Business Development Websites -Caribbean

TT Connect – provides information on government services   and how to access them

The Caribbean Home Page– This is one of the most comprehensive Internet Directories relating to this beautiful region. Click the links below, or use our search feature, to find the information you need. There have been 25,184,358 visitors to this site since 1996.

Caribbean SME Toolkit.org– The SME Toolkit is a program of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and is available in multiple languages through local partners around the world.  The mission of IFC (http://www.ifc.org/) is to promote sustainable private sector investment in developing countries as a way to reduce poverty and improve people’s lives. IFC finances private sector investments in the developing world, mobilizes capital in the international financial markets, and provides technical assistance and advice to governments and businesses.

Caribbean Business Centres– it has  a list of business centers and incubators within the Caribbean

Caribbean programme – international development projects

Caribbean Export Development Agency–  Small Business Development Centres.   This model is now being implemented in the Caribbean with support from Caribbean Export in association with the Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism in the Organization of American States and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). This initiative was as a result of discussions at the Regional Workshop “Promoting and Improving SME Competitiveness and Productivity in the Caribbean” was held in San Diego, California, on September 6-7, 2011, in which all three parties were involved.  It also has a Direct Assistance Grant Scheme which is a reimbursement grant funding facility specifically designed to provide financial assistance to legally registered firms, individuals and Business Support Organisations (BSOs) who have the potential to export their products and services. Grants of up to 30,000 EUROs can be received by firms that meet the eligibility criteria, whose applications are accepted and are exporting or demonstrate their potential to export goods and services from the Caribbean.