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Minister Bartlett (centre) is joined by (from L-R) Ian Dear, Chairman of TPDCO, David Dobson, Senior Director, Ministry of Tourism, Don Hawkins, who developed the business case for JCTI and Professor at George Washington University, Godfrey Dyer, Chairman-TEF, Dr. Carey Wallace, Executive Director-TEF and Dr. Andrew Spencer, Executive Direc- tor-TPDCO. The occasion was the launch of the pilot programme for the Jamaica Centre of Innovation on Wednesday November 01, 2017. Nearly 30,000 persons are expected to benefit from employment over the next five years through JCTI.