BLOOM is the Caribbean’s first cleantech cluster. Created as public-private partnership, the cluster provides shared resources and services, as well as a makerspace for companies and academia to work on joint projects, solutions and marketing.
Barbadian entrepreneurs have been limited in their ability to develop, plan, install and maintain new, green technologies. With a focus on sustainable energy technology innovation, industrial development and entrepreneurship, Bloom is building partnerships between the Barbados government, local businesses, citizens and the academic community. Through these partnerships, Bloom is positioned to help Barbadian cleantech projects and entrepreneurs flourish.
Bloom is coordinated by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and various regional economic communities (RECs) within the scope of the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres (GN-SEC). Under a common programmatic umbrella, UNIDO assists RECs in the establishment of regional hubs, which support developing countries in the creation of national sustainable energy and climate technology (cleantech) clusters.