Caribbean Export and Business Support Organizations

Supporting BSO Projects and Programme Activities

Femmes Créatíon & Production Trade Fair Now it in its ninth year, the Femmes Créatíon & Production Trade Fair is an annual trade fair, which showcases the female-owned small businesses in Haiti. Over the years, Caribbean Export has been providing financial support to Femmes en Démocratie for the staging of the event. In May 2014, the Agency enabled the participation of three buyers from the United States and Jamaica who sought to engage and establish business relationships with Haitian suppliers. Through this intervention, the Agency endeavoured to create business opportunities for Haitian women-owned businesses, associations and cooperatives via a greater interaction with international buyers that would lead to higher exports and competitiveness in the Haitian artisan sector. During the mission, the three buyers collectively established 26 business contacts. Additionally, three sample orders were placed and three contracts were secured. Mission to Macau In July 2013, Caribbean Export facilitated the BCCI’s mission to Macau, India. The delegation consisted of representatives from the BCCI, Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA), Barbados Tourism Association (BTA), Ministry of Culture and the BarbadosFilmandVideoAssociation. Themissionwasundertaken to evaluate the feasibility of hosting the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in Barbados. The awards are presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry. Instituted in 2000, the ceremony is held in different countries around the world each year. Barbados is the first Caribbean country to actively bid for the hosting of the IIFA within this region.

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