THE SECRETARIAT

This Secretariat exists to monitor the action plan of Jamaica’s National Export Strategy and provide support for its implementation. It also provides support to the Jamaica Export Council and its associated sub-committees. The Secretariat will be housed within Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI) and will be the central point for all queries relating to the implementation and execution of the National Export Strategy and the liaison between the agencies responsible for executing activities within the action plan.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive and track the initiatives of the Export Strategy to ensure that they are implemented within scheduled timeframe and prepare progress reports
• Facilitate stakeholder mechanism
• Conduct the monitoring of the strategy
• Facilitate the performance and impact assessment
• Execute all the follow-up activities based on the Council’s decision
• Identify possible donor funding for the implementation of the Strategy
• Provide support for the annual planning process to update the Strategy
• Communicate actions, programmes and measures for export growth
• Liaise with all the related programmes and initiatives to report on those that may influence the export strategy and its initiatives.