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CANITA is the Carolinas Northern Ireland Trade Association and is a unique transatlantic trade development partnership. Building on the many location and cultural links between the Carolinas and Northern Ireland, CANITA is a programme which aims to:-
  • Encourage and develop business contacts and networks between the Carolinas and Northern Ireland.
  • Develop economic development partnerships between both regions.
  • Facilitate inward/outward trade missions for companies in the Carolinas and Northern Ireland
  • Assist companies to identify possible business partners which would lead to joint ventures/licensing arrangement and technology transfer.
  • Promote trade and investment in the Carolinas and Northern Ireland.
CANITA is managed/administered by Larne Enterprise Development Company Ltd (Ledcom), Northern Ireland, in partnership with York County Economic Development Board, South Carolina.

It is supported by the International Fund For Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland, CORE (Co.Antrim District Councils), Larne Borough Council/Larne Development Forum, South Carolina Department of Commerce and the EU Building Sustainable Prosperity Programme.

Over the period 2003 to 2007, CANITA aims to:-
Assist three joint ventures/technology transfer arrangement to be developed between companies in the Carolinas and Northern Ireland.

Help companies in both regions to:-
  • Generate an additional £1million ($1,787,064) of business.
  • Create twenty new jobs and safeguard twenty existing jobs.
  • Create long-term sustainable strategic economic development/business alliances between the Carolinas and Northern Ireland.