11TH European Development Fund Implementation Report 2017- 2023

2) Energy Grants The CARIFORUM private sector has an appetite for investment in renewable energy (RE), especially solar photovoltaics (PV). From 2010 to 2019, solar PV capacity in CARIFORUM increased by a factor of 63, climbing from just 6.9MW to 442MW. More directly, Caribbean Export has observed, through its implementation of the DAGS under the 11th EDF RPSDP that between 2017 and 2023 approximately 28 of all grants to the CARIFORUM private sector were for sustainable energy projects. The nature of these proposals ranged from engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) to research and development (R&D), renewable energy solutions, recycling and waste management amongst others. (3) Climate Smart Agriculture – Dominica In 2017, the RPSDP embarked on a Climate Smart Agriculture project for the Kalinago community in Dominica. It was in direct response to the catastrophic damage the country endured from Hurricane Maria in 2017. The aim of the project was to support the development of a strategic plan for the design and implementation of a ‘model farm,’ using climate smart technologies and processes to reduce the vulnerability of agriculture in the Kalinago Territory. This intervention was requested by the Ministry of Kalinago Affairs and the Kalinago community in Dominica in 2017. Several recommendations were made in the report. (4) CARIFORUM Renewable Energy Industry Mapping Study The CARIFORUM Renewable Energy Industry Mapping Study6 was developed to map the renewable energy industry ecosystem in CARIFORUM to identify policies, regulations, technologies, actors, and networks within the sector. In mapping the energy sector, the Agency was better guided to identify opportunities and understand and address the challenges to better assist firms. The Agency also collaborated with CCREEE (Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency) via an MOU.

6 https://carib-export.com/publications/the-renewable-energy-industry-in-cariforum-countries

Implementation of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Regional Private Sector Development Programme (RPSDP)

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