What is it?
A free 3 day paradigm shifting, hands on training experience worth thousands of dollars. Join us for an in-person & online event focused on capacity development in the Blue Economy for the CARICOM, hosted in Barbados by WIPO, UWI, Compete Caribean/IDB, CARIPI, JPO and CCSA.
Come alongside 7 visionaries with active Blue Economy development ideas and help them refine their projects to experience what it takes to become funding ready.
Who is it for?
Blue Economy Visionaries who want to learn what it takes to move from an unclear business idea to funding ready.
Persons who resonate with the following statements:
- Have an idea (project, initiative or business) that fits into the blue economy.
- Need business development support.
- Want to grow, but not sure how.
- No effective network.
- Care deeply about sustainability and the environment.
- Have concerns about sustainability for future generations.
Leave with concrete steps you can take to get any Blue Economy project to the next level.
We have 23 in person and 100 online passes available
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About the WIPO Blue Economy initiative:
International organizations, donor agencies, business support organizations, non-governmental and governmental organizations along with commercial entities, startups, nonprofits who are looking to collaborate, grow and benefit from the Blue Economy in the CARICOM region.
Enable all projects related to the Blue Economy to:
1) Become investment or grant ready,
2) Get training on leveraging IP & innovation tools,
3) Get access to key resources, business model development, partners,
4) Join a community of inspiring leaders who are serious about establishing the Blue Economy,
5) Creatively collaborate with projects in other industries.
Our vision is to create a self-sustaining and culturally relevant innovation hub co-designed by practitioners actively working in the CARICOM region to achieve the desired outcomes as stated above.
- Blue Economy community is fragmented.
- Finding the right people and organizations to collaborate with.
- Uncovering the right cultural and societal structure to make the hub accessible and self sustaining.
We will be using design thinking methodologies of empathy, ideation, consolidation, testing and prototyping to develop the societal and cultural structure for the hub while cultivating a culture of innovation and connecting the community to the endless possibilities the region has to offer.