The Inuit Business Registry (IBR) is an important component of the
Nunatsiavut Government’s service offering in support of business start-up,
diversification and procurement services. Initially developed as a registry
to assist the implementation of the Voisey’s Bay IBA, this platform has
organically become a general procurement and reference tool for local,
regional, provincial and federal businesses and stakeholders. The IBR
has expanded to become a reference tool internally for all procurement
and other IBA opportunities and externally for industry stakeholders and
businesses to confirm Inuit business designation, seek out partnership
opportunities or identify local service providers. Changes to federal and
provincial procurement can create new opportunities and the registry is a
tool for connecting Nunatsiavut Beneficiaries to opportunities. This project is
to document and formalize related policies and procedures to better support