“Increasing Competitiveness Through Innovation and Public-Private Partnerships” was the title of a two-day Networking Forum, which took place in Port of Spain on March 19 and 20, 2014. CARIRI organised this event in collaboration with WAITRO (the World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations). It was held at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre. Speakers…
We all know the type of cravings chocolate bestows upon us, the indescribable taste it exudes and the feelings it evokes. Chocolate was, and still is, considered to be the food of the Gods. The ancient Aztecs reserved it for the royalty. ‘So we are all royalty when we eat chocolate!’ Chocolate in its purest…
The Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Developmentthrough its established Council for Competitiveness and Innovation (CCI) developed the “Idea 2 Innovation” (i2i) programme which gives an opportunity to innovators and inventors to submit proposals for innovative projects and creative initiatives for which the CCI would provide funding. CARIRI was chosen as the Technical Executing Agency…
CARIRI and Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago are partnering to hold a series of events titled the “TekMania Code Rush Hackathon”. The event which starts on November 16th and will run into early 2014, is made up of a series of activities over various days. The main development competition will be held in early 2014 on…
“Food Safety for Christmas? Nah man, the food always good. I never got stomach problems; in fact I have an iron belly. Why waste my time washing my hands when I could be eating? Who say we have to eat turkey as soon as it cook and cut up the leftovers an put in the…
CARIRI’s Caribbean Food Safety Centre (CFSC) has a proven track record in improving food safety in the Caribbean. As a result, we were given the responsibility of two major projects funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB),involving work with food vendors and micro-processors. Food Safety Project – Tobago The first project – “Improving Food Safety…
On November 30, 2017 CARIRI hosted a workshop, the Theme of which was “Practical Applications of Solar & Wind Energy in the Energy Efficiency Matrix”. This workshop was a follow up to an Energy Efficiency Stakeholder Forum held on July 20 2017. These initiatives form an integral part of CARIRI’s thrust to build capacity and…
The Caribbean Climate Innovation Center – Saving the Environment The ENSOCIO-LA project, which is responsible for the creation of the Caribbean Climate Innovation Center (CCIC), is funded by the European Commission to support networking, information exchange and uptake of research results from projects in the environmental field in the European Union (EU) and Latin America…
To improve the business performance and competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Trinidad and Tobago to enable them to more effectively meet the competitive challenges of a liberalized marketplace.
