Bridgetown,
BARBADOS, January 17, 2019.
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in
partnership with the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion
agencies (CAIPA), has set its sights once again on increasing its
share of the growing US$140 billion outsourcing industry, with the
hosting of the biennial Outsource
to the Caribbean Conference (OCC2019) in Curaçao
during the period 6-10th
May 2019. The event is expected to attract over 300 business process
outsourcing (BPO) industry leaders from the Caribbean, Mexico,
Colombia, the USA, the Netherlands and Canada, which are the target
markets for the event this year.

The Caribbean is well
positioned to leverage its proximity to the United States to become
the nearshore location of choice for business process outsourcing
(BPO) firms looking to expand beyond call centers into new growth
areas, such as shared services centers, legal process outsourcing,
human resources outsourcing, and finance and accounting outsourcing,
to name a few.

The Caribbean boasts a
perfect fit with its highly educated, multi-lingual,
services-oriented workforce and the staging of the OCC2019 will
increase awareness of the region’s value proposition within the
outsourcing sector to generate real interest that can be converted to
investments and jobs.

OCC2019 has partnered
with the Curaçao
Investment Promotion Agency, CINEX and the internationally renowned
fDi-Intelligence (an arm of the Financial Times), to build upon the
success of the 2017
event which was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica and saw more than
160 industry specific stakeholders from more than 20 countries
participating.

OCC2019 will include a
2-day workshop for regional BPO service providers and will also
include an EXPO element facilitating greater opportunity for
potential investors to meet with regional service providers. A
highlight of the event will be hosting of B-2-B meetings between
Caribbean BPO stakeholders and specially invited BPO firms from
Mexico,
Colombia, the USA, the Netherlands and Canada
who are keen on doing business in the Caribbean.

“Our 2-day conference will not only provide an opportunity to discuss relevant topics such as ‘Driving business growth through RPA (robotic process automation) and intelligent automation from a Caribbean perspective’, but it will also include an EXPO element which is new for this year” noted Ms. Suzette Hudson, Senior Advisor in Investment Promotion at Caribbean Export. “This event will also provide an opportunity for the Caribbean to discuss the ways we can pull the Caribbean BPO sector together to plan and execute a strategy to enhance the Caribbean’s presence in the global BPO market.”

Investment
promotion is a key aspect of Caribbean Export’s work in cooperation
with the European Union to support private sector development through
the implementation of the 11th
EDF Regional Private Sector Development Programme.

About
Caribbean Export

Caribbean
Export is a regional export development and trade and investment
promotion organisation of the Forum of Caribbean States (CARIFORUM)
currently executing the Regional Private Sector Programme (RPSDP)
funded by the European Union under the 11th
European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Export’s mission is to
increase the competitiveness of Caribbean countries by providing
quality export development and trade and investment promotion
services through effective programme execution and strategic
alliances.

More
information about Caribbean Export can be found at
www.carib-export.com.
Contact: JoEllen Laryea, PR and Communications, Caribbean Export
Development Agency, Tel: +1(246) 436-0578, Fax: +1(246) 436-9999,
Email: jlaryea@carib-export.com

About
CAIPA

The
Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) is an
umbrella organization of investment promotion agencies in CARIFORUM
as well as Curacao, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and
Caicos Islands. The Association is dedicated to the strengthening of
its members and the promotion of the region as an ideal location for
investment. Caribbean Export serves as the Secretariat for CAIPA. For
further information on CAIPA, please contact Ms. Suzette Hudson at
shudson@carib-export.com
or visit the CAIPA website at www.caipainvest.org