Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Hon. Norman Dunn, speaking at the virtual Quarterly Meeting of the MSME National Policy Implementation Committee (NPIC), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, January 14, 2021. Others from left are Analyst/Researcher (Acting), Micro Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Division, Regina Reynolds; Small Business Financing Specialist, MSME Division, Karen Hylton; Principal Director, MSME Division, Oral Shaw; Chief Financial Officer, Micro Investment Development Agency (MIDA), Beris Pitter; Promotions and Outreach Manager, MSME Division, Angela Hamilton; and Administrative Assistant (Actg), MSME Division, Shannika Gayle, of the MIIC. The meeting highlighted presentations showcasing loan opportunities for MSMEs, the vision of the new President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica, Government’s assistance in realizing the vision, updates on the activities of the NPIC Sub-Working Groups, and on the new developments within the MSME sector.
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Dr. the Honourable Norman Dunn has commended the work done so far by the National Planning Implementation Committee (NPIC) in realizing 23 per cent of its target in its first year of a 5-year programme to implement the MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy 2018. The NPIC was established by the MIIC to assist the government in developing the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector in Jamaica. In its first year of operation in 2019/2020, the NPIC implemented 23 per cent or 44 of the 193 policy activities that are...
