The PSDP to Award Business Development Grants to Local Communities

The Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP), in its continued support for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector in Jamaica, will award a limited number of grants of up to J$846,000 to Community Based Organisations (CBOs).

The grants may be used to fund business projects, training programmes and capacity development programmes on a cost sharing basis. The PSDP has made the commitment to fund up to 90% of eligible activities, while the CBO’s contribution is expected to be at least 10%, which may be in cash or kind. Read more...


PSDP Helps to Develop and Strengthen Ten Clusters in Jamaica

Working together in Clusters provides an opportunity for Jamaican companies in the Micro, Small & Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) sector to build on complementary objectives that will promote competitiveness, productivity and efficiency of the wider group. This was the sentiment of the Honourable Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce. He was speaking at an event to announce the ten industry clusters that qualified for grant assistance under the Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP), a joint initiative of the Government of Jamaica and the European Union. Read more...


REGISTER YOUR SERVICES WITH US
…and become a part of the Jamaica/Caribbean Business Provider Data Base!

The Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP) invites individual business service providers, as well as consultancy firms to become registered partners with the PSDP under its Business Service Provider registration (BSPs) facility.

The Business Service Provider registration (BSPs) will establish an exhaustive database of Jamaican and Caribbean business service providers in order to offer information about the available business development services to Jamaican MSMEs. The service providers’ profiles with description of the services being offered will be accessible to the public on the websites of the PSDP, Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI/JAMPRO), Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC), partner private sector organizations as well as through Business Information Points and Export Centres once established, along with other information sources set up by the PSDP.

In addition, qualified BSPs will have the opportunity to provide services, where relevant, to beneficiaries under various components of the PSDP.

Please, register via this on-line registration tool

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