
MARKET ACCESS AND RURAL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (MAREP)
Implementing Partners
Grenada National Training Agency
They provide Quality Assurance Procedures to facilitate training and certification of MAREP trainees that will enable them to achieve the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) in their specific area of training.
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry Fisheries and the Environment
They play an important role in formulating law/sub-law documents and providing technical support to MAREP’s beneficiaries (farmers, agro-processors, fisher folks and forestry), and sharing information on (plants, pest and disease).
The departments used extensively are:
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Department of Fisheries, Veterinary and Livestock
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Department of Forestry
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Department of Pest Management
Ministry of Communications, Works, Physical Development, Public Utilities, ICT & Community Development
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They provide advice and support on infrastructural works, labour and technical supervision for development/contractual Rural Investment Fund (RIF) and Road Reurbishment projects.
Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development
They provide educational policy and skills training programmes through Grenada National Training Agency (NTA) responsible for Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ).They also have collaborated with MAREP to provide Adult literacy to individuals throughout Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
Ministry of Youth, Sports & Religious Affairs
To provide youth policy, initiatives in youth development, youth leadership programme and to colloborate with the HSCB Component with Vocational Skill Training courses in MAREP's target communities
Ministry of Finance, Planning, Economic Development, Trade, Energy & Cooperatives
Functions as an implementing agent for the Programme; and thus is responsible to examine all documents and payments.
Other Implementing Partners
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Grenada Cooperative Bank Ltd (GCBL)
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Grenada Development Bank (GDB)
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Grenada Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC)
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Grenada National Marketing and Importing Board (MNIB)
Ministry of Social Development & Housing
The division of Gender and Family Affairs assists with the education, empowermentof individuals and provide opportunity for skills trainings to create employable citizens/self-employment; also structures to effectively address domestic violence and other forms of abuse issues.