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SUPPORT AND ADVISORY
NETWORK

As part of its public education and capacity-building mission, FIPA connects individuals, families, organizations, and communities with experienced professionals and specialist service providers.

These experts operate independently and are not employees, agents, or representatives of FIPA. They are listed as a public resource based on experience, alignment with our values, or prior collaboration.

Where applicable, providers may charge fees directly to clients.

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FIPA does not supervise, manage, or control the services delivered and does not participate in contractual or business arrangements between clients and providers.

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FIPA applies basic screening criteria before listing professionals, including credentials, experience, and alignment with ethical standards. However, final suitability must be determined by the client.

Skill building and Economic Empowerment

  • Role: In partnership with other organizations, we offer workshops, and to help individuals gain valuable skills, particularly in areas like entrepreneurship, and trade-specific expertise.

  • Link to the other three Centres: By boosting financial security and personal empowerment, this directly aids the Family Centre by alleviating financial pressures on families and supports the Mental Health Centre by fostering mental well-being through economic stability. The Centre for Critical Thinking for Leadership (CCTL) benefits as these skills require strategic thinking.

  • We boost medium and small businesses and also highlight large businesses who are offering opportunities to medium and small businesses. 

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 Market Access and Relationship Building

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  • Role: With partners, help individuals and businesses connect with local and international markets by organizing networking events and partnerships with other organizations.

  • Link with the other three Centres: This function enhances families' ability to find income-generating opportunities, aligning with the Family Centre’s goals. It also helps reduce financial stress, benefiting the Mental Health Centre. The Trade Centre can collaborate with the Centre for Critical Thinking in Leadership to ensure strategic decision-making in market engagements.

  • We aim to play a role in boosting trade throughout the Caribbean and its Diaspora.  Platinum (below) is located in Trinidad. 

Support for Socially Responsible Professionals and Businesses

  • Role: Encourage the creation and growth of social enterprises that align with the NGO’s mission, focusing on service professionals and businesses that positively impact society while remaining economically sustainable.

  • Link with the other three Centres: Social enterprises can offer job opportunities and services that support family well-being, tying into the Family Centre. These enterprises can also create mentally supportive workplaces, connecting with the Mental Health Centre. The Centre for Critical Thinking in Leadership will contribute by ensuring these businesses are guided by ethical and thoughtful decision-making.

  • Help to boost the services of those persons who have reputations for offering outstanding professional services, including health care professionals, attorneys, engineers, architects, computer experts and others. 

Innovation and Technology Adoption

  • Role: Promote the use of innovative practices and technologies in trade by providing the necessary resources, training, and support to help businesses stay competitive.

  • Link with the other three Centres: Innovation leads to better job prospects and services that benefit families, linking to the Family Centre. The Mental Health Centre can use technology to enhance mental health services, and the Centre for Critical Thinking in Leadership plays a role in helping people think critically about implementing new technologies.

  • Innovation does not only mean the new technologies, of course, such as AI but also technology that enhances products, such as Durastone Jamaica Limited  Products that have additional polymers in them to provide a special bond. 

  • FIPA from its establishment in 1917 had a special relationship with agriculture, and we also celebrate Ray and Trudi of Cobra Ranch, one of three goat dairies operating in Jamaica.  

Let us know of innovations in AI 

Important Notice

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  • The professionals and organizations listed on this page operate independently.

  • They are not employees, contractors, or agents of FIPA

  • FIPA does not receive compensation for referrals unless explicitly stated

  • FIPA does not guarantee outcomes, service quality, or suitability

  • All agreements are made directly between the client and the provider

  • FIPA accepts no responsibility or liability for services delivered, fees charged, or business interactions arising from these referrals

  • Users are encouraged to conduct their own due diligence before entering into any professional or commercial arrangement.

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