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Under the theme, “Making the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement Work”, the main objectives of the Business Forum are to create awareness about the EPA and to promote business opportunities within sectors that are readily positioned to do business in the EU. The Forum is also designed to enhance the level of trade and investment between CARIFORUM States and the EU.
“The objective of this Initiative is to expose CARIFORUM producers to potential partners in Europe and to encourage them to do more business together”, commented Carlos Wharton, Senior Trade Policy Advisor, Caribbean Export. “Additionally the initiative is designed to explore those regulatory issues that may create challenges to exporting and doing business between CARIFORUM States and Cultural Industries, in an effort to develop suitable solutions to mitigate against those aspects of the requirements that may be challenging to CARIFORUM and EU business persons”, Wharton concluded.
The initiative will take the form of three (3) Study Tours to the United Kingdom, Germany and France and culminate with the Business Forum within the UK where business persons and representatives from select Business Support Organisations (BSOs) will be given the opportunity to engage potential clients, investors, distributors and partners from Europe as well as with business representatives from Africa and the Pacific.
The sectors to be covered during the Forum are Manufacturing and Cultural Industries. Specific focus will be placed on agro-processing, music, audiovisual, fashion and publishing. Applications to participate in the Study Tours close on April 30, 2012. For more information about the application process and the CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum please contact Mr. Carlos Wharton at cwharton@carib-export.com or visit the Agency’s website www.carib-export.com.
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