Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies

The Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) is a contingent of 24 national state-owned Investment promotion agencies situated in the Caribbean or Latin American regions.[1][2][3] Founded in 2007 in Kingston, Jamaica as a partnership between the European Union and CARIFORUM,[4] today the member countries in the association, consisting not only of independent states but also representation from the Dutch and British Overseas Territories.[5][6]

History

Until 2023 CAIPA has been under the regional body known as Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) which served as the secretariat of CAIPA.[7][8] Funding has been under partnership as a Regional Private Sector Development Programme (RPSDP) funded by the European Union under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF).

Network and affiliations

Host country Host city Body[9][10] Ref.
Anguilla The Valley Ministry [11]
Antigua and Barbuda St. John's Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority [12]
Aruba Oranjestad Aruba Investment Agency (ARINA)[13] [14]
Commonwealth of the Bahamas Nassau Bahamas Investment Authority [15]
Barbados Bridgetown Invest Barbados[16] [17]
Belize Belmopan Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE)[18] [19]
Bermuda Hamilton Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA) [20]
Cayman Islands Georgetown Ministry [21]
Curaçao Willemstad Curaçao Investment and Export Promotion Agency (CINEX)[22] [23]
Dominica Roseau Invest Dominica Authority [24]
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Export and Investment Center of the Dominican Republic (ProDominicana) [25]
Grenada St. George's Grenada Investment Development Corporation (GIDC)[26] [27]
Guyana Georgetown Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) [28]
Haiti Ouest, Port-au-Prince Center for Facilitation of Investments (CFI)[29] [30]
Jamaica Kingston Jamaica Promotions Corporation Ltd. (JAMPRO) [31]
Montserrat Brades Montserrat Invest [32]
Nevis Charlestown Nevis Investment Promotion Agency (NIPA) [33]
Saint Lucia Castries Invest Saint Lucia[34] [35]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown Invest SVG [36]
Sint Maarten Philipsburg Ministry [37]
Suriname Paramaribo Suriname Investment and Trade Agency (SITA) [38]
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain InvesTT [39]
Turks and Caicos Islands Providenciales Invest Turks and Caicos [40]

Of aforementioned IPA entities above : Barbados, Bermuda, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, and the Turks & Caicos Islands are also Member IPAs of the global World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies.[41]

See also

References

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  8. ^ "CAIPA's 2023 Year in Review: Full of Growth, Collaboration, and Achievements! – Caribbean American Weekly Newspaper".
  9. ^ "Meet Our Members". www. CAIPA. 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  10. ^ Regional Workshop on Strategic Investment Promotion for the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies, CAIPA
  11. ^ "Government of Anguilla | Department of Economic Development". www.gov.ai.
  12. ^ "Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority".
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  15. ^ "Bahamas Investment Authority". www.bahamas.gov.bs.
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  20. ^ "Homepage | Bermuda BDA". Bermuda.
  21. ^ "The Department of Commerce & Investment - DCI". Department of Commerce & Investment.
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  23. ^ "Home". CINEX Foundation.
  24. ^ "Invest Dominica Authority – Investment | Tourism | Marketing | Advertising".
  25. ^ "ProDominicana". www.prodominicana.gob.do.
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  32. ^ "Montserrat Invest".
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  34. ^ www.goldenshovelagency.com, -Golden Shovel Agency. "Saint Lucia: Investment Profile". www.investincaribbean.org.
  35. ^ "Invest Saint Lucia – Make It Your Own".
  36. ^ "Welcome to Invest SVG - Invest SVG". April 13, 2017.
  37. ^ "Home | Government of Sint Maarten Website". www.sintmaartengov.org.
  38. ^ "Home New". Sita.
  39. ^ "Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Agency in Trinidad & Tobago | InvesTT". www.investt.co.tt.
  40. ^ "Invest Turks and Caicos".
  41. ^ [3]
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