Business View Caribbean | July 2019

14 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN JULY 2019 participating companies to take advantage of the workshop to discover a mechanism that allows participants to work together in groups and in teams to leverage the benefits of the CARIFORUM- EU EPA. The EPA is the most comprehensive agreement between the EU and the ACP and remains a flagship for the European Union making its successful implementation a priority, informed Filipe de la Mota, Head of the Regional Section at the EU Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. “Increased attention has been, and will continue to be, placed on those areas required to assist CARIFORUM States and the regional private sector in maximizing the benefits and mitigating the challenges presented by the integration efforts,” he noted. “One of the EPA’s main objectives is to promote economic growth within the region with the aim to increase chances for Caribbean businesses to participate in global value chains and support the conditions for increasing investment in private sector initiatives, enhancing supply capacity and competitiveness in CARIFORUM States,” he added. “We strongly believe that strengthening competitiveness and trade capacity will ensure stronger supply chains in succeeding in the global market and effectively contribute to sustainable development.” One of the EPA’s main objectives is to promote economic growth within the region