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BSO Success Highlights
recognises investors in strategic niche areas of importance to
the region, e.g. green energy, research and development, and
those that involve a high degree of innovation and creativity or
are championed by women.
Receiving the award for Foreign Investor of the Year in 2013
was Qualfon Guyana Inc., a business process outsourcing and
call centre service provider based in Georgetown, Guyana. ARS
Humano, a privately held insurance company in the Dominican
Republic, was awarded for both the local and overall winner of
the Regional Investor of the Year. The recipient of the Special
Award was Cayman Enterprise City (CEC), a Special Economic
Zone compliant with the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD) and the World Bank. CEC is located in
the Cayman Islands, and offers jurisdictional and tax benefits, as
well as access to global markets.
The Award garnered 34 applications from 10 CAIPA Member
states. These best practices of the Award will be heralded as role
models, demonstration projects or success stories within the
region, the promotion of which may attract similar investment.
Caribbean Institute of Certified Management Consultants
The Caribbean Institute of Certified Management Consultants
(CICMC) was established in 2007 is a regional membership
organisation made up of a network of individual management
consultants and interim Chapters. It is the sole agency in the
Caribbean through which the international accreditation of
Certified Management Consultant (CMC) can be received. The
CICMC currently has 10 regional chapters: Antigua and Barbuda,
the Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica,
St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
and Trinidad and Tobago. There is also an affiliate chapter in the
US.