Business
Other Business Support Organizations
In addition to the Grenada Industrial Development Corporation ( GIDC ) there are several other organizations which provide support to businesses
Business Support Organization ( BSO ) Services Provided Source of Funding
Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce ( GCIC ) Bldg 11 Frequente Industrial Park , St . George ’ s Tel : 473-440-2937 , Fax : 473-440-6627 E-mail : gcic @ spiceisle . com Website : www . spiceisle . com / homepages / gcic /
Ministry of Environment , Export and Trade The Carenage , St . George ’ s , Tel : 473- ) 440-2214 / 9480 / 9701 , Fax : ( 473 ) 440-0775 Website : www . gov . gd
Grenada Bureau of Standards GDBS ) Queen ’ s Park , St . George ’ s , Grenada W . I . Tel : ( 473 ) 440-5886 / 6783 , Fax : ( 473 ) 440-5554 Email : gdbs @ spiceisle . com Website : www . gdbs . gd
Grenada Produce Chemist Laboratory Tanteen , St . George ’ s Tel : 473-440-3273 / 0106
• Provide advocacy both for individual members and for the Private Sector . We also work to bolster Grenada ’ s social framework through the Social Partnership
• Provide training for companies in order to strengthen their capacity to grow the Grenadian economy .
• Promote and facilitate exports with emphasis on product diversification and value addition .
• Participate in major trade fairs .
• Establish Councils on Trade and the Environment
• Standards Development , Implementation , Information
• Product Development , Testing and Certification
• Metrology Services
• Training in Standardization , Quality Control and Metrology
• Materials Testing
• Sale of Packaging Materials
• Product development , modification and adaptation : Develop technological packages for processing indigenous raw materials Provide lab services , Chemical and microbiological analyses
• Provide pilot plant facilities for fruit syrups , juices , alcoholic beverages , meat products and fish products among others
Private
Government of Grenada
Government of Grenada
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Market Access and Rural Enterprise Development Programme ( MAREP ) Main Street , Sauteurs , St . Patrick ’ s Tel : 473-442-0100 , Fax : 473-442-0104 Email : marepgrenada @ gmail . com
Grenada Community Development Organisation ( GRENCODA ) Lower Depradine Street , Gouyave , St . John ’ s Tele : ( 473 ) 444-8430 / 9490 , Fax : ( 473 ) 444-8777 Email : grenco @ spiceisle . com Website : www . grencoda . org
Agency for Rural Transformation ( ART ) Marrast Hill ,, St . George ’ s Tel : 473-440-3440 Email : art @ spiceisle . com
Grenada Hotel & Tourism Association ( GHTA ) St . George ’ s Tel : 1 473 444 1353 , Fax : 1 473 444 4847 Email : mail @ ghta . org website : www . gogrenada . gd
Grenada Authority for the Regulation of Financial Institutions ( GARFIN ) St . George ’ s Tel : 1 473 440 6575 , Fax : 1 473 440 4780 Email : garfininfo @ garfin . org Website : www . garfingrenada . org
• Human and Social Capital Building
• Youth Motivational and scholarship programmes
• Market access and enterprise development
• Rural financial services .
• Community Development , Mobilisation and services
• Education and training
• Institutional strengthening - Human and Financial
• Small Business and Entrepreneurial Development
• Supports community organizations & the development of community skills for personal development , income genera tion and self employment - particularly among rural women
• Conducts rural youth development programmes , targeting children between the ages of 6-16 ,
• Supports health promotion initiatives focusing on food , nutri tion and lifestyle diseases including HIV / AIDS .
• Represents over 70 commercial concerns involved in the Tourism industry
• Assists members to attain higher standards for their establishments
• Lobbies on behalf of members and the industry
• Promotes co-operation & good relations within the industry
• Supervisors of the non banking financial sector includ ing Insurance , Co-Operatives , Money remitters and Offshore financial services .
Caribbean Development Bank ( CDB ) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD )
Depends on Project undertaken
Private
Government of Grenada
Grenada Board of Tourism ( GBT ) St . George ’ s Tel : 1 473 440 2279 Fax : 1473 440 6637 Email GBT @ spiceisle . com Website : www . grenadagrenadines . com
• Marketing , Promotion , Public Awareness , Training and Research .
• Collaborates with the Ministry of Tourism relating to policy ,
• Product Development and Standards of Operation within the industry .
• Offers a range of management and technical services
Government of Grenada
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