Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Mr. Clement Rohee said the MOFTIC Digest represents an effort by the Ministry to facilitate access to information, understanding of, and to disseminate information about the Ministry's goals and achievements to a broad potential readership.

It is hoped that this publication will provide a platform for a better understanding of the aims and objectives of the work of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, he told reporters at the launching ceremony yesterday at the Foreign Service Institute, Takuba Lodge, Georgetown.

According to the Editor of the MOFTIC Digest, Muthoni Mugo and the Assistant Editor, Bevon McDonald, the Ministry's responsibilities strand across different agencies in government and the private sector, and while MOFTIC is the lead agency in the development and pursuit of Guyana's trade policy and programmes of International Cooperation, effective trade policymaking, international cooperation and implementation of policy decisions requires commitment and cooperation between diverse arms of stakeholders in the public and private sectors.

Rohee noted that MOFTIC Digest will be a quarterly publication. He also encourage readers to forward their comments and suggestions aimed at improving the scope or focus of future publications.

Meanwhile, the Ministry's second edition of the publication 'Review of Guyana's Foreign Trade' was also presented at yesterday's launching ceremony.

The first edition covered a half-year period and Rohee said on this occasion, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation publishes its "first yearly Review" covering the period 2001-2002.

"We have tried to make this edition more analytical and comprehensive as regards Guyana's trade flows with CARICOM and the rest of the world," Rohee said.

He noted that efforts were also made to make this edition more user friendly.

"The feed-back we have received thus far is encouraging and positive (and) we take this opportunity to thank all those who were kind enough to share these sentiments with us," Rohee said.