C.S.Inc. is seeking to offer an internship to a competent Sustainable Development Entreprenuership\Environmental Management Graduate\Student

Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

August 07, 2019

C.S.Inc. is seeking to offer an internship and\or contract a competent Sustainable Development Project Consultant to help coordinate activities in relation to project full grant proposal writing and project implementation.

Preference would be given to a national of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a graduate or student of a recognized University who is pursuing Environmental Management, Entrepreneurship or Sustainable Development Studies for SIDS.

Expectations:

• Research and identify the appropriate sites for Aquaculture project implementation across Mainland SVG.
• Research the relevant permissions, licenses, and agreements needed to implement an aquaculture project on Mainland SVG
• Screen and select at least ten potential sea moss farmers from within the selected community.
• Solicit other stakeholders to become part of the implementation of the project (Technical Assistance, Monetary\Equipment, and Material Donations)
• Assist with the Preparation & Submission of Full Grant Proposal(s)

Terms of Reference

Constructive Solutions Inc. herein referred to as “C.S.Inc.” is a legally registered Non-Profit Company in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We were founded in March 2009, registered in October 2012, by our Executive Director Dr. Ashley C. John Amb, a Vincentian national, we are managed by a Board of Directors and an Advisor in Dr. Marcia Brandon.

C.S.Inc. fully utilize the Social Enterprise model and we function using the best practice of Complementary Capitalism developed by the Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods.

Our Vision:

To be a Premier Holistic Centre for the positive social, economic, environmental and management development of entrepreneurial citizens within communities across S.V.G.

C.S.Inc Entrepreunrial Development Coaching in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Our Mission:

Continuously promote an entrepreneurial mindset among citizens, taking appropriate actions, piloting innovative programs to address unemployment through social enterprise development, build the capacity of our people to gain decent jobs an earn a sustainable income.

Our Motto:

Each One Push Up One

Focal Areas C.S.Inc.

1) Climate Smart Enterprise Development

2) Sustainable Development Projects Management

3) Life Skills Coaching and Thereaupetuic Counseling

4) MSME Consultations

Key Objectives:

1) Design and Implement innovative Green\Blue Climate Smart Sustainable Development Solutions using the social enterprise model.

2) Increase the present number of entrepreneurial citizens starting up blue\green enterprises within St. Vincent & The Grenadines.

3) Provide ‘Biz-HUB” an Entrepreneurial Development Service to potential Entrepreneurial Citizens in an effort to better organize and implement their ideas.

4) Develop Multilateral partnerships and collaboration amongst the MSME, the academia, community, public, private sector and the nation as a whole.

5) Connect entrepreneurial Citizens with their regional counterparts through our Regional\Global partners in an effort to develop and expand opportunities to earn a sustainable livelihood globally from innovative products and services created locally.

Aquaculture Development Across Mainland SVG 

Sea\Irish Moss has been identified by the FAO as a wholesome food product which can be sustainably farmed in Warm Sea Waters across the Caribbean, owned by the relevant farmers and stakeholders for food and revenue generation.

Gracilaria is a group of warm water seaweeds. There are more than one hundred species in the world, some of which have very important economic value. Gracilaria is used as food and in the preparation of food products.

Two cultivation methods of Gracilaria were developed in the 1980s. In St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Gracilaria was successfully cultivated on lines suspended near the surface by floating bamboo. These were later replaced by plastic bottles. A system of suspended cultivation with ropes and buoys was later developed in Namibia, while experiments with suspended ropes have been made also in Cuba, South Africa, India, the Philippines, and New Zealand. At present, the most successful cultivation system with ropes and significant economic returns is being developed in China with Gracilariopsis lemanaeformis.

Additionally, on Mayreau, Union Island, and Grenada this method has been proven successful, CSINC has been fortunate to receive a full training program and have successfully planted, farmed and harvested from two experimental plots in the community of Telescope, St. Andrews which is still ongoing.

Based on our findings thus far, we see this as a very feasible project which should be implemented on the mainland SVG, first as a start-up social enterprise model and then upscaled across other identified communities.

Interested candidates are asked to submit an electronic cover letter, and updated resume to email: info@sustainablepeople.org no later than August 30, 2019. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview on a date to determined.