P126 - CEDA
Targeted Support to Develop E-commerce in the Caribbean Countries
BENEFICIARIES
Caribbean Export Development Agency;
the CARIFORUM member countries, namely:
- Antigua and Barbuda,
- The Bahamas,
- Barbados,
- Belize,
- Dominica,
- Dominican Republic,
- Haiti,
- Grenada,
- Guyana,
- Jamaica,
- Saint Lucia,
- St. Kitts and Nevis,
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
- Suriname, and
- Trinidad and Tobago.
PROJECT COVERAGE
The project aims at development of an e-commerce trading environment in the region, contributing to competitiveness in exports, fostering investment and, therefore, to the achievement of the SDGs.
Two-fold purposes: To develop a feasibility study on the establishment of an e-commerce-based fulfilment centre to facilitate a sustainable increase in the competitiveness of the Caribbean exports; and to increase the viability of e-commerce in the Caribbean region by identifying underlying logistics and structural constraints and developing a strategy to address these challenges.
Five-fold Project outputs:
- feasibility study on the establishment of an e-commerce-based fulfilment centre for Caribbean exports
- assessment of the e-commerce trading environment in the Caribbean countries identifying challenges and opportunities for improvement
- E-Commerce Strategy identifying underlying logistics and structural constraints
- An action plan to implement the necessary reforms
- A financial model to establish the e-commerce-based fulfilment centre
Intervention areas:
- e-Commerce trade environment,
- trade readiness;
- Trade competitiveness.
RESULTS ACHIEVED
Purpose 1: To develop a feasibility study on the establishment of an e-commerce-based fulfilment centre to facilitate a sustainable increase in the competitiveness of the Caribbean export.
- Preparatory work for a feasibility study on the establishment of an e-commerce-based fulfilment centre for Caribbean exports;
- A comprehensive feasibility study on the establishment of an e-commerce-based fulfilment centre for the exports of the Caribbean countries.
Purpose 2: To increase the viability of e-commerce in the Caribbean region by identifying underlying logistics and structural constraints and developing a strategy to address these challenges
- A comprehensive assessment of the e-commerce trading environment in the Caribbean countries identifying challenges and opportunities for improvement.
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