Tradewatch • The Official E-Newsletter of the Caribbean Export Development Agency • Vol. 5 No. 2,July-August, 2012 1 Caribbean Architecture Highlighted during International Architecture and Design Showcase The architects participating in the upcoming Caribbean Design Showcase included Kevin Talma, Talma Mills Studio (Barbados & Trinidad & Tobago), John Allsopp, Amonle Studios (Barbados) and Bryan Bullen, Caribbean Office of Co-operative Architecture (Grenada). The photos used in the Heritage Photo Display were provided from a variety of sources and submitted by Sue Courtney, VIVIDARCH (Belize). In this Issue Three (3) regional architects showcased their talent during the Caribbean Design Showcase at the University of Westminster in London, UK during the Summer, 2012. p 3 p 5 p 6 COMPETITIVENESS & INNOVATION Break Point Firms Move to Next Round of Business Competition TRADE & EXPORT DEVELOPMENT Caribbean Investment Week TRADE & EXPORT DEVELOPMENT Promoting Greater Trade and Investment between CARIFORUM and the FCORs Caribbean Soul Fusion to take Regional Talent to London Caribbean Cuisine and Hospitality to be showcased during London Olympics Six emerging artistes and two headline acts will showcase regional talent during the London 2012 Olympics as Caribbean Export hosts Caribbean Soul Fusion on August 9, 2012 at Grosvenor House, London, UK. This event, which forms a part of the Agency’s London Engage initiative, will highlight a wide range of Caribbean genres, namely Reggae, Soca, Creole Music (Zouk and Kompa), Caribbean Jazz, Folk and Afro-Haitian. CARIFORUM food companies will have the opportunity to showcase and market their products to United Kingdom (UK) businesses as a part of Caribbean Export Development Agency’s (Caribbean Export) London Engage initiative. These companies along with two regional and two UK chefs will participate in the Caribbean Cuisine and Hospitality Suite being held at Grosvenor House London, August 6 and 7, 2012. Official E-Newsletter of the Caribbean Export Development Agency VOL. 5 NO. 2 JULY–AUGUST, 2012 The Showcase, which is a part of Caribbean Export Development Agency’s (Caribbean Export) London Engage initiative, featured a 3D projection of regional architects designs, as well as a wall to wall photo display of traditional uses of indigenous earth friendly building materials in home construction; the showcase ran from June 28 - July 15, 2012. The Caribbean Design Showcase was supported by the European Union’s 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Regional Private Sector Development Programme (RPSDP). For additional information please contact Mr. Sheldon Jackman, Advisor - Market Intelligence at [email protected]or telephone (246)-436-0578. (TW) Kevin Talma, Talma Mills Studio (Barbados & Trinidad and Tobago) John Allsopp, Amonle Studios (Barbados) Bryan Bullen, Caribbean Office of Co-operative Architecture (Grenada) Continued on page 2 Continued on page 2
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Tradewatch • The Official E-Newsletter of the Caribbean Export Development Agency • Vol. 5 No. 2,July-August, 2012 1
Caribbean Architecture Highlighted during International Architecture and Design Showcase
The architects participating in the
upcoming Caribbean Design Showcase included
Kevin Talma, Talma Mills Studio (Barbados
& Trinidad & Tobago), John Allsopp, Amonle
Studios (Barbados) and Bryan Bullen, Caribbean
Office of Co-operative Architecture (Grenada).
The photos used in the Heritage Photo Display
were provided from a variety of sources and
submitted by Sue Courtney, VIVIDARCH (Belize).
In this Issue
Three (3) regional architects showcased their talent during the Caribbean Design Showcase at the University of Westminster in London, UK during the Summer, 2012.
p 3
p 5
p 6
COMPETITIVENESS & INNOVaTIONBreak Point Firms Move to Next Round of Business Competition
With less than two months to go, thirty (30) CARIFORUM firms moved one step closer to a chance at final selection in the Caribbean Export Development Agency’s (Caribbean Export) regional business competition, Break Point.
Caribbean Export participates in 13th Virtual Educa Symposium
From June 19 - 22, 2012, Caribbean Export participated in the Virtual Educa Symposium in Panama. Virtual Educa Panama 2012 is the 13th edition of the Virtual Educa International Symposium, which is a Conference, Multilateral Forum, and Exhibition on “Education, Innovation, and Information Communication Technologies (ICT)”, hosted at the ATLAPA Convention Center in Panama City, Panama.
The Symposium was made up of three elements:
Conference and Multilateral ForumEducators and experts from 25 countries provided
a “state-of-the-art” unique perspective at the
Conference. The Multilateral Forum brought
together decision makers, representatives from
international organisations, higher education
institutions, corporate experts and other
relevant stakeholders, to analyse policies and
provided recommendations on how decisions in
those fields may be carried out.
Exhibition “Education, Innovation, and ICT”The Exhibition is an excellent space for
companies specialising in Education,
Innovation, and ICT to showcase their
products and services, as well as to develop
networks and create business opportunities.
The exhibition is a must to adapt the Education
systems, Higher Education institutions and
Human Resources training programmes to
the 21st century “Knowledge Society” in Latin
America and the Caribbean, one of the fastest
growing regions in the world.
Caribbean Initiatives in Education:Presenters under this theme included:
Fanisha Salamat, Coordinator & Virtual
Educa Caribbean Director [Suriname]
Damien Sorhaindo, Caribbean Export
Development Agency [Barbados]
Koen DePryck, School 21st Century, Centre
for Adult Education Antwerp [Bélgica]
Caroline Rahan-Chin, Anton de Kom
Universiteit van Suriname [Suriname]
Riyad Insanally, OAS Office Director
[Trinidad & Tobago]
Mary Markowsky, President, E.T. C.
International [United States of America]
Mr. Sorhaindo presentation focused on how
Caribbean Export could provide technical and
financial support, under the Agency’s Direct
Assistance Grant Scheme, to Private Sector
firms and Business Support Organisations
who are involved in ICT in Education initiatives
from a business perspective. In addition, he
highlighted the support provided to six (6)
such firms from CARIFORUM at the 1st ever
Virtual Educa Caribbean staged in Suriname
from February 29th to March 2nd, 2012.(TW)
Damien Sorhaindo, Advisor Competitiveness and Innovation Conference Participants during the Virtual Educa Symposium in Suriname
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Tradewatch TradE aNd ExPOrT dEVElOPMENT
CARIFORUM Manufacturing and Cultural Industry Firms Participate in Study Tour
Forty-four (44) manufacturing and cultural industry firms from across
CARIFORUM recently participated in two European Study Tours organised
by Caribbean Export and ACP Business Climate (BizClim) from June 20 -
July 11, 2012.
The Study Tours are a precursor to the 2nd CARIFORUM-EU
Business Forum scheduled to take place in London on August 8 and
9, 2012 during Caribbean Export’s London Engage initiative. The
firms toured Manchester (UK), Hamburg/Berlin (Germany) and Paris
(France), with the aim to form strategic business alliances with their
European counterparts.
“The manufacturing sector plays a critical role in strengthening the
region’s capacity to be competitive in all sectors”, commented Pamela
Coke Hamilton, Executive Director, Caribbean Export. “As such, it is
paramount that we find new and innovative ways to establish mutually
beneficial European trade relationships, while taking advantage of the
opportunities presented by the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership
Agreement. It is with this view that we embarked on this study tour to
Europe”, Coke Hamilton concluded.
“The cultural industries sector has the potential to deliver
significant benefits to the region through innovation and knowledge
creation, as well as contribute to economic growth in the Caribbean,”
remarked Carlos Wharton, Senior Trade Policy Advisor, Caribbean
Export. “As such the objective of this Tour is to foster dialogue between
European and CARIFORUM business leaders with the view to enhance
the region’s investment potential”, Wharton concluded.
The Study Tours and the 2nd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum
are supported by ACP BizClim Programme Management Unit and the
European Union.
For additional information about Study Tour and the Business
Forum please contact Mr. Carlos Wharton, Senior Trade Policy Advisor at
From May 14 – 19, 2012, Caribbean Export participated in Caribbean Investment Week 2012. Caribbean Investment Week 2012 is a culmination of the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) and the Trade and Investment Convention (TIC). Above is a photomontage of both events, which were held in Trinidad and Tobago.(TW)
Business Roundtable meeting at the German Chamber of Commerce organised by the Latin America Business Association (LAV)
(l) Mr Chris Persaud from Baron Foods and Mr. Sebastien Wenderdel of KHS Coroplast Gmbh
(r) Mr Luc Biermé, Show Manager, and Christelle le Moing, Sales Executive, Who’s Next (Fashion Show), Paris speaking with Study Tour participants
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Promoting Greater Trade and Investment between CARIFORUM
and the FCORsBy Carlos Wharton
Senior Trade Policy Advisor
Tradewatch TradE aNd
ExPOrT dEVElOPMENT
Caribbean Export Develeopment Agency
was established by an Inter-Governmental
Agreement, signed by the 15 CARIFORUM
States and is responsible for promoting regional
trade and investment. The Agency was formally
established on January 01, 1996 with offices
in Barbados and the Dominican Republic.
Over the past seven years, Caribbean Export
has played an instrumental role in enhancing
cooperation between the CARIFORUM Private
Sector and their counterparts in the FCORs
(French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, St
Bartholomew, and St Maarten). The Agency’s
role in such cooperation is in line with the
CARIFORUM policy that seeks to actively
and continuously widen and deepen its
cooperation with the FCORs.
This article will examine the importance of
deepening cooperation between CARIFORUM
States and the (French Caribbean Outermost
Regions) FCORs, as well as highlight some
of the activities carried out by Caribbean
Export to achieve this objective. It is also
set against certain developments whereby
the FCORs have (in the past and) in recent
times, signalled their intention to establish
formal observer/associate membership status
within the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean
States (OECS) (and CARIFORUM) grouping.
The CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership
Agreement (EPA) and the Caribbean Regional
Indicative Programme/Regional Strategy
Paper between CARIFORUM States and the
European Union (EU) also prioritise greater
cooperation between CARIFORUM States
and the neighbouring French Caribbean
Regions. On the French Caribbean/European
side there have been many attempts to
facilitate continuous dialogue and action
on economic and social issues - notably
through CARIFORUM and OECS participation
in INTERREG-Caribbean Space Programme
2007-2013, the establishment of bilateral
Memoranda of Understanding with some
CARIFORUM States that promote cooperation
in social and economic issues, and the
establishment and operation of joint Task
Forces in agreed areas.
Enhancing Cooperation with the FCORs
on matters pertaining to social and private
sector development is important at this time
because they share the same geographic
space with most CARIFORUM member States,
and as such are exposed to similar resource
constraints and environmental vulnerabilities.
Additionally, the FCORs and CARIFORUM
States share similar history and values that
bind them culturally. With the signature of
the CARIFORUM-EU EPA, there are numerous
opportunities for growth and partnership in
trade and investment related issues between
CARIFORUM States and the FCORs and as
such, Caribbean Export’s role is to facilitate
these opportunities where possible.
Trade relations between CARIFORUM
States and the FCORs were governed by
the LOMÉ and the Cotonou Conventions
from 1975 to 2007. The current trade and
investment relationship is now governed
by the CARIFORUM-EU EPA. As the French
Caribbean Regions are regions of France
and by extension the EU, they were in the
past, granted preferential duty-free quota
free access to most goods originating from
CARIFORUM States. Under the CARIFORUM-
EU EPA however, the French Caribbean will
over time, have improved market access for
trade in goods. Additionally commitments
on services, investment, innovation and
intellectual property within the EPA, provide
new opportunities for an increase in trade and
investment between these regional trading
partners. The EPA also seeks to promote
enhanced cooperation between CARIFORUM
States and the FCORs in all areas covered by the
EPA as well as areas relating to enhancing social
links, investment promotion, transportation
and communication. It also promotes joint
programmes between CARIFORUM States
and the FCORs though the EU’s framework
programmes that, inter alia, seeks to foster
improved innovation and scientific knowledge.
It is important to note that most
CARIFORUM States enjoy a trade in goods
surplus with the FCORs. In 2008, the value
of CARIFORUM exports to the FCORs totalled
US$ 238,145,616 whereas the FCORs
exported US$ 16 218 092 to the CARIFORUM.
Carlos Wharton, Senior Trade Policy Advisor
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Trinidad & Tobago is the leading exporting
CARIFORUM country and key CARIFORUM
exports to the FCORs include: mineral
products such as gasoline, gas oil, aviation
fuel, pebbles and gravel, foodstuffs and
vegetable products such as: bread and pastry,
biscuits, aerated beverages, pepper sauces,
jams, jellies, pastes, beer and other fermented
beverages, ground provisions, herbs, flowers,
spices, rice, tea, coconuts, vegetable fats &
oils, conch, lobster and shrimp. It is important
to note that CARIFORUM States and the
FCORs have similar production structures
and product mix. Therefore CARIFORUM
States have enjoyed and continue to enjoy
a preferential relationship in a number of
products that are also produced in FCORs
and this in part accounts for the trade
balance in favour of CARIFORUM States (both
individually and collectively).
Requirements and Norms
– Language
– Visa Requirements
– Lack of on the ground representation in
the FCOR to facilitate CARIFORUM Firms
– No Mutual Recognition Agreements
(MRAs) and Co-production Agreements
exists
– Limited Bilateral Investment Instruments
(Double Taxation Treaties, Investment
Promotion and Protection Treaties etc)
These challenges notwithstanding, there are
a number of advantages and opportunities
that exist for the private sector through joint
cooperation between CARIFORUM States
and the FCORs. It is widely believed that
FCOR service suppliers can provide solutions
to assist CARIFORUM producers in meeting
export requirements in the EU. Additionally,
there is significant opportunity for increased
services exports from the CARIFORUM States
to the FCORs (particularly in professional,
cultural-related, education, management
consulting, energy and travel related). As
such many of Caribbean Export’s activities in
the FCOR market have focused on promoting
trade and development cooperation in some
of these services sectors.
Caribbean Export is working closely
with numerous institutions in the
FCORs – including the Regional Councils
Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana,
Chambers of Commerce of Martinique
and Guadeloupe, INTERREG Technical
Secretariat, Manufacturing Association
in Martinique (AMPI), Institute for French
Caribbean Cooperation (Guadeloupe),
Centre D’echanges Informatisés Branche
Antilles (Guadeloupe). Caribbean Export has
partnered on numerous activities aimed at:
improving the Agency’s understanding of
the FCOR Markets; developing meaningful
programmes that expose CARIFORUM
firms to the FCOR Market and improving
the level of trade and market information
sharing between Caribbean Export and key
institutions in the FCORs.
The Agency has been able to carry
out cooperation activities that have been
co-financed by INTERREG IV Caraibes, a
European Regional Development Fund Facility
that is designed to promote cooperation
between the EU Outermost Regions and its
neighbours. Currently Caribbean Export is
jointly implementing a programme entitled
INVEST KARAIBE that focuses on information
Successfully exporting to the FCORs is
considered an important test for many
CARIFORUM firms who are seeking to
penetrate the wider European market. By
virtue of their geographical proximity and
market structure, the FCORs provide the
necessary stepping-stone for exporting firms
that are more comfortable trading within
the Region but have not yet taken the step
to export to the EU Mainland. Throughout
our consultations with the private sector
over the past three years, a number of issues
however continue to limit the level of trade
and investment between CARIFORUM States
and the FCORs these include:
– Other Duties and Charges
– Technical Barriers to Trade (Technical
Requirements, Packaging, Labeling, SPS etc)
– Cargo Security Requirements (ICS)
– Limited Knowledge of the Market
The table below provides a brief outlook at the value of CARIFORUM Exports to the FCORs between the period 2006-2008.
Value of CARIFORUM Exports to the FCORs between the period 2006-2008
TOTAL 339,208,213 131,135,427 238,145,616 708,489,256 236,163,085
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sharing, market research, trade promotion
and joint public relations. Some of the
main activities carried our thus far include a
Seminar on the CARIFORUM-EU EPA and Joint
CARIFORUM-Martinique participation at the
Work Music Expo 2011, Denmark. Caribbean
Export is also engaged in discussions with
the Regional Council of Guadeloupe on
the development of a programme aimed at
providing technical and capacity building
assistance to firms interested in doing
business between CARIFORUM and the FCOR.
Caribbean Export also has the
responsibility for convening and chairing
the CARIFORUM/FCOR/OCT Task Force
on Trade and Investment. In 2005 at the
Clovis Beauregard Seminar, Martinique, it
was agreed that four Task Forces were to
be set up to promote cooperation between
CARIFORUM and the FCORs/OCTs. These Task
Forces focus on the following:
• TradeandInvestment(CaribbeanExport
Chairs)
• Inter-Connection(Transportation,
Communications)
• Naturaldisasters
• HIV/AIDS
To date, Caribbean Export has convened six
meetings of the Task Force, where discussions
have ranged from implementing the
CARIFORUM-EU EPA to the development of
cooperation programmes aimed at improving
trade and investment. The Task Force is an
important vehicle to ventilate issues that
affect trade and investment CARIFORUM
States and the FCORs. Additionally it provides
an opportunity for information sharing
and to discuss the status of development
cooperation projects between the institutions
represented at the Task Force.
Under its 9th European Development
Fund (EDF) Caribbean Trade and Private Sector
Development Programme CTPSDP (2008-
2010), Caribbean Export engaged in a number
of activities with the FCOR. These included the:
– Hosting of the CARIFORUM/FCORs/OCTs
Task Force on Trade & Investment;
– Preparation of studies on doing business
between CARIFORUM States and the
FCORs and OCTs;
– Co-hosting of seminars related to the
Economic Partnership Agreement and
priority sectors;
– Preparation of Fiche and implementation
of Joint INTERREG supported programmes;
and
– Provision of direct and technical
assistance to CARIFORUM Firms and BSOs
that were interested in doing business in
the FCORs/OCTs Markets.
Under the 10th EDF Regional Private Sector
Development Programme (RPSDP), Caribbean
Export has a mandate to promote stronger
trade and investment relations between
CARIFORUM, FCOR and EU OCTs. The main
components of this programme address the
following objectives:
• Increasingknowledgeofrespectivetrade
and investment laws and regulations;
• Identifyingandexploitingexport
opportunities among CARIFORUM/FCORS/
OCTs; and
• ContinuingtheoperationsoftheJoint
CARIFORUM/FCORS/OCTs Task Force on
Trade and Investment
Some of the activities envisaged over the next
year include joint participation in international
trade fairs, participation in Caribbean Export
activities on the CARIFORUM-EU EPA, the
development of relevant market intelligence,
technical and capacity building for CARIFORUM
Firms seeking to do business in the FCORs,
hosting of the CARIFORUM/FCOR/OCT Task
Force in Trade and Investment as well as the
development and/or finalisation of technical
cooperation agreements with Guadeloupe
and French Guiana. Caribbean Export remains
committed to assisting CARIFORUM Firms
export their goods and services to the FCORs
and will also act as an information-sharing
conduit for FCOR Firms seeking to do business
in CARIFORUM States.(TW)
Management Consultants meet in Jamaica for 4th Annual Business SymposiumCaribbean Export hosted the 4th Annual Management Consulting Business Symposium in Montego Bay, Jamaica from Tuesday June 19 - Thursday June 21, 2012.
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Tradewatch INVESTMENT PrOMOTION
CAIPA Hosts Regional Investment Promotion Steering Committee and Board Planning MeetingThe inaugural meeting of the Regional Investment Promotion
Steering Committee (RIPSC) was planned and executed from June
12-13, 2012 in Guyana with a view to increasing collaboration and
cooperation among regional entities involved in the promotion
of investments, for the realisation of a comprehensive regional
investment promotion strategy and implementation roadmap for
the region as a whole. It was also intended that the Committee
would select a Chair and Deputy Chair and that the near-term
activities for the RIPSC would be defined at this meeting. The stated
objectives were realised with the Chairman elected being Professor
Alvin Wint, Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies,
and the Deputy Chair being Ms. Sonia Roden, General Manager of
the Grenada Industrial Development Corporation and representing
the 2nd Vice President of Caribbean Association of Investment
Promotion Agencies (CAIPA). The Committee has committed
to the development and initial implementation of the regional
investment promotion strategy and implementation roadmap, an
incentives study and a regional investor perceptions study, as its
main priorities.
As the Secretariat for CAIPA, two strategic planning meetings
of the Board are scheduled for implementation each year, to assist
the nascent Association develop its work plan and to provide some
guidance to its operations. The first of the two meetings for the
year was held in Curacao from June 15-16, 2012. The aim was to:
review activities implemented during the period December 2011-
June 2012 under the 10th EDF; review activities to be implemented
for the remainder of the year (2012); plan activities for 2013; and
discuss and agree on CAIPA operational matters. These objectives
were achieved with the next scheduled meeting planned for
December 2012, at the time of the CAIPA General Assembly. (TW)
The series began with a training session on May 9 and 10, 2012 at the
Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown Guyana. This was followed by workshops
in St Vincent and the Grenadines (May 21 - 25), Barbados (May 29) and
Tobago (May 31).
The main objectives of the sessions and workshops was to increase
the awareness of the Direct Assistance Grants Scheme (DAGS) among
the regional private sector to increase competitiveness, as well as
deliver hands-on assistance to Business Support Organisations (BSOs)
as they facilitate the application process across the various sectors.
“Caribbean Export is pleased with the turn out at these sessions,
this continues to confirm the level of interest that the private sector
has not only in the growth and development of regional companies,
but also in regional trade initiatives”, commented Kirk Brown, Senior
Grant Advisor. “Through the DAGS, firms can make improvements in
areas of marketing, equipment upgrade, personnel training, standards,
and intellectual property among others” Brown concluded.
The DAGS is funded by the European Union’s 10th European
Development Fund (EDF) Regional Private Sector Development
Programme (RPSDP). (TW)
Tradewatch dIrECT aSSISTaNCE graNTS SChEME
Regional Private Sector benefits from Grant Writing Training Sessions
Kirk Brown, Senior Grant Advisor
Caribbean Export recently hosted a series of Grant Writing Training Sessions and Workshops in the lead up to the Call for Proposals, which was published on June 6, 2012.
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Tradewatch uPCOMINg EVENTS
Tradewatch CarIbbEaN ExPOrT aNNOuNCEMENTS
Relocation NoticeCaribbean Export wishes to advise the public that effective July 1, 2012 our office at Hastings and Weymouth have been relocated to the 1st Floor Baobab Towers, Warrens, St Michael.
Our telephone and facsimile contact numbers remain the same. For additional information please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
New Staff AnnouncementsThe following persons were inadvertently omitted from the previous edition. Apologies
for any inconvenience caused:
Ms. Asha Prescod - Programme Assistant
Ms. Shernelle Worrell - Financial Assistant
Mr. Leonel Naut - Advisor, Competitiveness and Innovation
Ms. Suzette Hudson - Senior IPA Advisor
Caribbean Export Appoints New Senior Financial Advisor
Financial management and accounting professional Mr. Jenning Mc Comie, a national of Trinidad & Tobago, possesses 15 years solid, diverse experience in public and private sector projects. Apart from his ACCA Level II accreditation, he
holds an MBA with specialisation in Strategic
Planning and has worked nationally and
regionally on activities spanning 18 countries.
In addition to his core competency in
accounting, Mr. Mc Comie also has experience
in ICTs and their applications in business,
process and workflow re-engineering as
well as employee incentive and development
interventions.
Mr Mc Comie has extensive experience
in the financial administration of regional
development projects and programmes. He
has collaborated with the European Union
(EU), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),
the Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA), United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) and Inter
American Development Bank (IDB) overseeing
fiduciary activities and ensuring adherence
to donor guidelines and maintenance of the
projects’ financial integrity.
He transitions to the Caribbean Export
from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency
Management Agency (CDEMA) where he
served as the Accounting Officer for the
Institutional Support and Capacity Building
(EDF) Project. While at CDEMA he also
supported the activities of the Regional
Monitoring & Evaluation System for Disaster
Risk Management Project, the Climate
Change Adaptation in the Caribbean Tourism
Sector Project Phase II and Tsunami and
Coastal Hazards Early Warning Systems
Project as well as the Comprehensive Disaster
Management Harmonisation Implementation
Programme. (TW)
Jenning Mc Comie, Senior Financial Advisor
July
CARIFORUM-EU Study Tours (con’t from June 20) France, Germany, UK | July 1 - 11
Caribbean Design Showcase (con’t from June 28)
London | July 1 - 15
Small Business Development Centre Certificate Training Belize | July 5 - 6
Sub-Committee Meeting - Financial Services Conference Barbados | July 10
Private Sector Consultation - Architects
St Lucia | July 12-13
Assertive Communication Workshop Barbados | July 16
Continued on page 11
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September
Expo-Cibao Dominican Republic | September 10 - 16
XVII WAIPA Annual Investment Conference Dubai, UAE | September 17 - 18
Performance Management Training (Managers) Barbados | September 24-25
CCJ/CALCA Seminar on WTO/EPA/CSME Law and PracticeTrinidad & Tobago | September 24-28
ITC/Caribbean Export Trade Information Training Workshop Trinidad & Tobago | September 24-28
Performance Management Training (Staff)Barbados | September 27-28
Grant Proposal Writing WorkshopHaiti | TBD
Tradewatch uPCOMINg EVENTS
August
Soft Launch of African Caribbean Business Experience London | August 4
Essence/Fashion Event London | August 4
Official Opening of African Caribbean Business Experience London | August 5
Caribbean Cuisine and Hospitality Suite London | August 6 - 10
2nd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum/Investment Forum London | August 8 - 9
Break Point London | August 9
Caribbean Soul Fusion London | August 9
Grant Proposal Writing Workshop Grenada | August 22 - 23
Webinar for Entry-level Investment Promotion Professionals On-line | TBD
Grant Proposal Workshop & Sensitizing Financial Institutions Antigua & Barbuda | August 29 - 30
Caribbean Export Partners with ITC on Two Regional Training ProgrammesWork has begun on the coordination of the Regional Trade Information Training Programme and the Data Processing and Collecting Mechanism Training, which will be undertaken in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC).
Twenty (20) companies are expected to participate in these
Programmes, which will be held on September 24-28 and October
1-3, 2012 respectively in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Programmes will cater to Managers and officers of business
information services in trade promotion organisations, chambers of
commerce, business associations and other organisations involved
in searching, processing or disseminating trade information. The
topics to be covered in the course include a number of information
management and information resource themes, including:
• Assessinguserneeds
• Web2.0intradeinformationmanagement
• Effectiveinformationsearchtechniques
•Informationserviceplanning
• Deliveryoftradeinformation
• PromotionofInformationservices
Identifying relevant information sources:
• Companyinformation
• Marketnews,trendsandreports
• Marketaccessandtraderegulations
• Tradestatistics
• InternationalPrices
For additional information about the Trade Information Training
Programme please contact Ms. Cora Lowe at clowe@carib-
export.com or Tel: 246-436-0578. (TW)
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