Small and medium enterprises to get export training boost

IPED’s South Road office

The Institute of Private Enterprise Develop-ment (IPED) and the Inter American Investment Corporation (IIC) are partnering to deliver a training and technical assistance programme aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Guyana to enhance their competitiveness abroad.

Stabroek Business has learnt that IPED has been identified to implement the IIC’s Innovative Financing for SMEs (FINPYME) Export Plus Programme, under which selected local SMEs will receive technical assistance in specific areas with a view to enhancing their export capabilities.

The technical assistance programme will allow selected