Minister Richardson meets with SG from Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Minister of Tourism & Economic Affairs, Transport & Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT) Hon. Ted Richardson met with Secretary General (SG) Maarten Camps from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs during a working visit to the Netherlands.

Minister Richardson informed Camps about his Ministry TEATT’s plans for country Sint Maarten including areas in the economic arena that overlap between the country, the Netherlands and Caribbean Netherlands (Saba and St. Eustatius).

The meeting was originally scheduled with the Dutch State Secretary, however due to unforeseen circumstances the meeting took place with Camps and his delegation.

Camps was very pleased with Minister Richardson’s animated film of the Sint Maarten Economic Road Map where he emphasized the importance of the establishment of the E-Zone and the multiple benefits that come with the establishment of the Bureau Intellectual Property in Sint Maarten to cope with the demand of trademark registration.

Minister Ted Richardson elucidated on the final agreement reach with Curacao’s Bureau of Intellectual Property (BIP) on the dividing ratio pertaining to the payments of the registration fees for patents.

Camps and his team expressed satisfaction about the agreement reached between Curacao and Sint Maarten with respect to BIP, and they were also pleased of the country’s choice to conclude collaboration with the Benelux Office of Intellectual Property which the Netherlands utilizes with respect to the Caribbean Netherlands territories (Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius).  

At the end of the meeting both delegations exchanged tokens of appreciation.

The Minister’s delegation comprised of Chef de Cabinet and Personal Advisor Ludwig Ouenniche and Jaap van Duinkerken from Ministry TEATT.