Eleven Caribbean projects selected for European funding

The second selection committee for the Interreg Caribbean Program 2014-2020 has made public the list of the 11 regional projects eligible for European funding.

the countries in the Caribbean that will benefit from these projects, are as follows:

1. TEECA:Set up a trade facilitation team and improve knowledge on existing financing solutions in the Caribbean area in partnership with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS);


2. PAIRE:Develop an action plan to facilitate cooperation between the Caribbean air transport operators in partnership with Antigua, Dominica, St Maarten and LIAT;


3. OSAIN:To identify and promote the medicinal plants of the Caribbean in partnership with Belize, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica and Puerto Rico;


4. RECAVAC:Supporting cocoa farmers in partnership with Haiti


5. RADAR:Installation of a weather radar system in St Maarten;


6. PREST:Creation of an earth/sea geophysical observatory in partnership with Haiti, Cuba and the University of the West Indies;


7. CARIFORTS:Creation of a network of forts and fortifications of the Caribbean in partnership with Antigua, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and St Eustatius;


8. CARI'MAM:Networking of marine protected areas dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals in the Greater Caribbean in partnership with Bonaire, Cuba, Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands;


9. OSATOURC:Creation of an international network of popular and traditional music of the Caribbean, in partnership with Cuba, Dominica, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago;


10. CARIBIX:Develop Internet exchange points in the Caribbean in partnership with St Maarten and Trinidad;


11. CAP 3D:3D creative mobility project in partnership with the University of Trinidad and Tobago.

The total budget of the Interreg Caraibes Program 2014/2020 is €85.7 million. The next selection committee will meet in September 2017 to study new projects.