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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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