{"id":374,"date":"2024-04-10T14:30:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/?page_id=374"},"modified":"2024-10-11T09:13:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T14:13:02","slug":"partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"374\" class=\"elementor elementor-374\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a85fda8 e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a85fda8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.jbdc.net\\\/digitaljamaica\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Video.mp4&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container elementor-hidden-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fb4bac jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2fb4bac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PARTNERS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fa4d01 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fa4d01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DIGITAL JAMAICA PROJECT<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a31ff5f e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a31ff5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d4970d e-con-full e-flex jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d4970d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a0d406 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a0d406\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/jamaica\/european-union-and-jamaica_en?s=143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/EU-Logo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2080\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9a45e8 e-con-full e-flex jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d9a45e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03b78d3 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03b78d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EUROPEAN UNION (EU) \u2013 GLOBAL GATEWAY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d47c8d jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d47c8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The European Commission and the EU High Representative have set out the Global Gateway, a new European strategy to boost smart, clean and secure links in digital, energy and transport sectors and to strengthen health, education and research systems across the world.<\/p><p>The Digital Jamaica programme\u2019s objectives are two-fold: to connect Jamaicans with improved broadband access while providing those working and learning in the education section with training in digital skills. The Digital Jamaica programme contributes to Jamaica\u2019s national digital plan, which includes addressing the digital divide with rural areas, facilitating access to education and also technological innovation for the private sector.<\/p><p>Under\u00a0Global Gateway, the EU\u2019s positive offer to deliver trusted and sustainable connections for our partner countries, the Digital Jamaica programme will \u201cconnect\u201d the island through \u20ac9.5 million in direct budget support to the Jamaican government.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6168c62 e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6168c62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c207b89 e-con-full e-flex jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c207b89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d755b08 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d755b08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miic.gov.jm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MIIC-blacklogo.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2072\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MIIC-blacklogo.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MIIC-blacklogo-300x75.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MIIC-blacklogo-768x193.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9a4c4c e-con-full e-flex jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d9a4c4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d89e55 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d89e55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, INVESTMENT &amp; COMMERCE <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-030ac5a jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"030ac5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ministry of Industry, Investment &amp; Commerce (MIIC) is described as <strong><em>\u201cJamaica&#8217;s Business Ministry\u201d<\/em><\/strong>. Its\u2019 mandate is to lead the development of policies that will create growth and jobs, while achieving social inclusion and consumer protection. The Ministry, working with its stakeholders is primarily responsible for business policy development, monitoring and evaluation, while giving direction and oversight to a cluster of implementing departments and agencies.<\/p><p>The mandate of MIIC is to:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-928e263 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"928e263\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>DEVELOP &amp; IMPLEMENT<\/strong>\u00a0policies, plans, projects, and programmes that produce substantially higher Exports, Economic Growth and Job Creation.<\/li><li><strong>PROMOTE<\/strong>\u00a0local &amp; foreign investments that increase exports, foreign exchange earnings and sustained job creation.<\/li><li><strong>COLLABORATE<\/strong>\u00a0with other Government Ministries and Agencies to produce higher economic growth, increased and sustained job creation, and a much higher level of exports by targeting and securing greater local and foreign investments.<\/li><li><strong>REGULATE\u00a0<\/strong>for a modern and efficient business and trade economy with a framework of accountability and good governance. ENABLE Jamaican industries to drive productivity and higher exports.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf68a9b e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf68a9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c25d043 e-con-full e-flex jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c25d043\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14a0f48 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14a0f48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JBDC-revised-logo_final_TAGLINE_black.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2076\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JBDC-revised-logo_final_TAGLINE_black.jpg 1760w, https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JBDC-revised-logo_final_TAGLINE_black-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JBDC-revised-logo_final_TAGLINE_black-1024x843.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JBDC-revised-logo_final_TAGLINE_black-768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JBDC-revised-logo_final_TAGLINE_black-1536x1265.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a5c836 e-con-full e-flex jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a5c836\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffe7ab1 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffe7ab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">JAMAICA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (JBDC)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7204a8 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7204a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Established in April 2001, the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Investment &amp; Commerce (MIIC), is the premier business development agency, with the mandate to facilitate the sustainable creation and development of Micro, Small and Medium-Enterprises (MSMEs) in Jamaica <strong><em>\u2018From Concept to Market\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><p>Through its Corporate headquarters; Incubator &amp; Resource Centre (IRC); island wide network of Small Business Development Centres (SBDC); and chain of Things Jamaican\u2122 stores, the JBDC\u2019s clients gain access to a complexed range of business, technical, research and marketing services designed to deliver on the agency\u2019s mission to drive entrepreneurial success and development of the MSME sector through dynamic and innovative solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b0e00d e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b0e00d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee424b e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ee424b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8d68db jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8d68db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IN ASSOCIATION WITH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adf4bfe jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"adf4bfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jtda.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1480\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jdta-logo.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2481\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jdta-logo.webp 1480w, https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jdta-logo-300x151.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jdta-logo-1024x516.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jdta-logo-768x387.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1480px) 100vw, 1480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARTNERS DIGITAL JAMAICA PROJECT EUROPEAN UNION (EU) \u2013 GLOBAL GATEWAY The European Commission and the EU High Representative have set out the Global Gateway, a new European strategy to boost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-374","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-11 10:44:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":307,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3837,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374\/revisions\/3837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jbdc.net\/digitaljamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}