Caribbean Export Implementation Report 2017-2020

Phase two involved a training held in October 2019 in Barbados. This training sought to upgrade the skills of fashion designers by refining their products for the export market; identifying placements of designs; export planning and brand development. The overall goal of the training was for participants to develop a ready to wear collection. Sixteen (16) designers benefitted from phase two of the Fashion Accelerator. These designers were from Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Caribbean designers who have been in the industry for at least ten (10) years and are export-ready. It was facilitated under the Caribbean Fashion Showroom brand and involved supporting the attendance of Caribbean designers at Market Week LA 2019 in the United States; CARIFESTA XIV 2019 in Trinidad and Tobago; IFF 2019 in Barbados; and at the 9th annual meeting of the ACP African and Caribbean heads of government in Niamey, Niger in 2019. The Caribbean Fashion Showroom online platform was an initiative of Caribbean Export and the EU, which was launched in September 2019 and features designers from across CARIFORUM. The online Showroom is poised to become the go-to place to find Caribbean designs.

The final phases of the Fashion Accelerator were the “Go to Market” components, which sought to support

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