our mission

MOTIE’s mission is to promote trade, industrial development, regional integration and employment in a conducive and competitive business and investment environment by;

•  Providing a predictable, competitive, equitable and socially responsible environment conducive to investment, trade and enterprise development;
•  Providing a predictable, competitive, equitable and socially responsible environment conducive to investment, trade and enterprise development;
• Continually improve the skills and capabilities of MOTIE to effectively deliver on its mandate and respond to the needs of The Gambian economy;
•  Promoting a well-educated, trained, skilled versatile, self-reliant and enterprising labour force that will continually meet the needs of the nation; and
•  Strengthening bilateral, regional and multilateral trade corporations to enhance the benefit from trade.

MOTIE's vision

To be dynamic trading and industrial, globally competitive economy, characterized by inclusive growth and development, decent employment and equity, built on the full potential of all citizens.

Our Mandate

The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MOTIE) is mandated to formulate and implement trade, investment and industrial policies that promote investment in the productive sector for increased production and export, thus promoting trade as an engine of growth.

Specific terms of reference for the Ministry include;

•  Provide advice on policy formulation in the areas of trade, industry, regional integration and employment;
• Ensure policies are documented and communicated to executing agencies;
• Ensure that agencies carry out policy decisions;
•  Formulate and implement national trade policies to ensure the maintenance of liberalized trade policy regime; 
•  Formulate and implement national industrial policies to facilitate the orderly socio-economic transformation and modernization process;
•  Formulate and implement national employment policies to ensure the building, strengthening and effective utilization of human resources;
•   Formulate and implement national policies for micro, small and medium enterprises to facilitate their developments
•  Promote investment, exports and the development of enterprises; and
•  Provide general management services that ensure the effective functioning of the policies for private sector development.