Caribbean Export OUTLOOK 2016 - 2017

Exporters’ Tool Box

Caribbean Export’s Interventions

Caribbean Export seeks to provide CARIFORUM SMEs with the tools to strengthen their capacity to export by offering a range of programmes and initiatives designed to enable private sector development and export promotion.

proposal construction andmethodology and the process for applying for grant funding. This information can be used not only for the DAGS but may also be useful for other grant funding schemes. ProNET is a modular training programme for SME owners who want to grow their business and become more competitive. • ProNET Train-the-Trainer Programme ProNET’s train-the-trainer initiative is designed to allowmanagement and business consultants to further develop their capacity to effectively deliver the ProNETmodules. Services Go-Global is a train-the-trainer certification programme that supports the specific training needs of the region’s services sector, with the ultimate aim of • Productivity Network (ProNET) • Services Go-Global

enhancing the export potential and success of service-led CARIFORUM firms.

• Study Tours

Study tours provide both SMEs and BSOs with the opportunity to visit new markets and benefit from in-market research, and learn the best practices from some of the most productive businesses andorganisations in the world. Benchmarking provides Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs) with a reliable and objective assessment of their institution, its efficiency, and its performance in relation to best business practices of TPOs across the world. The assessment identifies areas for improvement through the use of a full complement of benchmark measures developed specifically for TPOs.

EXPORT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Capacity Building Caribbean Export has a range of training and certification programmes, which are intended not only to build firmcapacity but to also increase their knowledge base about the globalmarketplace: • Direct Assistance Grant Scheme (DAGS) Proposal Writing Workshops The DAGS Proposal Writing workshops provide firms with training on grant

• Benchmarking Assessment

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