Caribbean Open Trade Support (COTS)

$35.51M USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	Chemonics International, Inc.
Country	Caribbean Region
Start Date	Nov 16, 2007
End Date	Dec 23, 2011
Duration	1,498 days
Number of Grantees	82
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`170746-76`

Grant Description

Caribbean Open Trade Support (COTS) is a program funded by USAID/J-CAR to support achievement of USAIDs Regional Strategic Objective (RSO9) Caribbean region positioned to succeed in an open trade environment.

Within the scope of RSO9, there are two Intermediate Results (IRs) that guide development and implementation of COTS activities.

IR-1, Market opportunities leveraged through open trade, is further delineated into two lower level IRs, which include IR-1.1, Key regional impediments to open trade mitigated, and IR-1.2, Improved market access for target countries. The second IR, IR-2, is Natural assets and national investments protected.