo kuzinzo loqoqosho lwemimandla yethu.
Ngokwenene, ingqikelelo yozinzo, phantse engazange ivakale kwiminyaka nje engama-30 eyadlulayo, ngoku ibe lilizwi elithetha, njengoko kufanele. Ngokungakumbi, siyaqonda ukuba eli gama, elingazange lithethwe kwizizukulwana ezidlulileyo ngoku liyindawo yogxininiso enamandla kuba lichaza ngokucacileyo nangokucacileyo indlela esifanele silawule ngayo ubomi bethu, ukongeza kwihlabathi elisingqongileyo.
ICaribbean sisiqwenga sethu somhlaba, kwaye njengayo yonke enye indawo kwesi sijikelezi-langa, iza nomdibaniso wayo owahlukileyo weempawu zendalo. Iye yagcina ubomi kangangamawaka (mhlawumbi izigidi) zeminyaka yaye isaqhubeka isenjenjalo nanjengoko ubomi kuyo yonke indawo buya buntsonkotha ngakumbi. Thina njengabagcini sinoxanduva lokuqinisekisa ukuba senza igalelo ekuxhaseni ubomi ngoku nakwixesha elizayo.
Kufundisa kakhulu ukuba umxholo wale nkomfa uquka ibinzana elithi 'Ukugcina ulungelelwaniso oluchanekileyo'. Kufuneka sihlale siphambili kwiingqondo zethu ulungelelwaniso oluthambileyo phakathi kophuhliso lwethu njengohlanga loluntu kunye notshintsho esilubangeleyo kwihlabathi elisingqongileyo. Kwinxalenye yokugqibela ye-Iron Age esiphila kuyo ngoku umntu ubone amanqanaba abalulekileyo ophuhliso lomatshini kunye nenzululwazi. Enyanisweni, kucacile ukuba ukukhula komntu kule minyaka ilikhulu idluleyo kuye kwagqitha ukuqhelana komhlaba noku. Oku kukhokelele kwiziphumo ezibi ezifana nokutshintsha kwemozulu esijongene nayo namhlanje.
Ke ngoku, siza kukhenketho. Njengowona mmandla uxhomekeke kakhulu kwezokhenketho ehlabathini, akukho mathandabuzo okuba ukhenketho – ubukhulu becala – lungundoqo wezoqoqosho kulo mmandla. Izigidi zabemi bethu zixhomekeke kukhenketho ngeendlela ezithe ngqo nezingathanga ngqo. Ukongeza kwimisebenzi ethe yanegalelo elithe ngqo kwintlalo-ntle yamakhaya eCaribbean, ukhenketho lukwanegalelo ekwakhiweni kwezikolo namaziko ezonyango, ekuphuculweni kwezinto ezisetyenziswayo kunye neendlela, kwaye ngokubanzi luphucule umgangatho wobomi kulo mmandla. Oku kuye kwaguqulela, kwezinye iimeko, ukuya kutsho kumanqanaba ophuhliso phantse amangalisayo kwamanye amazwe kule minyaka ingamashumi amathathu idlulileyo, ingakumbi xa kuthelekiswa neminyaka engamashumi amathathu edlulileyo. Kwaye, njengophuhliso loluntu lwehlabathi ngokuchasene nobudlelwane bokuziqhelanisa nendalo endikhe ndabhekisa kubo ngaphambili, uphuhliso lokhenketho kwiCaribbean ngamanye amaxesha alukhange luhambelane nokusingqongileyo oku kukhula kwenzeke.
Iinkomfa ezifana nale zibaluleke kakhulu, njengoko zibonelela ngamaqonga okusasazwa kwezenzo ezilungileyo ezinokuthi, ukuba ziphunyezwe ngokufanelekileyo, zincede ukuvala umsantsa nokuqinisekisa unxulumano phakathi kweshishini lezokhenketho kunye nokusingqongileyo elisebenza phantsi kwazo. Kulo mmandla, njengeminye imimandla yehlabathi, ukhenketho lungena kwizinto ezininzi ezahlukeneyo, hayi ilanga, ulwandle kunye nesanti kuphela. Ngoku kunanini na ngaphambili, abatyeleli ngabaqokeleli bamava kwaye hayi nje nawaphi na amava, kodwa amava ayinyani. Oku kubeka iimfuno kubutyebi benkcubeko, ilifa, abantu, imali kunye nendalo kulo mmandla njengoko sizama ukucokisa imveliso yethu yokhenketho ukuze ihlangabezane nezi mfuno zisoloko zisanda.
Ngoshishino olufana nolu, olulawula inxalenye ebanzi kangaka yobomi bethu ngeli lixa sithembele kuninzi lwemithombo yethu yobutyebi, isikhokelo sokhenketho esivakalayo sibalulekile, nanjengoko sihlola ngokunzulu uphuhliso lokhenketho lwangaphambili kwaye sijonge kwikamva. Njengoko unokucinga, olu tshintsho njengalo naluphi na olunye uhlobo lotshintsho, luza kwiindleko. Ngeli xesha ekuhambeni kwexesha, utshintsho luyakhuthazwa xa uninzi lwezoqoqosho lungakwazi ukufikelela kulo naluphi na utsalo olongezelelweyo kwizibonelelo.
I-CTO izibophelele ekuboneleleni ngezenzo ezilungileyo kumalungu ayo, ezinokuthi zisetyenziswe ukufikelela eyona njongo yophuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo. Indlela yethu ibikukufuna iindlela zokuzisa ezi zenzo zilungileyo sisebenzisa olona lwazi lwangoku kunye neendlela ezikhoyo.
Inxalenye yesibini yebinzana lesihloko: 'Uphuhliso loKhenketho kwiXesha loDiversification', iyayiqonda imfuneko okwangoku kuphuhliso lokhenketho kwiCaribbean ukwamkela iiasethi zethu ezahlukeneyo. Oku kubaluleke ngakumbi njengoko siqaphela ukuba olunye ukhuphiswano lwethu oluphambili, olufana neendawo zokukhenketha zaseAsia kunye nePasifiki - ubukhulu becala - bakhe imveliso yabo yokhenketho ukusuka phezulu ngokwamkela izinto zabo ezahlukeneyo zendalo kunye nezenkcubeko. Le nkomfa iza kufuna ukuphonononga iintsika zezoqoqosho, zokusingqongileyo kunye nezentlalo nenkcubeko yozinzo, ngokwenjenjalo inikezela ngenkqubo ebanzi yokujongana notshintsho oluzinzileyo lokhenketho.
Iinzame zophuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo azinakwenzeka ngaphandle kwentsebenziswano esondeleyo. Ngoko ke, ekuphunyezweni kweNkqubo yoPhuhliso loKhenketho oluZinzileyo, iCTO isebenzisana nemibutho eyahlukeneyo yommandla nehlabathi ukuqinisa unxibelelwano phakathi kwamacandelo, ukwandisa umda kunye nefuthe lamalinge ethu, igalelo ekwakhiweni kwezakhono zabasebenzi bommandla kunye nokunyusa izinga lezakhono. ukukhuphisana kweendawo ekusingwa kuzo amalungu.
Amanyathelo amabini aqaphelekayo aphunyeziweyo kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo ibiyiprojekthi 'yeClimate Smart kunye neSustainable Caribbean Tourism Industry, exhaswa ngemali yiBhanki yoPhuhliso lweCaribbean (CDB) ngeNkqubo yeACP-EU yoLawulo lweNtlekele yeNdalo. Eli nyathelo lixhase kakhulu uhlaziyo lweNkqubo-sikhokelo yoMgaqo-nkqubo wezoKhenketho oZinzileyo weCaribbean, ukunikezelwa koqeqesho kunye nezixhobo zolawulo lweentlekele, kunye nephulo lemfundo lengingqi kunye nokwazisa uluntu ukukhuthaza izenzo zozinzo.
Iprojekthi entsha yoKwandiswa koKhenketho kunye neNtsebenziswano lelinye inyathelo lokuqala lengingqi eliphunyezwayo ngoncedo lwemali nobugcisa oluvela kwiCompete Caribbean Partnership Facility yeBhanki yoPhuhliso yaseMelika (IDB). Eli nyathelo elijolise kukhenketho olusekelwe kuluntu (CBT), liya kufikelela kuvuthondaba ngokubonelelwa kwesixhobo sokhenketho esisekwe kuluntu kumazwe aseCaribbean, uphando olunzulu lwemalike esisiseko kwimfuno kunye nokuzimisela ukuhlawulela amava eCBT kunye neprojekthi ukukhuthaza ukwamkelwa kweentlawulo zedijithali kunye nobuchwepheshe besipaji esiphathwayo phakathi kwamaShishini amaNcinci, amaNcinci naPhakathi.
Ekwenzeni indima yayo yokuxhasa uphuhliso lokhenketho lwengingqi, i-CTO inegunya elithathela ingqalelo imfuneko yokugcina umgangatho wemveliso, ukwandisa ingeniso, ukukhuthaza ummandla ngokufanelekileyo, ukubandakanya abemi bengingqi nokomeleza amakhonkco phakathi kokhenketho namanye amacandelo ezoqoqosho. I-CTO isebenza ngokubambisana namazwe angamalungu kunye namahlakani ayo ukuxhasa uphuhliso lwemigaqo-nkqubo eyaneleyo kunye nokuphumeza izicwangciso zokwandisa inzuzo enokubakho kunye namathuba ngelixa kuthotywa izoyikiso kunye nemingeni kuzinzo lokhenketho lweCaribbean.
Sijonge phambili kwintsebenziswano eqhubekayo ngaphaya kwale nkomfa. Sinethemba elikhulu lokuba iinkcazo-ntetho kunye neengxoxo zongeza usukelo lophuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo kulo mmandla.
Ndiyabulela.
