Export support Through Joint Official PARTICIPATION IN TRADE Fairs and exhibitions ABROAD

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Export support Through Joint Official
PARTICIPATION IN TRADE Fairs and exhibitions
ABROAD

• The Project Management of EU Project Funds

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Joint Official PARTICIPATION IN TRADE Fairs and
exhibitions ABROAD

• Project funded by EU funds and Czech state budget
• Support of exporting Czech companies joining
  selected foreign trade fairs
• Financial support up to 5.000,- euro per trade
  fair
• Non-financial support joint promotion of Czech
  exhibitors
• Close cooperation with state authorities and
  private companies
• Companies must follow specific rules
• The trade fairs priorities picked up by private
  sector, decision maker is Project executive
  committee

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THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CYCLE
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PROJECT INITIATION

• Where are the problems and needs / why such
  project ?
• Exporting companies have specific funding needs
• Lack of easy tools for using EU funds
• Cutting the over-administrations of EU funds and
  bringing the support to the private companies
• Improving tools for business and export support
• Macroeconomic and microeconomic needs support
  particularly to exporting enterprises and
  competition of Czech economy

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PROJECT INITIATION and DEFINITION

• Implementing the problems and priorities of the
  Czech official EU funds policy policy making
  process
• DEFINITION OF THE MAIN PROJECTS GOALS
• Identifying the tools for the main
  problem-solving and reaching the goals (JOINT
  OFFICIAL TRADE FAIR EXHIBITION)
• Identifying the system for the tools used (USING
  THE TOOLS)
• Finding the resources EU funds and tools
  European Regional Development Fund
• Identifying the main indicators (no. of fairs and
  participants)
• Finding the responsible state authorities for
  project planning Ministry of Regional
  Development as the main authority for EU funds

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project planning

• Project planning
• Planning of project objectives
• Budget planning
• Planning of the timeline
• Planning of indicators and exact definition (min.
  100 fairs / 1400 participants in 3 years)
• Definition of the links between indicators and
  budget (detailed budget planning)
• Definition of responsible state authorities in
  charge of implementation (National Trade
  Promotion Agency CZECHTRADE)
• Rules for planning what /who is eligible
  eligible business sectors, companies, costs,
  rules for administration

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PROJECT EXECUTION

• SET UP of the responsible project team and
  project organisation structure
• SELECTION of the main contractor responsible for
  project goals implementation set up the rules
  for contractor selection(contractor - the Czech
  Chamber of Commerce)
• SET UP of the execution process, controlling of
  the process and implementation, cash flow
  planning, rules for financing, etc.
• SET UP of exact rules for companies
  participation, methodology of projects goals
  fulfillment, monitoring statistics, etc. (Czech
  Chamber of Commerce)
• SELECTION OF TRADE FAIRS fairs proposed by
  enterprise associations, decision makers -
  Project executive committee

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PROJECT CONCLUSION

• Project period 2009-2012
• Monitoring as a tool of improvement and
  evaluation/ not just rules control
• Collection of the feedback, monitoring of the
  effectiveness
• Project realisation and monitoring of the correct
  realisation bringing up new ideas and
  experience that should be used for new projects
• tougher or softer rules for companies? etc.
• system of joint exhibition, etc.
• Project evaluation / what should be better, how
  to prepare a new project, etc.

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• QUESTIONS ?