Project Name：Community Business Revitalization Project

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：St. Lucia, Caribbean

Project Description：

The economic development of Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) is an important pillar of Saint Lucia. To extend the outcome of the "Post-pandemic Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Recovery and Women's Empowerment project", the government of Saint Lucia approached the Republic of China (Taiwan) to collaborate with the Ministry of commerce to build up a local industry facilitation system to revitalize the local economy by accelerate each district MSMEs Operations. The goal of the project is to uplift the operating capacity of Micro and Medium enterprises in the Ministry of Commerce in the scope of four (4) districts and a total of ninety (90) enterprises with a 10% sales increase.  The concrete project work lists include 1. Building up the Commerce department consulting skill in facilitating local organizations and Micro and Medium Operations. 2. Strengthening local development of commodity market connection and marketing capabilities, 3. Developing regional brands and promotion.

Project No：TT-250-2023-023

Region：Caribbean

Implementation Start Date：2023-06-13

Implementation End Date：2027-06-30

Source of Funding：MOFA

Project Objectives：

Enhancing the capacity of business coaching for MSMEs and increasing 90 beneficial community MSMEs' income by 10%.

Executing Agency：

Taiwan Technical Mission in St. Lucia / Ministry of Commerce.

Current Progress：

To the end of September 2023, the following milestones have been reached:

1.Ambassador Peter Chen and Hon. Emma Hippolyte, Minister for Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs, signed the Memorandum of Understanding on June 13, 2023.

2.Established a consultation mechanism for 4 communities with the Ministry of Commerce.

Project Contact：HO CHIA LING

Phone：+886-2-28886038

E-mail：c.li.ho@icdf.org.tw

Signing Date：2023-06-13

Projected Benefits：

Enhancing the capacity of business coaching for MSMEs and increasing 90 beneficial community MSMEs' income by 10%.

Mission：Taiwan Techical Mission in Saint Lucia