The Caribbean Climate Innovation Center is expanding its support for Caribbean innovators involved in climate-related technologies:

[T]he Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre’s (CCIC) $18.7 million (US$149,000) entrepreneurial mentorship programme … is providing assistance to over 200 persons across the region.

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The CCIC, which was established in 2013, is a consortium jointly managed by Jamaica’s Scientific Research Council (SRC), and Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI).

It is part of the World Bank’s InfoDev Climate Technology Programme (CTP), which focuses on empowering developing countries to proactively and profitably adapt, develop and deploy climate-smart technologies and business models.

The CCIC focuses on several engagements including water management, sustainable agriculture, and energy efficiency, for which it provides educational support, grants, support services to businesses through boot-camps and accelerator initiatives, while exposing innovators to a global network of experts.

“We are helping innovators in the Caribbean (by equipping them with skills) and (providing) them (with) access to financing. We (don’t) want young and vibrant (innovative) entrepreneurs to sit on their ideas. If you have an idea, come to us (and) we will connect you (to the appropriate experts and services), as we want to create an impact in the region,” Burrell added.

Find out more at Caribbean News Now and at the CCIC website.

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