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