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CENTRE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTERPRISECENTRE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTERPRISECARIBBEAN REGIONAL FIELD OFFICECARIBBEAN REGIONAL FIELD OFFICE
CARIBBEAN REGIONCARIBBEAN REGIONWORK PROGRAMMEWORK PROGRAMME
An institution of the ACP Group and the EU – under the Cotonou Agreement/ Lomé ( 1977)
Supports the sustainable development of the ACP private sector
Financed by the European Development Fund (EDF) – Budget 18 millions € / per year
Headquartered in Brussels, operating through 6 regional offices: East (Kenya), West (Senegal), Central (Cameroon) and Southern Africa (Botswana); Pacific (Suva, Fiji) and the Caribbean ( Dominican Republic)
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Services
• Technical Assistance through Intermediary Organisations IOs and Business Development Services (BDS)
• Direct technical assistance to SMEs
INTERVENTION MODALITIES
Technical assistance from the CDE is arranged:• Through service contracts with expert
consultants/consulting groups• Through cost sharing contracts with intermediary
organizations• Through grant contracts/calls for proposals
Global Perspective
Our Vision
To be a reference partner for private sector led development in ACP countries
Our Mission
We aim to deliver high value added services through excellence, effective and efficient support to SME projects in ACP countries
OPERATIONAL STRATEGYOPERATIONAL STRATEGY
3 STRATEGIC THEMES (PILLARS) IN SUPPORTING THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Access to finance Access to markets Improving competitiveness
Globally CDE is focused on the following industries:•Agro-industry•Eco-tourism•Green energy•Aquaculture•ICT
Globally CDE is focused on the following industries:•Agro-industry•Eco-tourism•Green energy•Aquaculture•ICT
OPERATIONAL STRATEGYOPERATIONAL STRATEGY
3 STRATEGIC THEMES (PILLARS) IN SUPPORTING THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Access to finance
The main are:
1.Pre and Post Investment Support to SMEs identified by the financial institutions
2.Building Capacity of the PARTNER Financial institutions in SME Finance
OPERATIONAL STRATEGYOPERATIONAL STRATEGY
3 STRATEGIC THEMES (PILLARS) IN SUPPORTING THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Access to markets
The long term goal is access to niche markets for value –added agro products
OPERATIONAL STRATEGYOPERATIONAL STRATEGY
3 STRATEGIC THEMES (PILLARS) IN SUPPORTING THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Improving competitiveness
Address Quality and Productivity issues
CDE REGIONAL OFFICE - CARIBBEANCDE REGIONAL OFFICE - CARIBBEAN
Regional OfficeCaribbean in
Santo Domingo
SurinameGuyana
COUNTRIES ELIGIBLE FOR CDE CARIBBEAN REGION ASSISTANCE
• 15 countries: Antigua & Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago
• CAR Total Population = 26.5 Million (estimated 3% of ACP population)
CURRENT BUDGET FOR PROJECTS / DIRECT SUPPORT TO THE PRIVATE
SECTOR• Euro 1.4 million per year (core budget)• From EIB ( Euro 1 million over 3 years) for special
facility• From Private Sector Development Programmes
under the National Indicative Programme/ EDF. For example, Haiti, to be finalised
PROGRAMME EXAMPLES – improving competitiveness in ECO PROGRAMME EXAMPLES – improving competitiveness in ECO TourismTourism
-“Caribbean Hotel Energy Efficiency Action Programme (CHENACT)” CHENACT IIBeneficiary : Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA); Barbados, Jamaica and BahamasPromotion of the competitiveness of CHTA member SME Hotels in the ACP Caribbean Region through improvements in energy efficiency. ( CDE is a co-financing partner with IADB, CTO, CHTA, among others) ; includes energy audits, training, policy implementation, demonstration
PROGRAMME EXAMPLES improving competitiveness in servicesPROGRAMME EXAMPLES improving competitiveness in services
CAIC/ CARICOM SECRETARIAT/ OECS SECRETARIAT/ IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CDE
Maritime transport project to support the formation of clusters/ shipping pools of the small, independent cargo vessels to operate under a centralized planning and logistics system which will improve the efficiency of intra-inland cargo services in the region. Phase I – Identification of boats, database, inspection, workshop and clustering.Phase II - Formation, organizational structure, technical assistance and training plans to operate as pools in the Southern and Northern Caribbean
PROGRAMME EXAMPLES – improving competitiveness in ICT PROGRAMME EXAMPLES – improving competitiveness in ICT servicesservices
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CARIBBEAN INNOVATIVE ICT CLUSTERS 2012 -
The overall goal is to improve the competitiveness of software products developed in the Caribbean for sale in the region and internationally.
The objective of the project is for the CDE to provide the necessary technical experts (mobile application developers, web 2.0 developers, animation experts, among others) required to enhance selected software and support marketing and promotion.
In 2009 – 5 supported (marketing support)In 2011 – 3 supported ( product enhancement and marketing)For 2012 – proposal approved to support 9 ( product enhancement and marketing)