Caribbean Export Implementation Report 2017-2020

INVESTMENT PROMOTION

CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES (CAIPA) Caribbean Export’s work in investment promotion during the 11th EDF has focused on building capacity and supporting the sustainability of the investment promotion agencies (IPAs) in the region, as the Secretariat for CAIPA. CAIPA’s main function is to facilitate the collaboration of regional IPAs and increase the visibility of the Caribbean to attract foreign direct investment (FDI).

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CARIBBEAN HOTEL AND RESORT INVESTMENT SUMMIT (CHRIS)

CAIPA, with the support of Caribbean Export, facilitated the participation of eleven (11) IPAs in the 2018 Caribbean Hotel and Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS) inMiami, USA. CAIPA’s objectives for participating in the event were to promote the hotel and resort development sector in the Caribbean; generate business leads; and launch the hotel investment opportunities catalogue. As a result of participating in CHRIS 2018, thirteen (13) investment leads were generated. The beneficiary IPAs were fromAntigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

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