{"id":267784,"date":"2020-09-02T07:41:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T11:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/news\/up-to-15000-in-grant-funding-available-to-cariforum-msmes\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T20:56:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T00:56:43","slug":"up-to-15000-in-grant-funding-available-to-cariforum-msmes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/fr\/news\/up-to-15000-in-grant-funding-available-to-cariforum-msmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Jusqu’\u00e0 15 000 \u20ac de subventions disponibles pour les MPME du CARIFORUM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Caribbean Export Development Agency in collaboration with the European Union has launched the Direct Support Grants Programme, a newly developed grant facility in response to COVID-19 and the need for CARIFORUM firms to access finance during a time when cashflow has been significantly restricted. \u00c2 CARIFORUM firms will now be able to submit proposals or applications for a Direct Support Grant (DSG)<\/a> of up to \u00e2\u201a\u00ac15,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Caribbean Export is pleased to be able to address the needs of the CARIFORUM firms during this unprecedented time of uncertainty with a grant facility that enables firms to receive funds on a non-reimbursable basis rather than as in previous programmes, under the Direct Assistance Programme\u00e2\u20ac\u009d announced Anthony Bradshaw, Officer in Charge at Caribbean Export.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Direct Support Grants Programme was developed in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.  In collaboration with the European Union we have been able to increase the overall amount of funding made available to CARIFORUM firms, to help towards mitigating the impact of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of \u00e2\u201a\u00ac500,000 has been made available through the European Union as part of the 11th<\/sup> EDF European Development Fund, Regional Private Sector Development Programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The European Union is pleased to see that our regional grant funding is going towards assisting Caribbean entrepreneurs getting back on their feet after a harrowing COVID_19 experience which has severely affected businesses. We also hope that they take this opportunity to capitalise on this initiative as they seek ways of re-engaging with their customers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, said Charge d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Affairs of the EU Delegation in Barbados Ovidiu Naftanaila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This current allocation will be supplemented by additional resources given there is a high demand for this service among SMEs as highlighted in our recent survey of four hundred and eighty-two (482) CARIFORUM firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CARIFORUM firms can apply for a grant valued between \u00e2\u201a\u00ac5,000 – \u00e2\u201a\u00ac15,000 for the implementation of projects in the following categories;<\/p>\n\n\n\n