Jamaica Employer's Federation

“Our mandate is to create an enabling business environment for Micro, Small and Medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Jamaica …”

The Enterprise and Business Development Unit’s attention to the creation of an enabling environment for Jamaica’s Micro, Small and Medium-sized business sector demands that we focus on:

Standards, as they relate to the availability of information and its application in the planning and decision-making process;
Organizational Structures and Reporting Functions and the role this plays in an organization’s efficiency and competitiveness;
The Employability Skills of  individuals employed to MSMEs
Access to suitable benchmarks by MSMEs
The Marketing Capacity of MSMEs

“Employment, enterprise creation and entrepreneurship are at the heart of sustainable development and at the heart of efforts by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to achieve Decent Work.  Employers have a keen interest in these areas … and JEF is working to ensure that the ILO and the International Organization of Employers (IOE) remain focused on them …”