CORPORATE VENTURING INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR FOR REGIONAL BUSINESS SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS (BSOs) Pilot Programme Overview Why Should You Participate in This Pilot Programme? Rationale For Corporate Innovation Becoming An Innovation Subject Matter Expert (SME) Corporate Venturing Pilot Programme – Overview of Schedule CORPORATE VENTURING PILOT PROGRAMME FAQs
Are you a Caribbean-based firm or professional consultant that provides consulting services to optimize the use of technology in the private sector? Are you interested in serving Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that have the potential to grow, or expand internationally? IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO: • Identify new clients, potential partners, …
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Compete Caribbean’s Blockchain Innovation Initiative (BII) – The Virtual Pitch Event of April 8th and 9th was the first of its kind in the Caribbean, involving 80 world-class experts and +6, 000 people watching online via Facebook Live. With most of the region under lockdown and curfew, Compete Caribbean sought to e-connect the Global Blockchain …
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Compete Caribbean recently launched a call for proposals to identify Community-Based tourism or Agri/Agro-tourism clusters. Compete Caribbean will allocate technical assistance that can be used to help community based tourism destinations improve their product offering, marketing or digital systems, thereby increasing revenues in underprivileged and/or remote areas. Technical assistance may be used for but not …
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Ten small and medium-sized enterprises within the Global Services Sector were chosen for the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica’s (BPIAJ) ‘Scale Up the Value Chain: Targeting SMEs in the GSS’ Project. With support from a grant of US$440,000, the chosen companies: Innovate 10x, QualityWorks Consulting Group, Hacker Hostel, tTech, Shadrok Global Business Solutions, Caribbean …
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A $50 million Conditional Credit Line has been extended by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for Investment Projects for Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Programmes and First Individual Loan. The first individual operation is for $25 million and will promote sustainable and robust growth among startups and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in …
This Community-Based Tourism toolkit will help emerging CBT enterprises develop their businesses. Click to watch the below webinar about Community-Based Tourism Cluster development or download the associated powerpoint presentation. COMMUNITY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TOURISM ASSET INVENTORY Template to prepare an inventory of tourism assets CBT DIAGNOSTIC TOOL A frame of reference to assess the community’s capacity …
AWARDS: USD100,000 to USD400,000 intechnical assistance grants. Call for tourism or agri-tourism clusters to increase spending on community-based experiences and sustainable food chains, with $400,000 in awards for grant funding.
On October 10th, and as part of a wider program to stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation in Belize around topics related to social issues, an event entitled: “Change dah Story – Ideas for Change” was held in Belize City.
LET’S CREATE SOLUTIONS TOGETHER! Call for Caribbean Corporates The Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility (CCPF) in partnership with IDB Invest invites your firm to participate in our Corporate Venturing Pilot. To get started, you simply need to submit an application outlining challenges (either problems faced at your firm or unrealized opportunities your firm wishes to pursue) …
