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CARIFORUM-EU BUSINESS FORUM
The 2nd CARIFORUM-EU Business
Forum was held under the theme
“Making the CARIFORUM-EU EPA
Work” from August 8-9, 2012 at
Grosvenor House, London. The 2-day
Business Forum provided a medium for
discussion and presentations by private
sector panellists on the Agreement
and exchanges on the way forward for
the region in the implementation and
utilisation of the Agreement. Further, the
event was used to position Caribbean
Export as the agency to facilitate trade
and investment promotion in the
Caribbean through partnerships with
key agencies, as well as explore the
potential of new areas of investment
in the Caribbean. A total of 40 firms
representing the services sector, namely
creative industries and professional
services, participated in the Business
Forum
(Figure 8)
.
Figure 8: Services Sector Firms Participating in CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum Tour by
Country
Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad & Tobago
1
5
3
2
1
3
7
1
5
4
1
7
Caribbean Export and EPA Implementation in the Caribbean Services Sector
EXPORT DEVELOPMENT & PROMOTION