THE Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) on Wednesday said it is prepared to work with the new government in achieving a co-operative agreement to promote investments and drive economic growth.

At a meeting held at Gordon House, PSOJ president Christopher Zacca said “his organisation has an interest in helping the government to create a business-and investor-friendly environment”.

“(And we) would like to agree on some shared national visions, strategies and projects that would contribute to the country’s development agenda,” Zacca added.

In his response, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, whose Jamaica Labour Party edged the People’s National Party in the September 3 national polls, said there could be no ambiguity in the government’s commitment to the private sector and encouraging investments in Jamaica.

Discussions between the government and the private sector, he said, should also include representatives of the agriculture sector and the trade unions, in order to bring all the players on board.

The prime minister also spoke of the need to identify ways of eliminating bureaucracy and the negative effect it has on businesses and has mandated the minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, James Robertson, to meet with representatives of the private sector to determine a suitable course of action towards achieving these objectives.

Robertson and Minister of Industry, Commerce and Investment, Karl Samuda, also joined Golding in the meeting.

Meanwhile, the PSOJ representatives accompanying Zacca included vice- presidents Richard Chen, Earl Jarrett and Mark McKenzie.