Haiti's Commerce Ministry Launches Regional Caravan to Formalize Businesses
The initiative, spanning ten departments, aims to help informal enterprises register and regularize their status.
Haiti's Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) launched a regional caravan for the formalization and revitalization of commerce and entrepreneurship on October 16, 2026, at the Hôtel Montana, according to Le Nouvelliste. The ceremony officially marked the start of a series of activities, including training sessions and the establishment of mechanisms allowing businesses operating informally to regularize their status through registration. Carried out jointly with the Ministry of Planning, the initiative is intended to strengthen the institutional capacity of a sector described by Le Nouvelliste as largely informal. The program involves ten departments, a training-and-registration caravan, and equipped offices as part of the ministries' effort to address informality. Le Nouvelliste reports the measure as part of broader MCI activity; the outlet has separately noted related ministry initiatives, including a project to encourage innovative ideas and job creation in university settings. Further operational details of the caravan were not available in the portion of the report accessed. The reporting is attributed to Le Nouvelliste.