The
Secretary of the Economic Development and Trade Department
of Puerto Rico Milton E. Segarra, will visit Uruguay August
25-27.
The distinguished visitor will cover an
extensive agenda including meetings with the President of
the Republic, Jorge Batlle, some members of Cabinet and
several businessmen. He will also carry out a press conference.
Segarra is responsible for implementing
economic development public policies outlined in the Puerto
Rican Project for the 21st Century, political platform of
the present administration.
Public policies are implemented by nine
branches of the DDEC: the Compañía de Fomento
Industrial, the Compañía de Turismo, the Administración
de Fomento Comercial, the Autoridad del Distrito del Centro
de Convenciones de Puerto Rico, the Administración
de Fomento Cooperativo, the Administración de Terrenos,
the Corporación del Desarrollo del Cine, Corporación
para el Desarrollo de las Exportaciones/Promoexport, and
the Administración de la Industria y el Deporte Hípico.
As Secretary of the DDEC, he chairs the
boar of directors of all these branches. He is also a member
of the boar of directors of: Banco Gubernamental de Fomento,
Autoridad de los Puertos, Concilio de Exportaciones, Autoridad
de Financiamiento para Infraestructura, Banco de Desarrollo
Económico, and the Consejo de Desarrollo Ocupacional
y Recursos Humanos.
He has served in the public sector
since August 2001, when he was appointed Executive Director
of the Compañía de Turismo de Puerto Rico,
and later Undersecretary of the Economic Development and
Trade Department.
