Name of firm		The Danish Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Håndværksrådet
1	Area of activity		Sector Study
	Name of contract		Business opportunity study - Bolivia
	Country (-ies)		Bolivia
2	Name of Client		Danish Ministry of foreign affairs
3	Clients address		Asiatisk Plads 2 1448 København K
4	Nature of assignment		The report facilitated: Marketing of the PSD Programme (now B2B programme). Matchmaking between Danish and Bolivian companies for the PSD Programme. Project preparation by giving valuable inputs to partnerships between Danish and Bolivian companies in their project development. In the project phase by presenting information concerning running a business and specifically a joint venture in Bolivia. Preparation of business studies on a sector basis.
5	Contract role of Håndværksrådet Distribution in percent		Main contractor	Sub-contractor	Member of JV
			DFSME DI-IC 50/50
6	Amount of total contract, and part undertaken by Håndværksrådet as sub-contractor or member of a joint venture. In Euro		Total contract	Sub-contract	Member share
			35.000
7	Date of award/completion Number of man months		Start date: 01/05-01 Completion date: 02/09-01 Man months: 3
8	Brief description of services provided		The sector analysis contained the following elements  Conditions in Bolivia General Aspects Economic Indicators Political Indicators Private Sector Analysis General description of the private sector in Bolivia. Furthermore this section clarified the following: Market characteristics Barriers & Regulation (an assessment of the importance of MERCUSUR) Identification and selection of sub-sectors Characteristics of the sectors Organising a co-operation with a Bolivian company Legislation and regulatory frameworks Availability of infrastructure                 Manpower Access to land Credit availability etc. Business Culture The Banking System Other Business to Business Programmes in Bolivia Brief analysis of other relevant BtB facilitation programmes Feasibility of major BtB instruments in Bolivia Assessment on how the different instruments can be counter-supportive. Assessment of possible donor generated supplies – import substitution etc. Factors influencing viability of PSD Projects and other BtB projects Collection of experiences that have been collected in relation to PSD projects Evaluation of international strategic alliances in Bolivia – experiences from other countries
9	For further information contact		Steffen Thomsen +45 32 63 03 34