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for Proposals-Food Safety. • Regional Angel Investor Network (RAIN)/ Caribbean Investment Facilitation Programme (CIFP) The RAIN provides a network of angel investors within the Caribbean that are looking to provide private investment in to investment ready start-up, early and growth stage SMEs. The CIFP provides a facility to enable promising entrepreneurs to raise capital from angels and other early-stage investors, and to support the development of angel investing in the Caribbean, via the provision of investment facilitation grants to enterprises showing investment promise. Investment Promotion • Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) As the Secretariat for CAIPA, Caribbean Export is deeply involved in the support and strengthening of regional investment promotion agencies. • Regional Investor of the Year Awards The Agency stages the Regional Investor of the Year Awards, in collaboration with CAIPA which invites nominations for foreign and local investors who have

had a significant impact on regional industries. The Award also seeks to recognize investors in strategic areas of importance to the region, e.g. green energy, research and development, projects that involve a high degree of innovation and creativity and those that are championed by women. Business Advocacy Caribbean Export seeks to create an enabling business environment for regional SMEs on a macro level by establishing relationships between territories through: Within the context of Business Advocacy the Agency convenes a number of public/private sector engagement to facilitate the exchange of ideas, experiences and explore opportunities for regional growth and development. Examples of these include; the Caribbean Exporter’s Colloquium, the Private Sector Advisory Group, the Caribbean Conference on the International Financial Services Sector and the Regional Innovation Advisory Group. • Bi-national Programmes • Utilising Trade agreements • Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)