Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry shares with Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele initiatives that would encourage the private sector to grow. 

This was done this week during SICCI’s courtesy visit to PM Manele. 

One of the agenda highlighted was to establish greater partnership with both domestic and regional partners.

SICCI emphasize the need to bring the MSG trade agreements closer to the private sector players adding it can happen through the initiative shared by SICCI CEO on having an MSG Business and Investment forum alongside the MSG Ministers meetings. 

SICCI believes that actively engaging regional private sector players will enable opportunities, business relationship and trade facilitation.

“SICCI acknowledge the opportunities of engagement with Government on key business constraints. 

“This gives SICCI the space to share on challenges faced by our private sector and together, we work to improve it, we are driving our private sector”.

SICCI adds that the country’s private sector needs review and reforms in legislations and policy so that it reduces constraints and open opportunity for doing business in Solomon Islands. 

In his respond, Prime Minister Manele supports the initiative and at the same time encourages SICCI to work in close collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade.

He acknowledged that SICCI has played a vital role in coordinating activities, roundtable discussions and regional engagements in the private sector space. 

Prime Minister Manele is pleased of SICCI courtesy visit to Director General of MSG Head Office in Vanuatu by SICCI CEO this month.

"The private sector is the engine of growth.

“The Government will work on reviews and amendments of the key bills and legislations, so that we can grow our private sector base to create more jobs and have a strong private sector”.