 Policy advisors and technocrats participated in the first of a three-part National Visioning Symposium, a lead-up to the formulation of a new medium-term development strategy, MTDS 2021-2026. One of the outcomes of the symposium is to craft aspirations for a medium-term that will inspire hope in the people of St. Lucia. Permanent Secretary in the Department of Economic Development, Claudius Immanuel, pointed out that a national theory of change framework is being utilized to shape the transformational change necessary to reposition St. Lucia on a growth trajectory. He added that a successful MTDS will capture three main objectives. One, to enhance our capacity to manage shocks and social risks. Secondly, achieve improvements in trade, productivity and competitiveness. And three, promote the integration of adaptation and mitigation measures for environmental protection. Achieving sustainable development is the ultimate goal of the MTDS, Immanuel added. To achieve this result, attention must be placed on social and capital resilience, economic resilience and environmental resilience. The national theory of change is a shift away from the sectoral approach to development planning, which has resulted in institutional silos. This methodology causes a deeper assessment of institutional and enabling factors that will facilitate economic growth and development. Chief Economist in the Department of Economic Development, Pearl Alcindor, indicated that the formulation of a new MTDS entails numerous activities, among which was a sectoral diagnostic exercise with the public sector identifying sectoral problems and offering solutions to these problems. We are now engaging technocrats in a bottom-up approach to be able to formulate the aspirations for the medium term. The development themes, what are the changes, the transformational changes that we want over the medium term. So this is the objective of this exercise today. The National Visioning Symposium brought stakeholders together from Ministries of Health, Youth and Sports Agriculture, Social Transformation, Commerce, Education, Justice, Housing, Finance, Infrastructure, among others. The symposium was facilitated by Dr. Cleetus Burton. We have engaged Dr. Burton who is very excited about this exercise to be able to be part of national development and the solutions to national development. So at the Department of Economic Development, we welcome his participation to lead this process to be able to help us navigate the elements of going through our national development problems, coming up with solutions in a very interactive way. The next activity in the formulation of the MTDS is a broad policy forum with public and private sector partners. The delivery of the medium term development strategy is scheduled for November 2022. For the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council, Glenn Simon reporting.