{"id":2257,"date":"2021-10-11T14:33:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T14:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.trackdrip.com\/?page_id=2257"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:12:47","slug":"business-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sita.sr\/sectors\/business-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Business services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2257\" class=\"elementor elementor-2257\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-228909f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"228909f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c27ca7\" data-id=\"0c27ca7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e16ba99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-iheading\" data-id=\"e16ba99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iheading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-head\">\r\n\t        \t            <h6 class=\"text-primary\">PRIORITY SECTORS: BUSINESS SERVICES<\/h6>\r\n\t        \t        <h2 class=\"section-title\">Suriname: a land of services in a multicultural environment  <span class=\"text-primary\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fc633e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fc633e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Services are the main economic activity in Suriname, with an average contribution to GDP of 55% and employing two thirds of the country\u2019s workforce. . Moreover, the average export in services in Suriname between 2005 and 2019 has been of USD200,98 million.<\/p><p>Due to the multiculturalism that characterizes its society, the country is ideal for the development of international services. That\u2019s why the Government is firmly supporting the promotion of the business environment for the Information Technology Outsourcing, the Business Process Outsourcing and the Knowledge Process Outsourcing subsectors.<\/p><p>As a consequence, outsourcing is a rapidly growing sector in Suriname.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2478e8 elementor-align-center e-transform elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f2478e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;bounce&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:1000,&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/?p=6783\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More About Suriname's BPO Offer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5e5f53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5e5f53\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce27737\" data-id=\"ce27737\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1806bc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-iheading\" data-id=\"1806bc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iheading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-head\">\r\n\t        \t            <h6 class=\"text-primary\">PRIORITY SECTORS: BUSINESS SERVICES<\/h6>\r\n\t        \t        <h2 class=\"section-title\">Competitive advantages: <br> <span style=\"color:#283a88\">Financial attractiveness<\/span> <span class=\"text-primary\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb7ec10 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb7ec10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-97edd54\" data-id=\"97edd54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee4fcb6 httb elementor-widget elementor-widget-iiconbox\" data-id=\"ee4fcb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iiconbox.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-top\">\r\n\t\t        \t\t         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/flexible-framwork.png\" alt=\"\">\t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t        <div class=\"content-box\">\r\n\t            <h4>Flexible regulatory framework<\/h4>\r\n\t            <p>The responsibility of social security contributions in Suriname falls on the employee .<\/p>\r\n\t            \t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-16b5fcd\" data-id=\"16b5fcd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-419b5fc httb elementor-widget elementor-widget-iiconbox\" data-id=\"419b5fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iiconbox.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-top\">\r\n\t\t        \t\t         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/operational-costs-flag.png\" alt=\"\">\t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t        <div class=\"content-box\">\r\n\t            <h4>Operational Costs<\/h4>\r\n\t            <p>\u2022Suriname is the most cost-e\ufb00ective destination for o\ufb00shore Dutch support: <\/p>\r\n\t            \t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d37260\" data-id=\"4d37260\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f86efe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f86efe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BPO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3730\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BPO.jpg 484w, https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BPO-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8434d8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8434d8e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-593855a\" data-id=\"593855a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b6dd8 httb elementor-widget elementor-widget-iiconbox\" data-id=\"28b6dd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iiconbox.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-top\">\r\n\t\t        \t\t         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/opreration-cost.jpg\" alt=\"\">\t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t        <div class=\"content-box\">\r\n\t            <h4>Low electricity price<\/h4>\r\n\t            <p>1.37 USD\/kWh <\/p>\r\n\t            \t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-11eb120\" data-id=\"11eb120\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43531da httb elementor-widget elementor-widget-iiconbox\" data-id=\"43531da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iiconbox.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-top\">\r\n\t\t        \t\t         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/flexible-framwork.png\" alt=\"\">\t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t        <div class=\"content-box\">\r\n\t            <h4>Low average rental rate<\/h4>\r\n\t            <p>An office space rental rate per m2\/month is about US$10-25<\/p>\r\n\t            \t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-713c6c2\" data-id=\"713c6c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97f0a6a httb elementor-widget elementor-widget-iiconbox\" data-id=\"97f0a6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iiconbox.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-top\">\r\n\t\t        \t\t         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/flexible-framwork.png\" alt=\"\">\t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t        <div class=\"content-box\">\r\n\t            <h4>Lower fixed broadband basket<\/h4>\r\n\t            <p>29,03 USD for 5 GB and a tax rate of 8%, while for the Netherlands the price is established at 60,11 USD 5 GB.  <\/p>\r\n\t            \t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a0d356\" data-id=\"3a0d356\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d38a2c9 httb elementor-widget elementor-widget-iiconbox\" data-id=\"d38a2c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iiconbox.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-top\">\r\n\t\t        \t\t         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/flexible-framwork.png\" alt=\"\">\t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t        <div class=\"content-box\">\r\n\t            <h4>Exchange <br\/> rates<\/h4>\r\n\t            <p><p> 1 EURO =40.03 SRD <\/p>\n\n1 USD = 36.47 SRD<\/p>\r\n\t            \t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40513bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40513bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"skill-section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e422afe\" data-id=\"e422afe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6904026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-iheading\" data-id=\"6904026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iheading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-head\">\r\n\t        \t            <h6 class=\"text-primary\">PRIORITY SECTORS: BUSINESS SERVICES<\/h6>\r\n\t        \t        <h2 class=\"section-title\">Competitive advantages: <br> <span style=\"color:#283a88\">People\u2019s skills and availability<\/span> <span class=\"text-primary\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdbe2c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdbe2c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/><strong> Multilingual skills:<\/strong> Suriname is the only South American country where Dutch is the official language, together with Sranan Tongo. However, English is spoken by most of the population and many people can speak Spanish and Portuguese .<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> <strong>Young workforce:<\/strong> the average age in Suriname is 29 years. In fact, almost 40% of the 2020 population belongs to the group considered as young labor force 15-39 years old).<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> <strong>Supported skills development:<\/strong> Suriname relies on a public university and about ten private universities, institutes and academies providing education related to this sector, mainly in the fields of Business Administration, Information and Communication Technologies, Finances and Accountancy, Human Resources, Engineering and Architecture and Marketing among others:<ul><li>&#8211; Anton de Kom Universiteit van Suriname<\/li><li>&#8211; The Technological University of the Americas<\/li><li>&#8211; The Polytchenic College of Suriname<\/li><li>&#8211; University of Applied Sciences and Technology \u2013 UNASAT<\/li><li>&#8211; IMKB Suriname<\/li><li>&#8211; Institute of Management and Information Technology (iMiT)<\/li><li>&#8211; Smart Suriname Business Academy<\/li><li>&#8211; Janssen<\/li><li>&#8211; FHR Institute<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> <strong>Workforce:<\/strong> currently, around 2.500 people work in the outsourcing sector.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf75543\" data-id=\"bf75543\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2cfb38 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2cfb38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/skill-availabilty.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3756\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/skill-availabilty.jpg 807w, https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/skill-availabilty-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/skill-availabilty-768x897.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4becd6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4becd6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-230ba5e\" data-id=\"230ba5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c303351 elementor-widget elementor-widget-iheading\" data-id=\"c303351\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iheading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-head\">\r\n\t        \t            <h6 class=\"text-primary\">PRIORITY SECTORS: BUSINESS SERVICES<\/h6>\r\n\t        \t        <h2 class=\"section-title\">Competitive advantages: <br> <span style=\"color:#283a88\">Business environment <\/span> <span class=\"text-primary\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86bc4ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86bc4ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> <strong>Tax environment:<\/strong> The Doing Business Report of 2020 gives Suriname a score of 69,4 in terms of paying taxes, 8.9 points over the Latin America and Caribbean average.<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> <strong>Low influence of criminality:<\/strong> Suriname has received actors in the Global Organized Crime Index of 2021 a score of 4.9\/10 in terms of prevalence of criminal markets and structure and influence of criminal. This means that it is ranked as the 98th country in the world less influenced by criminality, with better scores than India (rank 129), Malaysia (rank 147), China (rank 152), Indonesia (rank 168) or Brazil (rank 171) and similar score to the Netherlands (4.69\/10) .<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> <strong>Cultural adaptability:<\/strong> Suriname relies on a peaceful multi-cultural society formed by Amerindians, East-Indians, Javanese, Maroons, Creole, Chinese and Europeans, among others. Therefore, its workforce is used to dealing with people that have different cultural characteristics.<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> <strong>Protected Intellectual property:<\/strong> Suriname is member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and has signed various International Property Rights (IPR) treaties:<ul><li>&#8211; Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed in 1997<\/li><li>&#8211; Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs, signed in 1975<\/li><li>&#8211; Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of Registration of Marks, signed in 1981<\/li><li>&#8211; Paris Convention for the Protecting of Industrial Property, signed in 1975<\/li><li>&#8211; Strasbourg Agreement concerning the International Patent Classification, signed in 1975<\/li><li>&#8211; WIPO Convention, signed in 1975.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> <strong>Productive Capacities Index:<\/strong> The Productive Capacities Index of 2020 elaborated by the UNCTAD shows that Suriname has had a stable evolution of all the parameters composing the Index between 2000 and 2018. Three of them have been successfully improved in this period: Transport (+12,9 points), ICT (+9,4 points) and Private sector (+18,3 points).<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> <strong>ICT development and costs:<\/strong><\/li><li>&#8211; Four Internet service providers and two telephone companies are active in Suriname<\/li><li>&#8211; Telesur, is implementing a huge project to substitute copper cable network by a fiber optic network.<\/li><li>&#8211; Bandwidths from up to 5\/1 Mbps to 500\/500 Mbps are available, with prices ranging from 11,54 USD to 2.411,62USD per month (with a 2 years contract)<\/li><li>&#8211; The 2017 ICT Development Index placed Suriname, with a value of 5,15, in the 88th position of the rank, above countries such as Indonesia (rank 111) or India (rank 134) and getting similar values as Mexico (5,16) and Colombia (5,36).<\/li><li>&#8211; The international internet bandwidth per internet user is of 66533,32 Bit\/s.<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> <strong>Time zone (GMT-3):<\/strong> Real-time services with the United States and Canada.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>OTHER INTERNATIONAL SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN SURINAME:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> Teleperformance<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> Custom Connect<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> Concentrix<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> Yource<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> WEngage<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8793ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8793ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-585d600\" data-id=\"585d600\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2980bdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-iheading\" data-id=\"2980bdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iheading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-head\">\r\n\t        \t            <h6 class=\"text-primary\">PRIORITY SECTORS: BUSINESS SERVICES<\/h6>\r\n\t        \t        <h2 class=\"section-title\">Opportunities <span class=\"text-primary\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9413d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9413d2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9d08f9\" data-id=\"c9d08f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b16925 key-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-iiconbox\" data-id=\"2b16925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iiconbox.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-top\">\r\n\t\t        \t\t         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ito.png\" alt=\"\">\t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t        <div class=\"content-box\">\r\n\t            <h4>ITO<\/h4>\r\n\t            <p><strong style=\"color: #2d3092\">Information Technology Outsourcing<\/strong>\n<br\/><br\/>\n<ul style=\"padding-left:0\">\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Website development<\/li>\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Web and mobile applications development<\/li>\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Software development<\/li>\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Software testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\r\n\t            \t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-38d861b\" data-id=\"38d861b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8594992 key-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-iiconbox\" data-id=\"8594992\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iiconbox.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-top\">\r\n\t\t        \t\t         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ito.png\" alt=\"\">\t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t        <div class=\"content-box\">\r\n\t            <h4>BPO<\/h4>\r\n\t            <p><strong style=\"color: #2d3092\">Business Process Outsourcing<\/strong>\n<br\/><br\/>\n<ul style=\"padding-left:0\">\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Outbound\/inbound calling (sales, recruitment, support)<\/li>\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> First-line\/second-line support<\/li>\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Email processing<\/li>\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Customer satisfaction research<\/li>\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Accounting, financial and billing services<\/li>\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Marketing services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\r\n\t            \t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce5a9ce\" data-id=\"ce5a9ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6cf2dd key-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-iiconbox\" data-id=\"a6cf2dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iiconbox.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-top\">\r\n\t\t        \t\t         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ito.png\" alt=\"\">\t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t        <div class=\"content-box\">\r\n\t            <h4>KPO<\/h4>\r\n\t            <p><strong style=\"color: #2d3092\">Knowledge Process Outsourcing<\/strong>\n<br\/><br\/>\n<ul style=\"padding-left:0\">\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Market research services<\/li>\n  <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/check-mark-yello.png\" alt=\"\"> Data processing  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\r\n\t            \t        <\/div>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e55954 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e55954\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c17efae\" data-id=\"c17efae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7f5caf elementor-widget elementor-widget-iheading\" data-id=\"a7f5caf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"iheading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-head\">\r\n\t        \t            <h6 class=\"text-primary\">priority Sectors: business services<\/h6>\r\n\t        \t        <h2 class=\"section-title\">Support <span class=\"text-primary\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t        \t    <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6af8b trade-support elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b6af8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Suriname Investment and Trade Agency (SITA)<\/strong> is the national Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (TIPA) and is comitted to be the strategic and the trusted partner of anyone who wants to do business in Suriname. Need support? Contact us <a href=\"https:\/\/sita.sr\/contact-us\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>A. RELEVANT ENTITIES<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Group.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation (BIBIS)<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Group.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> Ministry Of Economic Affairs, Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Group.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> Ministry of Transport, Communication and Tourism<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Group.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> Telecommunication Authority Suriname<\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Group.png\" width=\"15px\" \/> Chamber of Commerce and Industry<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>B. POLICIES <\/strong><\/p><p>The Policy Development Plan 2017-2021 elaborated by the Government is firmly committed to the reinforcement of the knowledge sector through the improvement of investments in information technology and the promotion of research programs in centers of excellence.<\/p><p><strong>C. 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