Name of firm

The Danish Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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Area of activity

Export Education and Business Development

Name of contract

Export Skills Development Programme

Country (-ies)

Latvia and Lithuania

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Name of Client

Danish Agency for Trade and Industry (Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen)

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Clients address

Dahlerups Pakhus, Langelinie 17, 2100 Ø

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Nature of assignment

The project Export Skills Development in Lithuania and Latvia is designed to strengthening export consultancy and management services through qualified and structured training of relevant Latvian and Lithuanian export consultants. Furthermore, the project will strengthen the participating companies' export competencies and build institutional capacity in selected organisations in the two countries.

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Contract role of Håndværksrådet

Main contractor

Sub-contractor

Member of JV

DFSME

Niels Brock, DFSME International A/S

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Amount of total contract, and part undertaken by Håndværksrådet as sub-contractor or member of a joint venture.

Total contract

Sub-contract

Member share

USD 550,000

25%

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Date of award/completion

Start date: 12/2001

Completion date: 06/2003

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Brief description of services/works/supplies

Develop and strengthen the export development skills of advisors, organisations, consultants, and companies in the Baltic countries

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For further information contact

Henning Nygaard + 45 32 63 03 13