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Contents

10th European Development Fund: ACP Cultural Sectors - Films - Cinema/Audiovisual ........................................................................................................................ 1

10th European Development Fund: ACP Cultural Sectors - Cultures – all other than cinema and audiovisual ..................................................................................... 2

International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFAD) ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

10th EDF Regional Private Sector Development Programme: Direct Assistance Scheme (General & Priority Sectors) ......................................................................... 4

10th EDF: Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Private Sector Environment Enabling Facility (PSEEF) – BizClim II ........................................................................................................................................................... 6

European Investment Bank (EIB) ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7

COLEACP Pesticides Initiative Programme (PIP): Quality and Conformity Fruits and Vegetables .......................................................................................................... 8

Strengthening Fisheries Management in ACP/OCT countries (FISH II) .................................................................................................................................................... 9

ACP Micro-finance Framework Programme I & II .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

TradeCom ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

ACP All Agricultural Commodities Programme ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 12

ACP Multilateral Trading System (MTS) Programme ............................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Compete Caribbean: Component 2. Business Climate and Competitiveness Enhancement Facility (BCCE) ........................................................................................ 14

Compete Caribbean: Component 3. Enterprise Innovation Challenge Fund (EICF) ............................................................................................................................. 15

Access to Finance ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16



Knowledge Transfer Projects ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17

FINPYME Export Plus .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18

IIC Corporate Loans ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19

The GEF Small Grants Programme ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20

The GEF Earth Fund ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 21

Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP / GTZ) .............................................................................................................................................. 22

Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services (CTCS) .......................................................................................................................................................................... 23

Private Sector Grant Programme ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24

Special Technical Assistance (STA) Programme ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 25

International Finance Corporation (IFC) ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26


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10th European Development Fund: ACP Cultural Sectors - Films - Cinema/Audiovisual

Funding/Assistance For: Target Group / Eligibility Funded & Executed

By: Programme

Dates Implementing Agency

Contact Website

• Film Production • Distribution / Promotion • Training / Professional

Development

• Film / Audio-visual Industry • Registered legal entities for

at least 2 years in industry • NGOs • Private sector bodies • Public TV stations • ACP Nationals

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

Transtec

Closed for 2011; to re-open in 2012

ACPFilms – Programme Management Unit

Transtec

Avenue de Tyras 75

B-1120 Brussels, Belgium

T: +32 2 514 37 86 and +32 2 266 49 16

http://www.acpfilms.eu

Examples of Funded Projects:

In 2008, 24 projects were selected from ACP states:

• 12 in Production & Post-Production • 6 in Distribution, Promotion and Networking • 6 in Training

Grants ranged from €68,000 to €485,000


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10th European Development Fund: ACP Cultural Sectors - Cultures – all other than cinema and audiovisual


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Creativity Industry / Production

• Distribution / Promotion • Training / Professional

Development

• Creative Industry • Registered legal entities for

at least 2 years in industry • NGOs • Private sector bodies • Public TV stations • ACP Nationals

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

Eco

Closed for 2011; to re-open in 2012

ACPCultures – Programme Management Unit

Eco

Chaussée de la Hulpe 150

B-170 Brussels, Belgium

T: +32 2 792 49 71

http://www.acpculturesplus.eu/appel.php?lg=EN


In 2008, 6 projects were selected involving 34 ACP partners from more than 20 ACP states.

Projects covered aspects of music, visual and performing arts for a total of €2.2 million.

Grants averaged about €350,000


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International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFAD)


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Cultural sector strengthening

• Cultural policy and industry • Legal, technical or financial

support and expertise

• Stakeholders in the Cultural Sector

• NGOs • Vulnerable and other social

groups

Funded by:

UNESCO

Executed by:

Barbados National Commission for UNESCO

Closed for 2011

Future dates to be advised

Richard Skeete

Clerical Officer - International Relations (UNESCO)

Planning Research & International Relations Department Ministry of Education & Human Resource Development The Elsie Payne Complex Constitution Road St Michael

T: 246 430-2789

E: [email protected]

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/cultural-diversity/2005-convention/international-fund-for-cultural-diversity/


From over 25 countries, projects have included:

• Film festival for young talents • Vocational training for employment in the performing arts • Developing new business models • Survey of audiovisual production in Latin America and the Caribbean • Developing a cultural policy • Mapping cultural industries • Supporting book publishers • Supporting Steel Pan art form • Training lab for digital creation


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10th EDF Regional Private Sector Development Programme: Direct Assistance Scheme (General & Priority Sectors)


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Developing new products • Improving product quality

and/or product range • Developing new industrial

processes • Maintaining and/or

increasing market share • Capitalising on the benefits

of the EPA, CSME or other bi or multilateral arrangement s within the region or with ACP or EU partners

• Fostering intra regional cooperation to enhance productivity and capitalise on economies of scale

• Promoting programmes to impact underdeveloped areas or disadvantaged sectors (rural area development, gender, etc)

• Legally registered private sector exporters or potential exporters, BSOs

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

Caribbean Export Development Agency

(Carib-Export)

2011-2013

2011 Competition scheduled for launching in September (TBC)

Kirk Brown

Senior Grant Advisor

CaribExport

Hastings Main Road

Christ Church, BB15154

T: 246 436 0578

E:

[email protected]

http://carib-export.com/website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=202&Itemid=126

Examples of Funded Projects: In 2008, 34 beneficiaries throughout the Region were awarded a total of €891,559.00 for projects in the sectors/industries of Automotive, Agro-Processing, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Creative Industries, Tourism, Apiculture, Business Support Organisation, Information & Communication Technology, Health & Wellness, Games


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10th EDF: Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE)


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Creation, expansion, diversification and/or restructuring

• Project engineering, studies (pre-feasibility and feasibility)

• Market studies • Search for technologies • Identification of partners • Financial engineering • Project implementation • Long-term viability • Technical assistance • Marketing assistance • Training • Diagnostic studies & audits

(technical, financial, management)

• Quality management / certification, labels, standards

• Protection of the environment

• Enterprises, groups, clusters, BSOs, SMEs

• New / start –up investment projects

• Net assets => € 80,000 and / or turnover of € 250,000

• Max. net assets of € 10m • Legal identity • => 5 employees • Compliant with labour,

environment and other laws • Commitment to contribute

at least 1/3 of intervention expenses

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE)

Ongoing Marie-Louise Norton Murray

CDE Caribbean Office Avenida 27 de Febrero, esq., Avenida Luperon

Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

T: +809 531 2832, +809 473 9169


http://www.cde.int/list_typeA.aspx?type=11&niveau=7


SME sector development programs in 2008 included Competitiveness in Tourism - € 202,771; Commercial Aquaculture - € 450,509; Promoting Fair Trade Cotton and Finished Textile Products - € 599,451; Optimal Energy Management - € 272,871; Capacity Building in the ICT Sector - € 189,796; Maintenance and Sub-contracting Public Works (Water & Roads) - € 812,183.

PSDP programmes have been developed in Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon.


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Private Sector Environment Enabling Facility (PSEEF) – BizClim II


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Technical Assistance • Workshops, seminars,

conferences and training • Communication of events • Preparation for business

environment reforms & favourable business and investment conditions

• Strengthening of public-private dialogue (including regional integration)

• Strengthening capacities of RECs for financing

• Facilitating reflection and access to information by stakeholders on pertinent themes, relating to the enabling environment and linkages with key macro, meso and micro issues

• ACP Regional Economic Communities (RECs)

• ACP govt • ACP Private sector

organizations • ACP Secretariat • The African Union • European Commission and

EC Delegations in ACP Countries

• The European Investment Bank

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

ACP Business Climate Facility

2010-Ongoing M'Hamed Cherif

ACP Business Climate Facility (BizClim) Programme Management Unit

205, Rue Belliard

BE-1040 Brussels, Belgium

T: +32 2 669 98 25, +32 2 669 97 86

E: [email protected];

[email protected]

http://acpbusinessclimate.org/BizClim/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=58&lang=en


The portfolio of Projects includes:

• best practices in terms of enabling regulatory regimes and incentives to support the development the audiovisual sector in Barbados; • review the legislative and regulatory environment in the UK & Europe with respect to mobile money transfers between Europe & the

Caribbean; • enabling environment for ICT companies to develop in the Dominican Republic • dialogue between private sector developers and governments to develop legislation, institutional and financial measures for PS funding,

investments and EU technology transfers in infrastructure investments across the African region


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European Investment Bank (EIB)


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Loans, Venture Capital for investment projects that are economically, technically, environmentally and financially viable and have a development and a poverty-reduction impact

• Technical Assistance

• Public & private organisations in all sectors except arms, drugs, gambling, tobacco

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

European Investment Bank (EIB)

2008-2013 Yves Ferreira

Head, EIB Caribbean

1, boulevard du Général de Gaulle F-97200 Fort-de-France

Martinique

T: +596 596 74 73 10


http://www.eib.org/acp


In 2010, the Bank lent € 9 billion in EU partner countries for project s including:

• Toll Roads and Airport improvement in Jamaica • Sugar industry reform and tourism resort development in Mauritius • Energy and water supply and cement manufacturing in Mozambique


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COLEACP Pesticides Initiative Programme (PIP): Quality and Conformity Fruits and Vegetables


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Training in: traceability and record keeping, food safety, environmental protection and ethical production

• Customised support to producer and export companies, including: systems for food safety, traceability, integrated pest management

• Horticultural producers & exporters

• Smallholders support organisations

• Support structures to the horticultural export sector

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

COLEACP

2009-2014 Guy Stinglhamber

PIP, c/o COLEACP

130, rue du Trône

B-1050 Brussels, Belgium T: +32 2 508 10 90


http://pip.coleacp.org/en


• Addressing Regulations and Standards to improve conditions for market access - developing MRLs and crop protocols; collaborating with research organisations and industry, so that growers have access to the necessary crop production and crop protection technologies

• Capacity Building of Supply Chain Operators - direct assistance to producers and export companies to enable them to meet local and EU regulations as well as commercial standards; developing teaching modules on a broad range of topics, and training from senior management to packhouse staff, field workers, and small-scale growers

• Capacity Building of Service Providers - supporting the horticultural sector over the long-term; direct support to (for example) ACP consultants, trainers, producer organisations, public sector service providers, training institutes, and public-private stakeholder platforms


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Strengthening Fisheries Management in ACP/OCT countries (FISH II)


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Training and Technical Assistance including Business supportive regulatory frameworks & private sector investment

• Knowledge sharing on fisheries management & trade at regional level

• Fisheries sector managers Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

ACP Fish II Secretariat

2011-2013 Sandra Grant

Regional Manager

Caribbean Regional Facilitation Unit, FISH II

Pricess Margaret Drive

P.O. Box 1944, Belize City

Belize


http://acpfish2-eu.org/


• €10,000 for production and airing of a 15 minutes documentary to increase public awareness on the proposed changes in fisheries management in Trinidad and Tobago

• €140,000 for finalization of a common fisheries policy for the Caribbean • €10,000 for Fisheries Data Enhancement in Dominica • €40,000 for study identifying potential sites for fisheries development on Praslin Island


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ACP Micro-finance Framework Programme I & II


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Capacity building at different levels of the financial system: (i) Pro-poor access to finance, (ii) Consumer empowerment and capacity building, (iii) Equitable and efficient local markets.

• Microfinance Institutions • Financial infrastructure

service providers • Businesses • Policymakers • Associations

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

ACP Microfinance Secretariat

2009-2013

2011 Competition now closed

Future dates TBA


http://www.euacpmicrofinance.org


• 40 Microfinance Institutions strengthened in Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Togo, Mali, Niger, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

• 2 start-up microfinance institutions created in Madagascar and in Cameroon. • 50 scholarships awarded to ACP countries policymakers to participate in the Microfinance Boulder training programme • 90 ACP microfinance institutions rated • 20 ACP microfinance institutions received information Technology (IT) advice. • 11 African countries and the Central Banks from West and Central Africa received technical advice on their regulatory and legal framework

for microfinance


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TradeCom


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Trade diagnostics studies • Training • Capacity Building

• ACP governments • Regional integration

structures • Non-state actors • Private

sector • Intermediary organisations

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

TradeCom Secretariat

Ongoing - 2012 HE Lingston Cumberbatch

Director, TradeCom Facility

Avenue des Gaulois, 20

B- 1040 Brussels, Belgium

T: +32 2 743 00 20

E: [email protected];

[email protected]

http://www.tradecom-acpeu.org/home


• Revision of Jamaica’s National Trade Policy • Support to enhance the capacity of the Investigating Authority (IA) of Mauritius on trade remedy investigations and development of relevant

software tools needed by the Authority • CARIFORUM Mutual Recognition Agreements: Engineers & Architects • REC Institutional Capacity Building Training Programme • Technical Assistance to the SADC Secretariat to enhance regional integration and harmonization and consumer policy in the SADC Member

States • Technical Assistance to support the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) configuration on EPA Negotiations • Building Aid for Trade Capacity in Pacific – ACP Countries • Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs Workshop for Kenyan Diplomats on Trade Policy, Regional Integration, Investment Strategies and

Negotiations • Assistance to Gambia Competition Commission • St. Lucia and OECS GI strategy • Dominican Republic National Commission of Unfair Trade and Safeguard Measures


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ACP All Agricultural Commodities Programme


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Commodity strategies and implementation planning

• Access to and use of markets, production factors and services

• Market-based instruments to reduce income vulnerability

• Capacity building

• ACP national & regional authorities

• Agricultural commodity producers

• Service provider organisations

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

ACP Secretariat

Ongoing - 2012 Pierre Berthelot


http://www.euacpcommodities.eu


• ITC strategy formulation in support of the process of value chain diagnosis and strategy formulation in Grenada (Nutmeg), Jamaica (Roots and Tuber and Fruits and Vegetables), Guyana (Roots and Tubers) – €15,000

• Pilot production/marketing operation to strengthen VC partnerships to supply the domestic market value chain in order to market higher volume of vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices marketed with the hotel industry and local supermarkets, as well as exported to niche markets – €45,000

• Support to the improvement of cocoa production systems in Northern Haiti – €15,000 • Workshop to strengthen the capacity of Farmers’ Organisations to coordinate marketing activities and improve the supply of roots and tubers

to national and export markets – €205,000


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ACP Multilateral Trading System (MTS) Programme


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Projects to enhance MTS • Institutional capacity

building • Workshops and seminars • Training and educational

programmes • Technical and analytical

papers on WTO issues under negotiations

• WTO-related technical assistance

• Legal reviews on WTO • Review of National Trade

Policies to implement WTO agreements

• ACP states • Regional integration

organizations • Govt ministries and

departments responsible for trade matters

• Civil society organizations • Private sector organizations • Research centres • Universities • Other stakeholders

Funded by:

European Union

Executed by:

ACP Secretariat

Ongoing PMU

TA to the Integration of ACP countries’ to the MTS and Support to the IF

Rue Frédéric Pelletier 33, 3eme étage

1030 Bruxelles, Belgium

T: +32 2 736 93 56


http://acp-mts-programme.org/en


• Protection of Geographical Indications (GIs): Generating Empirical Evidence at Country and Product Level to Support African ACP Countries’ engagement in the Doha Round Negotiations

• Ad hoc support to the ACP Delegations in Geneva to enhance their capacities to participate in the final stretch of the DDA negotiations • Developing a Foreign Trade Policy strategy paper that will be the basis of establishing a strong foreign trade department in the Kenyan

Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Addressing the provisions enshrined in the latest DDA draft texts with a view to ensuring that germane Caribbean interests are adequately

addressed • Assistance to the Republic of Mauritius review the existing legislations regarding the services sector • Assistance to St. Vincent and the Grenadines to sensitise stakeholders about the WTO services liberalisation and it implications • Building capacity in the negotiations on trade in Agriculture in the Dominican Republic


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Compete Caribbean: Component 2. Business Climate and Competitiveness Enhancement Facility (BCCE)


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Removing constraints to private sector development

• Drafting / implementation of policies and regulations

• Institutional strengthening to support Public-Private Dialogue

• Establishment / strengthening of national competitiveness councils

• Govt agencies and departments

• Legally constituted private sector groups

• Regional organizations • Universities • Research institutions

Funding Agency:

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) & UK Department for International Development (DFID)

Executed by:

IADB

2010-2015 Diego Morris

Project Officer, IADB

Mervue House

Hastings, Christ Church BB15154, Barbados

T: 246 227 8500


http://www.competecaribbean.org/



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Compete Caribbean: Component 3. Enterprise Innovation Challenge Fund (EICF)


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Clustering Initiatives (SCI) (targeting smaller firms and linked businesses)

• Cluster competitiveness improvement plans (CCIP)

• Direct firm support (DFS) for business innovation (targeting larger firms with strong capability)

• Technical assistance • Goods and minor works • Innovative ventures • Development of new

products • Implementation of new

business models • Entering new markets

• Legally established private sector entities

• Consortia of legally established private firms, universities, NGOs, CBOs

Funding Agency:

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) & UK Department for International Development (DFID)

Executed by:

IADB

2011-2015

2011 Competition:

Concept Note Submission by August 26

Diego Morris

Project Officer, IADB

Mervue House

Hastings, Christ Church BB15154, Barbados

T: 246 227 8500


http://www.competecaribbean.org/

Examples of Funded Projects: N/A


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Access to Finance


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Enhancing access to finance through strengthening Microfinance, Early Stage Equity, SME Financing, Financial services to low income groups

• Public and non-profit private sector; for grant financing

• NGOs • Industry associations • Under certain

circumstances grants are provided to for-profit organizations.

Funded by:

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Executed by:

IADB

Ongoing IADB

Mervue House, Hastings

Christ Church BB15154

Barbados

T: 246 227 8500


http://www5.iadb.org/mif/ProgramsandProjects/AccesstoFinance/tabid/172/language/en-US/Default.aspx


• Transparency in microfinance • Microfinance for rural/underserved populations • Developing microfinance in frontier markets • Venture Capital ecosystems • Seed and Venture Capital funds • Green and Base of the Pyramid (BoP) funds • Small business finance • Microinsurance • Technologies for financial inclusion • Banking the Unbanked through Payments and Transfers


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Knowledge Transfer Projects


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Transfer of knowledge between an institution that has successfully completed a MIF project and at least two beneficiary institutions

• Adaptation of methodology/model from original MIF project, incorporating lessons learned

• Non-profit private sector institutions

• NGOs • Industry associations.

Funded by:


Executed by:

IADB

Ongoing IADB

Mervue House, Hastings

Christ Church BB15154

Barbados

T: 246 227 8500


http://www5.iadb.org/mif/apps35/Home/Calls/PromotingKnowledgeManagementthroughLearningCo/tabid/199/language/en-US/Default.aspx


• A microfinance institution in Bolivia developed a new risk management model. A microfinance institution in Ecuador is interested in this model and applying it to its own needs. They organize an inter-institutional internship: officials from Ecuador go to Bolivia, learn the model and bring this knowledge back to Ecuador to adapt it to the local context, launching it as a pilot in a number of their branches.

Projects have supplied:

• Learning materials (i.e. learning guides, manuals, best practices, research studies and other publications) • Training (i.e. courses, seminars, conferences on specific topics) • Inter-institutional internships, focusing on mentoring i.e. one-on-one training (in new methodologies or new product development) • Communication tools (website, online discussion forums), using MIF guidelines and/or platform • Technology transfer among participating institutions • Development of databases (projects/consultants/available resources) • Competitions to highlight best practices and lessons learned in successful MIF projects


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FINPYME Export Plus


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Technical Assistance for Competitiveness Diagnostics

• Companies operating for at least 3 years, preferably with audited financial statements

• Annual sales of at least US$ 150,000

• Preferably exporters or potential exporters

• Expansion projects planned for future or financing needs, e.g., permanent working capital or restructuring/refinancing short-term debt

• Compliant with local environmental and occupational safety laws

Funded by:


Executed by:

Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) and (in Barbados) the Cave Hill School of Business, University of the West Indies (UWI)

2005-Ongoing Marjorie Wharton

Director, Strategic Business Services Cave Hill School of Business, UWI

P.O. Box 64 Bridgetown, BB11000 Barbados

T: 246 424 2970 E: [email protected]

http://www.finpyme.org/


• Management models • Quality Improvements • New Product Development • Development of New Markets & marketing Studies • Financial Restructuring • Environmental Improvements • Organisational Improvements


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IIC Corporate Loans


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Long-term financing • Direct loans • Direct equity or quasi-

equity investments • Lines of credit to local

financial intermediaries for on-lending in the form of smaller loans

• Agency lines with local financial institutions for joint lending

• Investments in local and regional private equity funds

• Guarantees for and investments in capital markets offerings

• Companies without access to medium- or long-term financing

• Projects in all economic sectors

• New (greenfield) projects

Funded by:


Executed by:

Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC)

Ongoing Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC)

1350 New York Avenue, NW

Washington DC

20577 USA

T: +202 623 3948

http://www.iic.int/apply/


• Loan for a total of up to US$70 million to Profertil in Argentina to finance an industrial plant, storage silos, and a jetty on the Paraná River. • Loan of up to US$3.5 million to finance part of the capital investment plan to upgrade technology and expand network capacity for increased

internet accessibility, coverage and affordability in a key segment of the Haitian telecommunications industry • US$50 million investment in a wind farm consists of installing twenty-two 1.8 MW Vestas V90 wind turbine generators, resulting in a total

power generation capacity of 39.6 MW per year in southwestern Nicaragua • Loan of up to US$ 5 million for capital investments, including plant upgrades and additional investment in the area of crop dusting in Ecuador


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The GEF Small Grants Programme


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Community based projects addressing: Biodiversity, Climate Change, International Waters, Organic Pollutants, Land Degradation

• NGOs, CBOs, civil society groups

• Private sector entities with focus on defined community and humanitarian objectives

Funded by:

United Nations Development Programme

Executed by:

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Ongoing Giles Romulus

Sub-Regional Coordinator

GEF SGP (Barbados & The OECS)

UN House, Marine Gardens, Hastings

Christ Church, Barbados

T: 246 467 6011


http://sgp.boecs.org


• US$ 10,000 grant to install permanent mooring systems at popular dive sites on the south and west coast of Barbados in an effort to reduce the degree of anchor damage to coral reefs, seagrass beds and cultural marine resources such as ship wrecks

• US$ 30,088 grant to promote sustainable and organic agriculture practices by developing a community composting programme within a World Heritage Site in St. Lucia

• US$ 43,352 grant for sustainable agricultural technologies and processes (soil and water stewardship, biopesticide usage, weed and fertiliser management, minimisation of non-renewable energy consumption) to protect and enhance the environment. Training programmes to encourage young farmers to use the alternative technologies and practices

• US$ 48,000 grant for a demonstration project in the Freetown community in Antigua for fishers and the urban poor including women and young people to establish a production facility where aquaculture and aquaponics will be undertaken producing organic fish and vegetables (lettuce; tomatoes; and plants) for the market


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The GEF Earth Fund


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Incremental (not installation) costs and seed funds on medium-large projects endorsed by Government

• Public-Private Partnerships Funded by:

United Nations Development Programme

Executed by:

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Ongoing Dr. Reynold Murray

UN House, Marine Gardens, Hastings

Christ Church, Barbados

T: 246 467 6011


http://www.thegef.org/gef/node/1293

Examples of Funded Projects: • Projects, technologies, and business models that contribute to protection of the global environment • Projects that foster innovation and open new markets, and demonstrate the potential for strategic partnerships to achieve greater scale of

investment than generally achievable


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Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP / GTZ)


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Final preparation of bankable project documents , including: Full feasibility; Grid stability studies; Resource Assessments; and Environmental Impact Assessments

• Utilities and private investors developing RE projects (wind, hydropower, geothermal, biomass, solar) for power generation with significant impact on the national energy balance, thus reducing GHG emissions.

• Private sector can include professional groups (consultants, designers, technical experts, construction experts, engineers, craftsmen), IPPs for grid connection, hotels and hotel associations, RE equipment suppliers, and SWH manufacturers.

Funded by:

German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Executed by:

GIZ (Projekt Consult) & CARICOM Secretariat

2008-2012 Mr. Joseph Williams

Senior Project Officer, Energy

CARICOM Secretariat

T: +592 222 0001-75, Ext. 2638


Thomas Scheutzlich

Principal Adviser,

GTZ –CREDP, c/o Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI)

P.O. Box 1111, The Morne

Castries, St. Lucia

T: +758 458 1425

E: thomas.scheutzlich@projekt-consult,de

http://www.caricom.org/jsp/projects/credp.jsp?menu=projects

Examples of Funded Projects: • Projects to increase use of renewable energy; reduce dependence on fossil fuels; contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions


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Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services (CTCS)


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Technical Assistance and Training to support establishment, expansion, diversification and modernization of productive facilities

• Private enterprises and financial intermediaries in various sectors including: energy, manufacturing, agribusiness, tourism, transportation, infrastructure, telecommunications, financial services

Funded by:

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Executed by:

CDB

Ongoing CDB P.O. Box 408 Wildey, St. Michael

Barbados

T: 246 431 1600


http://www.caribank.org

Examples of Funded Projects: In 2006, 41 training workshops and 73 short-term TA interventions to over 500 micro and small entrepreneurs


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Private Sector Grant Programme


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Technical assistance for Business planning, Market studies, Marketing, finance, sector promotion, implementation (no operations or equipment)

• Private entities engaged in Services Sectors: Creative Industry, Business Development, Health & Wellness, Education, Construction, ICT

Funded by:

Government of Barbados

Executed by:

INVEST BARBADOS (IB)

Ongoing Moudou Diagne

Snr Bus Dev Officer

Trident Insurance Bldg, Bridgetown, St Michael

T: 246 626 2000


http://www.investbarbados.org


• Targeted marketing and sales activities • Market entry support for export ready companies • Market intelligence • Establishment of sales and distribution channels • Facilitation of linkages with foreign investors


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Special Technical Assistance (STA) Programme


By: Programme


Contact Website

• Training and productivity enhancement

• Marketing • Plant upgrade consultation • Operational redesign • Product development • International standards

certification

• SMEs • Established for at least 1

year • Consenting to operational

audit • If a tenant of the BIDC, up-

to-date rent, or satisfactory arrangements in place

• In good financial standing with Govt authorities

Funded by:

Government of Barbados

Executed by:

Barbados Investment & Development Corporation (BIDC)

Ongoing Business Development Officer, BIDC

T: 246 427 5350

http://www.bidc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=82


• Training and productivity enhancement • Marketing • Plant upgrade consultation • Operational redesign • Product development • International standards certification


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International Finance Corporation (IFC)


By: Programme


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• Improvements to business environment

• Reaching under-served people

• Investments in clean technology

• Participation in infrastructure

• Increasing access to finance

• Company or entrepreneur, foreign or domestic, seeking to establish a new venture or expand an existing enterprise

Funded by:

World Bank & Contributors

Executed by:

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Ongoing Pedro Andres-Amo, Operations Officer, Investment Climate, IFC Advisory Services

Sagicor Financial Centre

16 Queen's Park West, Port of Spain, Trinidad

T: +868 628 5074


http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/lac.nsf/Content/Caribbean


• Up to US$45 million to National Commercial Bank of Jamaica to support expansion plans, working capital needs, as well as the growth of the Bank’s lending operations

• Estimated US$6.3 million in support of Bel Air Plantation Ltd, Grenada, a tourism resort that will be constructed and operated consisting of 24 villas and a central complex

• Equity investment from IFC to strengthen the balance sheet of Guardian Holdings Ltd, Trinidad & Tobago, and improve its growth potential in order to increase access to insurance products (e.g., life, property, casualty, etc.) in underserved regions such as the Caribbean and Central America

• Expanding the level of credit being made available to low income households and SMEs operating in the local market in Guyana through a tailored approach of working with the management and board of SBDF to provide it with the technical and financial support


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For additional information or to suggest changes to this list, please contact: [Name] The BPSA Project Proposal Hub

The Annex, Geddes Grant Complex, Whitepark Rd,

Bridgetown, St Michael

Tel: +246 430 6541 Email:

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