Dominican entrepreneurs to benefit from Climate Change Startup Bootcamp

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The Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC) in collaboration with National Development Foundation of Dominica (NDFD) will host a green technology idea generation session and bootcamp in Dominica. The idea generation session will be held at the National Development Foundation on November 29 and Bootcamp at Fort Young Hotel on December 1-3, 2016 in Roseau, Dominica.

This 54-hour event will challenge participating startups to hone their skills in an intense, high-pressure weekend, and is one of the flagship programs of the CCIC which focuses on identifying and supporting Caribbean entrepreneurs and new ventures that are developing locally appropriate solutions towards climate change mitigation and adaptation. Through the Caribbean Green Tech Startup boot camp, startups focused on the respective areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency, water/waste management; sustainable agriculture/agribusiness and resource use efficiency will receive opportunities for further development. Startups will additional have the opportunity to network with like-minded young startup companies, industry experts & mentors along with gaining invaluable insights and lesson on developing a successful clean tech business.The Center’s regional hubs will also be provided training at the boot camps to equip them with the know-how better to conduct such CCIC programs in their respective countries.

The objective of CCIC’s initiative is to identify, build capacity and provide a supportive ecosystem for a pipeline of clean technology entrepreneurs in the Region.With over 200 entrepreneurs already trained in the new business knowledge, this three-day event will bring together climate-related experts to drive discussions on the challenges of Climate Change to inspire more participants to generate business ideas, as climate change-related solutions.At the Bootcamp starts are exposed to the rudiments of developing a startup team and will be provided mentorship from business & clean tech experts to improve their business concepts. At the end of the event, each team will pitch their ideas to a panel of judges who will select the top three startups. The first place winner will receive an award of US$1000, while the second and third place winners will receive US$500 and US$250 respectively from the CCIC.

Registration fee per person for Caribbean Green Tech Startup Boot camp is EC $25.Applications for CGSB Dominica are now open. Closing date for applications is Tuesday 29 November. Apply now athttp://www.caribbeancic.org/bootcamp or https://ccic.typeform.com/to/vZ6aLU. Interested persons may also visit CCIC’s social media pages for updates. 

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About The Caribbean Climate Innovation Center

The Caribbean Climate Innovation Center is a consortium comprising the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) in Trinidad and Tobago and the Scientific Research Council (SRC) in Jamaica. The CCIC is one of three pillars of info Dev’s Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean (EPIC), a seven-year program funded by the Government of Canada through the World Bank.

Our objective is to identify and support Caribbean entrepreneurs and new ventures that are developing locally-appropriate solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation, thereby providing an SME-driven approach to solving climate, energy and resource challenges in the region.  We focus on building the clean technology, start-up ecosystem that addresses climate-related business needs in the Caribbean. This initiative is achieved by implementing the following four programs across the fourteen participating Caribbean countries: Idea generation sessions, Bootcamps, Accelerator programs and incubation programs.For more information on the CCIC, please visit our website at www.caribbeancic.org. If you have any questions or need further information, feel free to contact us at (876-977-2154 or [email protected])

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1 Comment

  1. Prof. Jonas Eddelton, PhD (
    November 22, 2016

    The idea of the ‘climate change’ hoax is to fool us into thinking that is it us, mankind, that is the problem. Basically, we are too numerous and consume too much. As a result, the earth is warming up and the only way we can stop this, is to sacrifice ourselves for the earth (very contrary to what the bible says by the way).

    The infamous Club of Rome think-tank had advocated in the 50’s that in order to depopulate the world, climate change was to be used as the catalyst to get us to willingly help our masters to take ourselves out of the equation. So far, the UN has made great advanced into this agenda as a result of complicit and corrupt heads of state (including ours) who belong to the same globalist club one way or the other.

    Do not sell your friends and family out. Have nothing to do with ‘climate change’ prevention measures.

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