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
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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
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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
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