[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1133, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "agriculture and fisheries practices and Ministry of Women and Social Solidarity, to promote women inclusion in economic development."}, {"bbox": [97, 206, 1133, 258], "category": "Text", "text": "* Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) is responsible to manage the monetary policy of the eight members of the Monetary Union and to promote financial inclusion."}, {"bbox": [97, 259, 835, 286], "category": "Text", "text": "* Value chains promotion agencies, such as the National Agency of cashew nuts."}, {"bbox": [97, 286, 1133, 364], "category": "Text", "text": "* Guinea-Bissau Investments for the promotion of investments and major projects, to attract potential investors, contribute to the policy making, benchmark the region against the country and attract core investments promotion at the national, regional and international levels."}, {"bbox": [97, 365, 1133, 444], "category": "Text", "text": "* Agency for the promotion small and medium-sized companies, under the Directorate-General for the Promotion of Private Investment, whose mission is to \"contribute to the application of the Government's Economic Policy in terms of promoting private investment."}, {"bbox": [97, 444, 1088, 471], "category": "Text", "text": "* Centre for business formalisation, called 'one-stop-shop service' for registration of newly created MSMEs."}, {"bbox": [97, 471, 1097, 498], "category": "Text", "text": "* Agency for the promotion of credit and savings activities, Agency for supervision of microfinance activities."}, {"bbox": [97, 498, 1133, 550], "category": "Text", "text": "* National Institute of Agricultural Research (INPA), responsible for the provision of various technological innovations in the field of agriculture and forestry including on access to quality seeds."}, {"bbox": [97, 550, 1133, 682], "category": "Text", "text": "* Fisheries National Institute for Research and Oceanography, (INIPO), and the National Fisheries Laboratory, both under the responsibility of the Ministry of Fisheries. INIPO is a technical and scientific entity which involves the scientific investigation of the fishery resources with a view to contributing to their sustainable exploitation, collecting, processing and disseminating statistical data, quality control of fishery products and the marine environment, as well as research on the cultivation of marine species."}, {"bbox": [97, 682, 1133, 736], "category": "Text", "text": "* Fisheries control agency (INFISCAP), an autonomous public body which is responsible for implementing sustainable surveillance systems, national control, inspection activities and promoting fisheries value chains."}, {"bbox": [103, 763, 279, 787], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Private sector"}, {"bbox": [97, 789, 1125, 816], "category": "Text", "text": "* MSMEs, fishing/agriculture industry, cooperatives, organisation of producers, young and female entrepreneurs."}, {"bbox": [97, 816, 1133, 867], "category": "Text", "text": "* Chamber of Commerce, to structure the interprofessional dialogue within the framework of the selected value chains."}, {"bbox": [97, 867, 1133, 921], "category": "Text", "text": "* Professional associations for the promotion of the cashew nuts, rice/tropical fruits/fisheries value chains, and the promotion of decentralized financial systems and banks."}, {"bbox": [97, 921, 578, 948], "category": "Text", "text": "* Training Centres, Academia Researchers/Students."}, {"bbox": [97, 948, 1133, 1028], "category": "Text", "text": "* Business incubators, for training and mentorship to entrepreneurs. Some of them are: Urban Incubator Innovalab, focusing on digital innovation; Cide Incubator, with experience in the fisheries sector; Rural Incubator of Engim/CIFAP, focused on agri-entrepreneurs."}, {"bbox": [103, 1054, 262, 1079], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Civil society"}, {"bbox": [97, 1080, 1133, 1133], "category": "Text", "text": "* Non-Governmental Organisations, that have an important role when involved in private sector development (incubation, trade, etc.) in agrobusiness and fisheries value-chains."}, {"bbox": [97, 1133, 693, 1160], "category": "Text", "text": "* Local associations (including youth and women organisations)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1160, 1133, 1213], "category": "Text", "text": "* Consumer associations and other public and community organizations responsible for promoting healthy and sustainable food consumption."}, {"bbox": [97, 1213, 205, 1240], "category": "Text", "text": "* Diaspora."}, {"bbox": [97, 1265, 1133, 1476], "category": "Text", "text": "An Inter-ministerial Commission is in place, under the responsibility of the Ministry of Economy and Planning, to support the Business Environment Reforms. It is composed by a vast number of public and private entities, namely the Ministry of Economy, Directorate General to Promote Private Investments, Centre for Private Companies Formalization, General Customs Directorate, General Directorate for Tourism, Directorate General for Commerce, Directorate General for Industry, Local Municipality of Bissau, General Directorate for Notary and Civil Registration; Chamber of Commerce; Industrial Association; Association of the Tourism Operators; Association of the Importers and Exporters of Guinea-Bissau; Association of the Processors of Cashew and Associations of Intermediaries of Guinea-Bissau."}, {"bbox": [97, 1503, 557, 1530], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## International Bilateral and Multilateral partners"}, {"bbox": [97, 1557, 1133, 1638], "category": "Text", "text": "The World Bank is supporting country economic development efforts for Rural Transport Project (including a blending with the EU for the strategic corridor which links Guinea-Bissau to Senegal), for West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Digital Project, Emergency Water and Electricity Services Upgrading Project,"}, {"bbox": [1131, 1681, 1145, 1703], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "9"}]