Bridgetown, Barbados. August  14 to 15, 2014 . BAGNALL´S POINT BIDC Barbados Investment & Development Corporation Head quarters fontabelle .

 

Tuesday, 614 August 2014
Morning

8:30	REGISTRATION
9:00 – 9:30	OPENING SESSION Permanent Secretariat of SELA United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Hon. Donville O-Neil Inniss, M.P. Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development
	ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF FASHION PART I
9:40 – 10:15	Presentation: General Remarks on the Economic Value of the Global Fashion Industry. Avis Charles, Consultant.
10:15 – 10:45	Coffee break
	PLANNING: EDUCATION, TRAINING AND MARKET ENTRY MECHANISMS
10:45 – 11:00	Presentation: The value of education and training and linkage to market entry mechanisms. Paul McNicholl LCF Dean OR (To be determined)
11:00 – 11:30	Presentation: Lessons learned from the experience of Africa in breaking into the international market. Avis Charles, Consultant.
11:30 – 12:30	Panel I: Structure of training in the Caribbean, partnerships with external institutions and market entry mechanisms
	Panelists: Representative Fashion Department, Barbados Community College: Representative, Caribbean Academy of Fashion and Design,UTT, Invest SVG and June Sarpong MBE Moderator: BIDC or SELA
12:30 – 14:00	LUNCH
Afternoon
14:00 – 16:00	Questions and Answers
	Difficulties experienced by the Caribbean region in fashion development and market penetration   Presentations: Representative BIDC; Dr. Keith Nurse; Representative CEDA: Representatives from Jamaica, Guyana and Haiti.   Moderator: Avis Charles
16:00 – 16:15	Presentation: The role of industry personnel in strengthening the planning process and execution of fashion development in the Caribbean. Paul McNicholl LCF Dean
16:15 – 16:30	Coffee break
16:30 – 16:45	Review of the day’s discussions by Representative of SELA
16:45 – 17:30	Networking of Participants
17:30	Closing session for the Day

Friday, 15 August 2014
Morning

 

	ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF FASHION: PART II
9:00 – 9:45	Presentation: Economic Value of the Industry : Africa, Brazil and the United Kingdom. Avis Charles, Consultant
	THE STRUCTURE OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY AND RANGE OF EMPLOYMENT GENERATED
9:45 – 10:10	Presentation: Value of Manufacturing as Employment and Income Generator and as Capacity-Builder. BMA
10:10 – 10:45	Presentation: The role of small manufacturing units in the Caribbean with lessons from the UK and Italy for support mechanisms. Avis Charles, Consultant
10:45 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00	Presentation: The Manufacturing Experience in Latin American. Experts from: Lucia Buson, National Coordinator for the Textile Industry of SEBRAE, Brasil; Miguel Echeverry, Executive Director of ACOPI, Colombia; and; Martha Lilia Sarmiento Aragón, Director of Basic Manufacturing Industry of the General Direction of Light Industries, Subsecretariat of Industry and Trade of Mexico. (20 minutes each)
12:00 – 12:30	General Debate
12:30 – 13:30	LUNCH
Afternoon
13:30 – 13:50	Presentation: Value Chains and development of the fashion industry in the Caribbean. UNIDO
13:50 – 14:20	Presentation: Opportunities for SMEs in the Global Retail Industry. Faye Douglas
14:20 – 14:50	General Debate:
	MOBILISATION AND ALLOCATION OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES
14:50 – 15:40	Presentations: Local and International perspectives on enlisting private sector sponsorship and investment for fashion enterprises. Representative NCF* ; BSBA* or BPSA*, June Sarpong
15:40 – 16:30	Presentations: Tailoring financing arrangements from regional and international funding/development institutions to support fashion development and market entry mechanisms. Representatives from Barbados, EU and IADB
16:30 – 16:45	Coffee break
16:45 – 17:15	Presentation: Role of Commercial Banks in developing the Fashion Industry. Representative Banking Association (or a specific Bank)
17:15 – 17:45	General Debate:
17:45 – 18:00	Review and Recommendations
18:00 – 18:30	Final Remarks and Closing BIDC and SELA