The CFI is relying on economic intelligence to better guide investment in Haiti. The Department of Studies and Economic Intelligence (DEI) of the Investment Facilitation Center (CFI-Invest Haiti) held a training workshop this week for 14 CFI monitoring officers as part of the implementation of the Economic Intelligence program. This program aims to foster a strategic economic and commercial information system to attract investment in Haiti.

During two days of rich discussions, CFI executives and heads of technical departments shared visions, tools, strategies, and actions to structure, implement, and operationalize an effective economic monitoring system.

In his opening remarks, Vladimir Léveillé, Director of the DEI, reiterated that Competitive Intelligence (CI) should be a strategic lever for strengthening Haiti's competitiveness in attracting private investment and effectively achieving better results in productive and sustainable investment strategies. He explained that competitive intelligence involves identifying signals of growth, expansion, and innovation in key sectors (agribusiness, textiles and clothing, agriculture, BPO, renewable energy, tourism, etc...) as well as priority sectors and innovative industries capable of boosting the national economy by attracting foreign and local direct investment.

During the first day, participants discussed the fundamental pillars of competitive intelligence, as well as the challenges of its deployment. The second day focused on the use of technical and technological tools (company databases; open data; RSS feed aggregators; company websites, etc...), actions to be taken, and a business intelligence system to explore as part of the implementation of the IE program, which will feed into the CFI's economic and commercial information system.

This workshop allowed the executives responsible for business intelligence at the CFI to broaden the discussion to more cross-functional issues such as innovation, leadership, structuring partnerships, and the importance of equipping teams to become active relays of the country's business intelligence strategy.

In a competitive environment where states are constantly battling to attract investment, business intelligence is becoming an essential lever for differentiation. By identifying promising sectors, regional dynamics, investor needs, and competitiveness factors, the CFI aims to provide a structured regional offering capable of attracting and reassuring investors.

HL/ HaitiLibre