Caribbean Export and Business Support Organizations

The objectives of the training included providing private sector

firms with a basic understanding of market intelligence, and

introduce them to the Market Pointer tool; delivering practical

training on how to develop Market Briefs with information

relevant to market intelligence needs; identifying the

traditional data sources for market information, and providing a

demonstrating on the use of the platforms; and assisting in the

capacity building of the regional private sector to procure high

quality market intelligence information independently.

Strengthening BSO Partnerships

BSOs Providing Support during Market Intelligence Training

Country

Belize

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Haiti

St. Lucia

Investment Promotion Agency

Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE)

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Export Development Unit (OECS-EDU)

Dominican Association of Exporters (ADOEXPO)

National Free Zone Council (NFZC)

National Statistical Office (ONE)

Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI)

Saint Lucia Trade Export Promotion Agency (TEPA)

Intellectual Property Clinic

InNovember 2013, CaribbeanExport hostedaRegionalWorkshop

on the Use of IP as a Tool for Enhancing Export Development,

in collaboration with WIPO in Barbados. Following this initial

workshop, participants submitted requests for similar initiatives

to be held locally, so as to provide firms with an opportunity to

gain greater insight into the benefits of IP. In response to this

need, the Agency delivered the first in a series of these IP Clinics

in Belize in April 2014, with the aim of introducing participants

to the IP tools that may be used to enhance their businesses and

increase exports.

Thirty-four (34) participants from 17 firms participated in the

Clinic; this included representatives from the Belize Tourism

Board, BELTRAIDE, theBelize Intellectual PropertyOffice (BELIPO),