Broadband Diagnosis and Infrastructure Maps in the OECS:
This project will finance a study to map the current infrastructure in the OECS countrires in order to support the design of national broadband strategies and other relevant telecommunications initiatives.
Compete Caribbean will organize a workshop to present this project and intends to mobilize the investor community to take advantage of the knowledge generated in order to increase foreign direct investment in the tele-commmunications sector in the OECS.
Harmonized OECS Spectrum Planning and Management Project:
Project approved under the Business Climate and Competitiveness Enhancement Facility in April.
This project will support the OECS participation in the regional harmonization of spectrum planning and management policies across the Caribbean.
It is expected that this project will improve the quality and access of mobile broadband in the region, and it will be executed with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) as a counterpart.
Projects: Dominica & Grenada
Dominica:
Compete Caribbean is providing support to Invest Dominica Authority (IDA) for the implementation of the updated investment strategy to increase foreign direct investment in the tourism and business processing outsourcing (BPO) sectors.
Grenada:
Geo-tourism in Grenada: Compete Caribbean is providing technical assistance to the Hotel Cluster of Grenada represented by the Grenada Hotel and Tourism Association.
This project will support the implementation of the Grenada Geo-tourism Destination Management Plan which includes marketing with strong social media presence to re-brand and promote Grenada as a Geo-tourism Destination.
Protein From Waste and Local Crops - The Grenada Project: This project will provide technical assistance and equipment for a rendering plant that will produce chicken feed from discarded fish offal, brewers spent and other organic waste.
This project also contemplates the utilization of waste oil in an effort to alleviate one of Grenada's biggest environmental problems. Ultimately, the objective of the project is to demonstrate the viability of small scale protein rendering for animal feed supplementation, utilizing locally available organic and fuel wastes.