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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
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