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Caribbean Export and EPA Implementation in the Caribbean Services Sector EXPORT DEVELOPMENT & PROMOTION

DESIGN CARIBBEAN

the initiative. The platform was again held in 2014 as a part of the Calabash International Literary Festival in Jamaica; on this occasion 11 CARIFORUM firms participated. A total of 64 regional artisans from 12 CARIFORUM countries have participated in Design Caribbean within the framework of the 10th EDF RPSDP.

Design Caribbean, staged for the first time in 2011, is the re-branded Caribbean Gift and Craft Show (CGCS). This platform serves as the region’s contemporary design event displaying the Caribbean’s finest handmade and innovative products. The inaugural staging of Design Caribbean was hosted in the Dominican Republic, and 53 regional artisans participated in

Figure 13: Firms Participating in Design Caribbean by Country

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Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Haiti Jamaica St. Lucia Suriname Trinidad & Tobago

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