Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Published purpose

The project aims to support up to 50 local governments and local agencies to implement or facilitate local economic development (LED) initiatives with up to 500 micro- and small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in seven countries. The project aims to help to develop business-friendly environments in which MSMEs can grow, by enhancing the capacities of local authorities to lead and support a growth strategy. The initiatives are expected to generate lessons, approaches and practices for local economic development that help to improve national and regional policies, regulations and programs on LED and create new tools and management models to be disseminated throughout the Caribbean.