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CC+Cluster & Value Chain Grant Webinar - Information Session 2 Panel Discussion & Application Clinic - January 16th, 2025

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CC+ Cluster and Value Chain Grant Call - Application Clinic

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Compete Caribbean+ Priority Areas

Focused on fostering climate resilience and private sector growth, our priority areas aim to empower businesses, improve governance frameworks, enhance research capacity, and provide technical assistance to drive sustainable development across the Caribbean.

Climate Action

Strengthen Caribbean businesses’ competitiveness and capacity to take climate action, particularly of WOFs and of sectors that employ large proportions of women and other vulnerable groups.

Improve Governance

Improve governance for private sector development and climate action, including legal and policy frameworks that stimulate businesses to take climate action.

Enhanced Capacity

Enhance the capacity of Caribbean research organizations to produce knowledge that can enhance climate governance and climate action by the private sector.

Technical Assistance

Fill a gap in technical assistance to stimulate competitiveness and climate action of Caribbean businesses.

Pillar 1: Promoting Competitiveness, Climate Action, and Inclusiveness

This pillar focuses on strengthening Caribbean businesses to become more competitive, climate-smart, and inclusive. The aim is to improve their ability to integrate climate action and foster economic growth while providing expanded employment opportunities for vulnerable groups, particularly women.

Key initiatives include:

Enhancing business capacity in clusters and value chains.
Offering technology extension services.
Building public ecosystems that support entrepreneurship and innovation.

Pillar 2: Strengthening regulatory capacities to support a dynamic, climate smart private sector

Improve governance for private sector development with climate action, policy frameworks that stimulate businesses to including legal and take climate action.

Beneficiaries:

Government line ministries
Public agencies that support private sector development
Atleast 60% of training delivered to women policy makers

Pillar 3: Promoting Research and Development for Climate Innovation

This pillar is dedicated to advancing climate innovation through research and development (R&D). It strengthens the capacity of Caribbean research organizations to produce actionable knowledge, fostering innovative solutions for both the public and private sectors.

The focus areas include:

Boosting R&D and technology transfer for climate technologies.
Supporting inclusive climate governance initiatives.
Promoting collaboration with at least 50% participation of women researchers to drive innovation aligned with climate resilience, competitiveness, and inclusiveness.

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Committed to Private Sector Resilience Innovation Reactivation

The Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility (CCPF) is a private sector development programme delivering innovative and practical solutions that stimulate economic growth, increase productivity and foster innovation and competitiveness, while promoting economic inclusion.

Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility

Launched in 2012, The Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility (CCPF) is a Private Sector Development Program that delivers Innovative and practical solutions that stimulate Economic Growth, increase Productivity and foster Innovation and Competitiveness. We work in 13 countries across the Caribbean region.

Our Pillars

CCPF’s two main areas of focus: enhancing productivity and innovation in private sector firms, and improving the business and innovation climate through regulatory and institutional reforms. By providing technical assistance and expert advice, CCPF aims to stimulate economic growth and competitiveness in the Caribbean, positioning regional products and services more effectively in the global market

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Results Phase I

Read more about our results from the first phase (2012-2016), which saw over 100 projects successfully boosting competitiveness, creating jobs, and driving innovation across the Caribbean. Our efforts also supported technology adoption and policy reforms to improve the region’s business environment, laying the groundwork for continued growth and sustainability.

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Results Phase II

Read more about the results from the second phase of CCPF – ending in 2024.

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