Georgetown: The Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) has approved a reimbursable grant of €30,000 for development of the fashion industry in Guyana. The grant was approved following a 2012 application made by the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) to CEDA, the Caribbean region’s principal financier for development projects. The funds are being provided from the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), the main instrument for providing “Community aid” for development cooperation in ACP countries.
During the first quarter of 2013, the GMSA began the initial outreach to local designers and soon thereafter the Guyana Fashion Designers Council was formed principally to provide a platform that will allow all designers to speak with one voice, to organize capacity building programmes, secure technical expertise, participate in overseas activities and find foreign markets.
Certain milestones set out by Caribbean Export must be accomplished in order to qualify for the funding, one of which is the establishment of the Council which will be registered shortly. The Council must also raise the ‘seed capital’ to build the capacity and competitiveness of the fashion designers cluster.
As such, under the auspices of the GMSA, the Council will host a signature Fashion event titled “Fit Me 2013” on Sunday June 30, 2013 at the UMANA YANA, High Street, Kingston, Georgetown from 7.00 pm. The show will serve as the official ‘coming out’ of the Fashion Designers Council.
The Feature speaker will be Mr. Derek Lambee, Head of the Political, Press & Information Section, European Union Mission.
Georgetown: The Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) has approved a reimbursable grant of €30,000 for development of the fashion industry in Guyana. The grant was approved following a 2012 application made by the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) to CEDA, the Caribbean region’s principal financier for development projects. The funds are being provided from the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), the main instrument for providing “Community aid” for development cooperation in ACP countries.
During the first quarter of 2013, the GMSA began the initial outreach to local designers and soon thereafter the Guyana Fashion Designers Council was formed principally to provide a platform that will allow all designers to speak with one voice, to organize capacity building programmes, secure technical expertise, participate in overseas activities and find foreign markets.
Certain milestones set out by Caribbean Export must be accomplished in order to qualify for the funding, one of which is the establishment of the Council which will be registered shortly. The Council must also raise the ‘seed capital’ to build the capacity and competitiveness of the fashion designers cluster.
As such, under the auspices of the GMSA, the Council will host a signature Fashion event titled “Fit Me 2013” on Sunday June 30, 2013 at the UMANA YANA, High Street, Kingston, Georgetown from 7.00 pm. The show will serve as the official ‘coming out’ of the Fashion Designers Council.
The Feature speaker will be Mr. Derek Lambee, Head of the Political, Press & Information Section, European Union Mission.
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