Martin Daly, Q.C. is among of group of professionals who will be lecturing the Trinidad and Tobago cabinet during the four-day retreat in Tobago.Daly will deal with the separation of powers between the the executive, legislative and judicial divisions of government.
Journalist Tony Fraser will deal with government and media relations, retired diplomat and former head of the Trinidad and Tobago civil service Reginald Dumas will deliver a lecture to the ministers on 'Governance for an Effective and High Performance Public Service', and Joan Massiah will deal with protocol.
In addition, the group will get schooled on the art of negotiation from the founder and director of the Harvard International Negotiation program, Dr Daniel Shapiro.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said the workshop will allow members of her People's partnership government to bond together and work more efficiently as a team.
"Our policies, our programmes, our agenda, to put it on the front burner. Crime fighting is number one, we are going to talk a lot about that, on top of that the economy, the budget is coming up, we'll spend some time on that," she told reporters Wednesday.
"The main focus for us in this Cabinet workshop is the bringing together all the MPs, Parliamentary secretaries and so on for us to really bond and work," Persad-Bissessar said.
"The objective is for us to do better for Tobago and Trinidad. Do our best to make sure Tobago is a partner in this and Tobago is a part of Trinidad - we will take care of Tobago. Tobago is very special to us," she added.
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