Caribbean Export and Business Support Organizations

Strengthening BSO Partnerships

The objectives of the training included providing private sector firms with a basic understanding of market intelligence, and introduce them to the Market Pointer tool; delivering practical training on how to develop Market Briefs with information relevant to market intelligence needs; identifying the traditional data sources for market information, and providing a demonstrating on the use of the platforms; and assisting in the capacity building of the regional private sector to procure high quality market intelligence information independently.

BSOs Providing Support during Market Intelligence Training

Country

Investment Promotion Agency

Belize Dominica

Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE) Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Export Development Unit (OECS-EDU) Dominican Association of Exporters (ADOEXPO)

Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Haiti St. Lucia

National Free Zone Council (NFZC) National Statistical Office (ONE) Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) Saint Lucia Trade Export Promotion Agency (TEPA)

Intellectual Property Clinic InNovember 2013, CaribbeanExport hostedaRegionalWorkshop on the Use of IP as a Tool for Enhancing Export Development, in collaboration with WIPO in Barbados. Following this initial workshop, participants submitted requests for similar initiatives to be held locally, so as to provide firms with an opportunity to gain greater insight into the benefits of IP. In response to this need, the Agency delivered the first in a series of these IP Clinics in Belize in April 2014, with the aim of introducing participants to the IP tools that may be used to enhance their businesses and increase exports. Thirty-four (34) participants from 17 firms participated in the Clinic; this included representatives from the Belize Tourism Board, BELTRAIDE, theBelize Intellectual PropertyOffice (BELIPO),

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