The Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness (CCfC) invites submissions of papers and presentations for its 2nd Caribbean Competitiveness Forum, “Beyond the Solutions: Competitiveness through Global Value Chains, Clustering and Innovation“, to be held at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, March 18 – 19, 2014.

The 2nd Caribbean Competitiveness Forum will bring together participants from the public and private sectors, academia and non-governmental institutions. It will be a practical approach to showcasing regional success stories from which lessons and recommendations can emerge to support the growth of the wider sectors and by extension the countries of the Region.

The Forum will focus on sharing case studies on regional clusters and value chains in four sectors identified as important to most Caribbean countries: Services, Agro-Processing, Manufacturing and Emerging (such as information and communications technology; renewable energy, and niche tourism).