Caribbean Export 2021 Annual Report FINAL

CONTENTS

Foreword

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Message from the Chairperson of the Board

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Message from the European Union

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His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali

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Executive Summary

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One-Stop, Non-Stop Shop for Support Services 8 Building Business, Transforming Lives for a Resilient Caribbean 10 Partnerships that Count. A New Way of Working 12 Year in Review - Statistical Highlights 13 Facilitating Business Continuity with Grant Funding 15 Impacting Lives through Grant Funding 17 Female Farmers in Jamaica Empowered by ‘A Taste of the Caribbean’ 20 Integrated Capacity Building for Success 22 Sustainable Development – Going Green in the Caribbean 24 ‘Greening the Caribbean’ One Island at a Time 27 Innovation in Agricultural Technology 28 Caribbean Agricultural Technology (AgTech) Investment Forum 29 Bringing AgTech to Cocoa Farms in the Dominican Republic 31 Export and Grow – Opening New Markets 32 Launch to Market Programme 33 Export Promotion 34 Naledo – Leveraging Support to Make it Count 35 CARIFORUM-UK Summit 36 Services – The Next Frontier for Caribbean Business 37 Services Go Global 38 Growing the Orange Economy 39 Caribbean Fashion Sector 40 Trade Cooperation 42 Haiti-DR Bi-National Value Chains Project 43 Handicraft/Fashion/Jewellery/Accessories Value Chain 44 Essential Oils and Natural Cosmetics Value Chain 45 Cocoa/Chocolate Value Chain 46 Chocolala: Creating Jobs From Cocoa Balls 47 Investment for Development 48 Promoting the Caribbean as an Investment Destination 49 Investment Forums 49 Itel – Contributing to Sustainable Development in the Region 50 Developing Investment Facilitation Systems 51 Capacity Building for Investment Promotion Agencies 51 Leadership Team 52

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