Caribbean Export in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) offers ProNET training to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Working together with local Business Support Organisations (BSOs) these training programmes are designed to provide institutional strengthening and export marketing training to the SME sector thus improving their basic business skills while at the same time increasing their productivity and competitiveness. The eventual goal of these trainings are to make regional firms export ready and positioned to take advantage of the opportunities available under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
ProNET – A Business Management Training Programme for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
ProNet is a training programme for SME owners who want to grow their business and become more competitive. SMEs are defined as enterprises with more than 5 but less than 25 employees. The programme is currently designed for manufacturing enterprises, with plans to expand to firms in the services sector.
ProNET Modules and Certified Trainers
| Module | Trainer | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1- Business Strategy | Colin Porter | Jamaica |
| Maxine Harris | Jamaica | |
| Kamesha Turner | Jamaica | |
| Ramesh Ramdeen | Trinidad | |
| Joy Francis | Trinidad | |
| 2-Quality Management | Nsombi Jaja | Jamaica |
| Cheryl Collymore | Barbados | |
| Sheryl Mullings | Jamaica | |
| 3-Production Management | Donald Demeritte | Bahamas |
| Wilma Dandel | Bahamas | |
| 4-Resources Management | Paula Calderon | St. Lucia |
| Nsombi Jaja | Jamaica | |
| Cheryl Collymore | Barbados | |
| 5-Product Development | Ramesh Ramdeen | Trinidad |
| Joy Francis | Trinidad | |
| 6-Information and Knowledge Management | Cosbert Manchester | St. Kitts and Nevis |
| Tonya Cargill-Adderly | Bahamas | |
| Nsombi Jaja | Jamaica | |
| Valda Henry | Dominica | |
| 7-HR Management | Beverly Burke | Belize |
| Colin Porter | Jamaica | |
| Maxine Harris | Jamaica | |
| 8-Cost and Financial Management | Donald Demeritte | Bahamas |
| Beverly Burke | Belize | |
| Colin Porter | Jamaica | |
| Kamesha Turner | Jamaica | |
| Wilma Dandel | Suriname | |
| 9-Export Marketing | Donald Demeritte | Bahamas |
| Beverly Burke | Belize | |
| Gail Defoe | Dominica | |
| Shameilla Moses | Grenada | |
| Colin Porter | Jamaica | |
| Camille Beckford-Scott | Jamaica | |
| Maxine Harris | Jamaica | |
| Junia Belizaire | St. Lucia | |
| Renee de Myers | St. Luci | |
| Wilma Dandel | Suriname | |
| Ramesh Ramdeen | Trinidad | |
| Elka Scheker | Dominican Republic | |
| Glady Pimentel | Dominican Republic | |
| Milagros Puello | Dominican Republic |
For more information about this programme contact Natasha Edwin-Walcott at Caribbean Export tel: +1 246 436 0578; email: nwalcott@carib-export.com
