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Caribbean Export and EPA Implementation in the Caribbean Services Sector BENEFICIARY SUCCESSES USING THE EPA

The Caribbean Design Showcase also provided a unique opportunity for the pioneering Caribbean architects to be a part of a global debate about architecture and design, exploring the relationship between the built environment and cultural, technological and environmental change. Participating architects attended at least five B2B meetings with members of the Architectural community in the UK, as well as gained a deeper understanding of the opportunities available for Caribbean architects in using ‘green’ architecture and ethnic material for design. A key contact was made during the showcase with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Discussions focused on the importance of having a better mutual arrangement between CARIFORUM and British Architects, as well as further collaboration with the Federation of Caribbean Association of Architects (FCAA), a regional architecture organisation with members from CARIFORUM, Cuba and the FCORs. An estimated audience of over 100 people viewed the Caribbean Design Showcase, and a total of 40,000 international Showcase guides, including the Caribbean’s display, were distributed through embassies and at key locations in London, including: RIBA, Architecture Foundation, Design Museum, Tent London, Design Junction, 100% Design, The Building Centre, Victoria and Albert Museum and London-based Architecture and Design studios.

Caribbean Export, in collaboration with the Barbados Coalition of Services Industries (BCSI), and GIZ assisted 27 Architects in undertaking the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) training programme. LEED is one of the premier accreditation systems represented an opportunity for regional professionals to enter a new niche market and diversify the competencies within the sector. Apart from the support provided to the architecture industry by facilitating industry professionals’ participation in a continuous professional development (CPD) initiative, as well as working with the CARICOM Secretariat, CAMRAC and CNSC to advance the process of negotiating intra-regional and CARIFORUM-EU MRA.

LEED Certification

The experiences learnt from the Caribbean Design Showcase further informed the way Caribbean Export would lend support to the regions’ architects. In November 2012,