PRIVATE AND PUBLIC STAKEHOLDER AGENCIES

In addition to the invaluable input from members of the Export Council, the specific industry strategies emerged from the work of dedicated teams for each of the priority industries, which met for numerous consultations. There were over eighty (80) participants from the private sector alone. The Strategy was validated at a stakeholders workshop held on March 17, 2009 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston attended by one hundred and fourteen (114) persons comprising individuals from firms and organisations in the public and private industry:

The Council is composed of representatives from the public and private sector who are critical members of the trade support network and wider export community. The Council representatives are:


Private Sector Agencies


Private Sector Organization of Jamaica Small Businesses Association of Jamaica
Shipping Association of Jamaica Jamaica Manufacturers Association
Jamaica Software Developers Association Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority
Jamaica Public Service Company Jamaica Intellectual Property Office
Jamaica Productivity Centre Jamaica Trade Adjustment Team
Jamaica Agricultural Society Jamaica Bankers Association
Jamaica Stock Exchange Caribbean Agri-Business Association
Jamaica Agro-Processors Association Coffee Industry Board
Jamaica Organic Agriculture Movement Jamaica Universities Steering Committee
Jamaica Universities Steering Committee Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers Ltd
Media Association Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation
Mining and Quarrying Association of Jamaica Cocoa Board
Jamaica Exporters Association

Public Sector Agencies


Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce Office of the Prime Minister (Planning & Development Division)
Ministry of Transport Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
Bureau of Standards Jamaica Ministry of Education
Ministry of Agriculture (PQ, VSD) National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica
Rural Agricultural Development Authority University Council of Jamaica
University College of the Caribbean University of Technology
University of the West Indies HEART/NTA
NCTVET Edna Manley College for Visual & Performing Arts
Ministry of Labour Scientific Research Council
Ministry of Finance Jamaica Business Development Corporation
Office of Utilities Regulations Jamaica Chamber of Commerce
Ministry of National Security & Justice Fiscal Services Ltd.
Jamaica Customs Department Trade Board Ltd.
Ministry of Tourism Jamaica Tourist Board
Jamaica Information Service Planning Institute of Jamaica
Bank of Jamaica Development Bank of Jamaica
Mona Institute of Applied Sciences Statistical Institute of Jamaica
National Environmental Planning Institute Ministry of Energy
Jamaica Constabulary Force National Coalition of Services Industries
Ministry of Water & Housing Tourist Product Development Company
Office of the Registrar of Companies Export Centre/Business Information Point
Corporate Finance Broker (JTI) Jamaica Broadcast Commission
Jamaica Film Commission (JTI) Jamaica Stock Exchange
Ministry of Telecommunications Mines and Geology Division 
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