ARTICLE - INVESTMENT FACILITATION CENTER

KARL JEAN-LOUIS, NEW DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENT FACILITATION CENTER (CFI)
(Haiti Libre) -

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 "polyglot team, 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 that is more aggressive and efficient and will provide, among other things, its support to business diplomacy", advocated by the Martelly-Conille government.

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, and we can not have jobs being created in the country if there is no investment. There will be no investment, if there is no security, and if there is no stability of the 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 a unique place to accompany investors who will now only have to complete all formalities in one place (one stop). It thus contributes to reducing the time that requires the procedures of the 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 their investment.