BASSETERRE, St Kitts – The Caribbean Resilient Economies and Sectors Activity (RESET) Program will launch its Grants Program on the margins of the 13 Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management to be held December 2 – December 6, 2024.
RESET, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grants Program is designed to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), civil society organizations (non-governmental and community-based organizations), associations or cooperatives and private research institutes in eleven Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) countries.
RESET is now accepting concept papers from organizations to support activities in eight core areas: Agri-food; Tourism; Blue Economy; Green Economy; Regenerative Agriculture; Food Systems; Disaster Risk Management; and other Innovative activities which will contribute to resilient sectors and economies.
All concept papers must show how activities for which funding is being requested will contribute to one or more of the following – economic development and growth; capacity building and institutional strengthening; shock responsive social protection; and blue and green investment and growth. The concept notes should emphasize how the activities proposed will lead to building the resilience of vulnerable populations including women, youth and persons with disabilities, who are more disproportionately impacted by climate-related events.
The main objectives of the Grants Program is to support these entities to increase investments in climate-smart technologies, approaches and/or business practices that will lead to a stronger blue-green economy characterized by inclusive and resilient growth as well as sustainable jobs.
The RESET Program was launched on October 7, 2024, during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture, which took place from October 7-11, 2024, in St Vincent and the Grenadines. RESET’s goal is to build resilience and capacity of governments, businesspeople, young professionals, women, youth and indigenous communities to enable them to adapt and respond to climate change.
Caribbean RESET is funded by the United States Agency for International Development and is being led by Abt Global in collaboration with the CARICOM Private Sector Organization and Willis North Inc.
RESET Beneficiary Countries in the ESC are Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Lucia, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
