Local entrepreneurs are preparing to tap a US$226,195 grant that the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has given to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) to enhance “export readiness of enterprises in creative industries, particularly music, arts and craft and agro-processing.”
At the launching of the project on Friday, Chair-man of the Trade & Invest-ment Committee of the GCCI Lance Hinds said the participants would receive assistance to develop export development plans that would outline the strategies and actions required to successfully enter the targeted market.
The grant, which was provided through the CARIFORUM-EU, Eco-nomic Partnership Agree-ment (EPA) and Standby Facility for Capacity Building under the 10th European Development Fund, would go towards the cost of “improving competitiveness in