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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.

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

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.

• Productivity Network (ProNET)

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

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

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 Assessment

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.

Caribbean Export’s Interventions

Exporters’ Tool Box

www.carib-export.com

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