Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies
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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]
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]