Implementation of the 10th EDF Regional Provate Sector Programme

STRONGER TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS BETWEEN CARIFORUM, FCORS AND OCTS

INTERVENTION LOGIC

OBJECTIVELY VERIFIABLE INDICATORS

SOURCES OF VERIFICATION

RESULTS ACHIEVED

Stronger trade and investment relations between CARIFORUM, the FCORs and the EU OCTs in the Caribbean are promoted

% of participants a CEsupported fora and meetings knowledgeable about trade and investment relations between CARICOM, FCORs and OCTs (target=70%) % of beneficiary firms undertaking trade between CARICOM and DR as a result of Caribbean Export supported interventions (target=15%) Number of Cooperation agreements signed between CARIFORUM states and the FCOR/OCT(target=1 p.a.)

• Surveys of participants

• 76% of firms

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indicated that they are more knowledgeable about trade

• Country sector reports

• Signed agreements/ MOUs

relations between FCORs-OCTs and CARIFORUM • 13% of beneficiary

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firms were undertaking trade between CARICOM and DR as a result of Caribbean Export supported interventions

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• A fiche on technical cooperation between Caribbean Export and the Regional Council of

Guadeloupe was developed and a MOU signed between the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and Guadeloupe

about trade relations between FCORs-OCTs and CARIFORUM. CaribbeanExport has also facilitated three joint trademissions to identify export opportunities for firms from these regions: WOMEX, the OECS- FCOR trade mission, and the OECS- OCTs trade mission. A combined

Promoting stronger trade and investment relations between CARIFORUM, the FCORs, and OCTs is the primary focus on Component 3 of the 10th EDF RPSDP. A result in this area is increasing knowledge of respective trade laws and regulations among regional firms, and this is being achieved through the publishing of

a study on the Legal Opinion on the Imposition of the Octroi de Mer by the FCORs on Products O riginating from CARIFORUM States, and the conducting of seminars and workshops. To date, 70 firms have participated in these seminars and workshops, with 76% indicating that they are more knowledgeable

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