The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) is organizing the 12, 13 and 14 March 2012 the States General of the investment. According the MCI, investment and wealth creation are the main if not the only vectors by which Haiti can reduce its poverty rate and the high vulnerability of its population and move from its position of least developed country to that of emerging country by 2030.

To meet this challenge, print to the economy a trajectory of growth socially and geographically fair, a set of coordinated reforms of public policies and of investment strategies must be made ​​to foster the emergence of a modern private sector, dynamic and socially responsible.

This three-day workshop will bring together representatives of several public and private institutions to exchange around topics related to business development, such as the macroeconomic framework of the investment, the fiscal and trade policies, the status and prospects of financing of investment, the strategic investments, the legal environment of business and the system of administrative and institutional support for investment.

Several constraints and obstacles have already been identified in various works to explain the low level of investment or the poor performance in Haiti. The work of the "Working Group on Competitiveness" have shown promising sectors and lines of action that can enhance the competitiveness of the economy. Overall, problems, work paths are identified but not always concrete policies and measures. A necessary step is the identification of key constraints, of problem and priority reforms to integrate a working agenda coordinated in adequacy with the strategies and objectives set. This is the best way to achieve good coordination of supports, of strategic investments and the consistency in the interventions, says the Ministry.

This work is part of a comprehensive process that requires the active involvement of stakeholders in the start of the production system including : the public services, employers and professional associations, universities and professional schools, donors and agencies involved in the supervision and the financing of entrepreneurship in Haiti.

Following these States General of Investment, the MCI and the institutions interested will collect all the necessary elements to develop an action plan multisectoral aimed at removing the barriers to investment in Haiti and to implement policies to boost and allow the creation of decent and sustainable jobs advocated by the President Martelly and relayed by the Prime Minister in his statement of General Policy. Two lines of work are covered : on the one hand the incentive policies, of promotions, and on the other hand the facilitation through adjustments to the legal framework and administrative of business.

HL/ HaitiLibre