The Creative Guide Book

A Guidebook and Toolbox for SMEs, entrepreneurs, artisans and designers that produce products in Mauritius and for companies that want to sell local made.

The Guide Book has been especially created for entrepreneurs, artisans, designers and SMEs that produce products in Mauritius, as a continuation of our work in the Sustainable Island Mauritius project to support businesses during their sustainable product journey. It can also support the tourism industry in co-creating sustainable products with local producers to offer more authentic local products as well as green and make resilient their value chain.

The Creative Guide Book can support:

Anyone creating and developing new products or updating existing products #localproducers #entrepreneurs #designers #crafters

Anyone in charge of procuring products from local producers #sustainablecriteria #sustainable-procurement

Anyone wanting to co-create new products with other entrepreneurs or tourism industry actors who want to co-create unique new product with local suppliers #cocreation #localsuppliers #sustainabletourism

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