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AEROTEL's Mission is to Engineering and Specialized Telecommunication services, on behalf of the Government of Jamaica; in keeping with the Standards and Recommended Practices of the International Civil Aviation Organization's Conventions through a highly trained, competent and motivated management team and staff to the highest level of proficiency, accuracy and integrity for our clients in the aviation sector for the...

To facilitate the diversification, development and improvement of the tourism product utilizing an experienced and qualified staff to enhance visitor experience by building consensus and strategic alliances with industry stakeholders in order to engender socio-economic growth.

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) was established on May 1, 2005 for the sole purpose of implementing the recommendations emanating from the Master Plan for Sustainable Tourism Development, 2002. The Tourism Master Plan provides the framework in which TEF will fulfil its mandate of promoting growth and development in the tourism sector, encouraging better management of environmental resources in Jamaica,...

We are a regulatory agency of government, operating under the legal authority of the Trade Act and the auspices of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC). The Trade Board is Jamaica's certifying authority for goods exported under the various trade agreements. The Trade Board Limited has responsibility for: WTO Agreement on Import Licensing. Issuing import and export licences...

The spa is reputed to have healing properties and attracts visitors from all over Jamaica to ameliorate ailments such as rheumatism, gout and lumbago. The waters have radioactivity of 16m curries per litre (which is about 50 times as radioactive as the waters of Vichy in France and 54 times as radioactive as the waters of Baden in Switzerland). According...

Co-operative Societies and Friendly Societies in the island have all come into being with the object of bringing about an improvement in the economic and/or social life of the people who comprise their membership. The role of the Department in this effort is to assist societies to achieve this end by the application of proper co-operative techniques. It can be...

The Micro Investment Development Agency Limited (MIDA) was established in 1991 to provide a focused approach to the development of the micro enterprise sector by providing or seeing to the critical inputs necessary for the growth and sustainability of the sector. The major functional strategies of MIDA are: a )   The provision of wholesale funds to enable micro entrepreneurs to...

Welcome to the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation- JANAAC. Here at JANAAC, we provide a wealth of confidence and expertise in the marketplace through our comprehensive accreditation services and related training(s). JANAAC is proud of its role in fostering global confidence in Jamaica’s products and services   Since its establishment in 2008, JANAAC has been carrying out its mandate of...

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) was established in January 2001. JIPO acquired its status as a statutory body on February 1, 2002 and is an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce.   As the national IP office, JIPO provides a central focal point for the administration of Intellectual Property (IP) in Jamaica and has the mandate...

To create the conditions for accelerating the rate of growth of visitor numbers to Jamaica. JamVac will provide, protect and increase the airlift capacity on both schedule and charter routes by working with existing and potential new carriers to create sufficient capacity on each route.