CBI services
Export Coaching Programmes
Multi-year programmes for enterprises wishing to export to the European Union.
BSO Development Programmes
Capacity Development for intermediate organisations that support exporters to export to the European Union.
Training Programmes
Seminars and workshops on exporting to the European Union for exporters, staff of intermediate organisations and commercial attachés.
Market Intelligence
All the information to keep exporters and staff of BSOs in step with the very latest developments on the EU market.
Company Database
A database of companies CBI has coached to become competent exporters to the European Union.
Approach
CBI uses a programmatic approach, which allows for increased integration of the different CBI services and enables CBI to better deliver and account for its results.
The programmatic approach is translated into integrated export value chain programmes. These integrated programmes are aimed at increasing exports from developing countries to the EU/EFTA. CBI does this by strengthening the competitive capacity of SMEs in developing countries and linking them to the European market, in a way that is sustainable. CBI focuses on the part of the value chain that is involved with export, which is generally defined as the part of the chain between the producing exporter and the (EU/EFTA) buyer, extending to some extent beyond these key actors. The integrated programmes are focussed on the key actors of this part of the value chain, which are exporters, importers, Business Support Organisations (BSO) en governmental authorities.
CBI’s integrated programmes are characterised by:
