Yesterday the Minister of Trade and Industry, Wilson Laleau installed at the head of the Investment Facilitation Center (Centre de Facilitation des Investissements - CFI), Mr. Karl Jean-Louis in place of Mr Guy Lamothe, who was appointed Ambassador of Haiti in Mexico. In his speech for the occasion, Mr. Jean Louis informed that in the next 90 days he would work to put a structure in place that will work on the responsibilities of CFI...; Develop a strategic plan and a program of monitoring and evaluation of the CFI for the next four years.

The new director of the CFI stated that for attracting investment, the institution needs a team "polyglot, competent and dedicated," which will focus on facilitation, to the research and to the promotion of investment. Jean-Louis stated that the CFI will be "an institution more aggressive and efficient and will provide, among other things, its support to the business diplomacy" advocated by the government Martelly-Conille.

For his part the Minister of Trade and Industry declared "...There is a need for stability in the country [...] this is not a simple problem, we can not rehabilitate the country, increase growth, we can not allow that jobs be created in the country if there is no investment, and there will be no investment, if there is no security, if there is no the stability of institution..."

Mr. Karl Jean-Louis was the executive director of the Presidential Advisory Council for Economic Development and Investment (PIAC).

Learn more about CFI

The Investment Facilitation Center (CFI) is an autonomous organization of the State of Haiti. Placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, it emerges from a partnership between the private and public sectors. The CFI wants to be an unique place to accompany investors who will now have to complete all formalities in one place (one stop). It thus contributes to reducing the time that require the procedures of registration of a company on one hand, and the transaction costs on the other. The mision of CFI is to promote and facilitate the development of investment in Haiti, by : the implementation of strategies and active policies to promote investment ; the provision of personal support to the investor ; both Haitian and foreign, in the various stages of realization of its investment.

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