{"id":267941,"date":"2019-11-14T12:59:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T16:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/news\/caribbean-ipas-to-make-investment-opportunities-more-attractive-to-foreign-investors\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T20:17:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T00:17:00","slug":"caribbean-ipas-to-make-investment-opportunities-more-attractive-to-foreign-investors","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/nl\/news\/caribbean-ipas-to-make-investment-opportunities-more-attractive-to-foreign-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribische IPA&#8217;s om investeringsmogelijkheden aantrekkelijker te maken voor buitenlandse investeerders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The packaging and promotion of any product\nor service is critical to attract customers and gain sales.&nbsp; The same is true for investment\nopportunities.&nbsp; The Caribbean Export\nDevelopment Agency (Caribbean Export), in partnership with the Caribbean\nAssociation of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) and the United Nations Industrial\nDevelopment Organisation (UNIDO) recently hosted a training workshop in the\nBritish Virgin Islands (BVI) focused on improving the quality of investment\nproject information to make them more attractive to potential investors.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Photo-COMFAR-Training-BVI-UNIDO-Nov2019-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248992\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Photo-COMFAR-Training-BVI-UNIDO-Nov2019-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Photo-COMFAR-Training-BVI-UNIDO-Nov2019-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Photo-COMFAR-Training-BVI-UNIDO-Nov2019-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>From left: UNIDO Trainer \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Dr. Umesh Menon, Suzette Hudson, Senior Advisor \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Investment Promotion (Caribbean Export), Junior Minister Sharie de Castro, Lizette George &#8211; Policy Advisor in the Office of the Premier (BVI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The 5-day\ntraining workshop was delivered by UNIDO with a focus on enhancing the capacity\nof the Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) to better identify investment\nopportunities, as well as the formulation and appraisal of investment projects.\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The need of developing countries in upgrading local skills and capabilities in\nthe preparation and appraisal of pre-investment studies, calls for appropriate\ncapacity building support, including adequate human resource development,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\nnotes Dr. Umesh Menon, UNIDO trainer for the workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 22 Caribbean participants from 16\nCaribbean territories were trained in the use of the flagship software of UNIDO &#8211; Computer Model for\nFeasibility Analysis and Reporting (COMFAR III Expert- Basic Version). COMFAR\nfacilitates the fast computation of financial statements needed for financial\nand economic appraisal of investment projects. The software can be used for\nsmall- to large-scale projects, expansion, rehabilitation and modernization of\nexisting enterprises and joint ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting at the opening of the workshop,\nthe Jr. Minister for Trade &amp; Economic Development of the BVI, Sharie B. de\nCastro, shared that, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The BVI is in the process of establishing our Trade and\nInvestment Promotion Agency. It is important to us to develop a core group of\nprofessionals who are well versed in investment project identification,\npreparation and appraisal. This will ultimately lead to well-planned investment\nprojects and prudent investment decisions.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Caribbean Export is committed to enhancing\nthe knowledge and skills\nof the IPAs of the Caribbean,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d commented Suzette Hudson, Senior\nAdvisor in Investment Promotion at the Agency. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This training forms part of a\nbroader collaborative framework that CAIPA and UNIDO have established with the\naim to provide investment monitoring and promotion support to IPAs in the\nregion and strengthen regional investment promotion efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop was funded by the European\nUnion via the 11<sup>th<\/sup> European Development Fund, Regional Private\nSector Development Programme and the European Development Fund\/Intra-ACP\nPrivate Sector Development Facilities and Programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participating countries included: Anguilla, Antigua\nand Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, the\nBritish Virgin Islands, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica,\nMontserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St.\nVincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos\nIslands. \u00c2&nbsp;\u00c2&nbsp;\u00c2&nbsp;\u00c2&nbsp;\u00c2&nbsp;\u00c2&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The packaging and promotion of any product or service is critical to attract customers and gain sales.&nbsp; The same is true for investment opportunities.&nbsp; The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in partnership with the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) recently hosted a training workshop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":267984,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-267941","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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