Implementation of the 10th EDF Regional Provate Sector Programme

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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
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% 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
• Country sector reports
• Signed agreements/
MOUs
• 76% of firms
indicated that they
are more
knowledgeable
about trade
relations between
FCORs-OCTs and
CARIFORUM
• 13% of beneficiary
firms were undertaking
trade between
CARICOM
and DR as a result of
Caribbean Export
supported
interventions
• 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
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 Originating
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
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