DAGS is reimbursement grant funding facility specifically designed to provide financial assistance to legally registered firms/individuals/Business Support Organisations (BSOs) with the potential to export their products and services. DAGS is a reimbursement facility which means that no monies are advanced to beneficiaries and they will have to incur the full cost of their projects and be reimbursed on completion of their projects. A grant may not be awarded retrospectively. The objective of DAGS is as follows:

• Opening new markets; increasing exports to the Caribbean Region and/or other International Markets
• Lowering production costs
• Identifying new sources of supply for raw materials or other inputs
• Increasing productivity through training and personnel development
• Facilitating Trade Mark, Intellectual Property and Copyright Protection
• Reducing environmental impact
• Capitalising on the benefits of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME), CARICOM-Dominican Republic FTA or any other bilateral or multilateral arrangements signed by the region within the region or with ACP or EU partners
• Fostering intra-regional cooperation to enhance productivity and capitalise on economies of scale
• Promoting programmes which will impact on underdeveloped areas or disadvantage sectors within the region (e.g. rural area development and gender).

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Take a look at the Direct Assistance Grant Scheme – DAGS – Brochure.

Regional DAGS Country Advisors

Caribbean Export has trained Country Advisors to assist firms during the application and reimbursement process of the programme. Connect with a Country Advisor in your location.

Country	Organisation	Name	Email
Antigua and Barbuda	Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry	Ms Juray Roberts	[email protected]
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority	Ms Jacqueline Yearwood	[email protected]
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority	Ms Ayanna Baptiste	[email protected]
Bahamas	BAIC	Mrs Debbie Strachan	[email protected]
Bahamas	BAIC	Mr John Burrows	[email protected]
Bahamas	GBPA	Mr Charles Pratt	[email protected]
Barbados	BIDC	Mr Allan Lange	[email protected]
Barbados	BIDC	Mr Modou Diagne	[email protected]
Belize	BELTRAIDE	Ms Diana Hernandez	[email protected]
Belize	BELTRAIDE	Ms Shahera McKoy	[email protected]
Dominica	Dexia	Mr J. Lloyd Pascal	[email protected]
Dominica	Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce	Ms Lizra Fabien	[email protected]
Dominican Republic	ADOEXPO	Ms Noelia A Tavares	[email protected]
Grenada	Grenada Industrial Development Corporation	Ms Karen Boatswain	[email protected]
Grenada	Grenada Industrial Development Corporation	Ms Khesha Mitchell	[email protected]
Guyana	GOINVEST	Ms Uchenna Gibson	[email protected]
Guyana	Small Business Bureau	Dr. Lowell Porter	[email protected]
Haiti	CASELI	Mr Patrick Dessources	[email protected]
Haiti	YMCA	Mr Roges Lamothe	[email protected]
Jamaica	Jamaica Exporters Association	Ms Carole Rowe	[email protected]
Jamaica	Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association	Ms Paula Hagley	[email protected]
Saint Lucia	Small Business Development Centre	Mr Jonathan Allain	[email protected]
St. Kitts and Nevis	Ministry of International Trade, Industry Commerce and Consumers Affairs	Mrs Tonya Kelly	[email protected]
St. Kitts and Nevis	St Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce	Mrs Brenda John	[email protected]
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Centre for Enterprise Development	Nisha Glasgow	[email protected]
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Centre for Enterprise Development	Keisha Phillips	[email protected]
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Invest SVG	Ms Hazell-Anne Nero-Roberts	[email protected]
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Invest SVG	Sianne Timm	[email protected]
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Invest SVG	Ms Angenella Young	[email protected]
Suriname	Suriname Business Development Center	Mr Ratanlal Kalka	[email protected]
Trinidad and Tobago	exporTT Ltd	Ms. Deborah Hoyte	[email protected]
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad & Tobago Manufacturer’s Association	Mr Ismahieel Ali	[email protected]