African Center for Economic Transformation
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Good Export Practices

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  • date_range May 01, 2021
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This is a one-year project (May 2021-April 2022) funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) on Good Export Practices. The Buenas Practicas Exportadoras (BPE) or Good Export Practices Program is an export capability-building program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), active in a strategic sector of the economy, and producing differentiated goods. It is based on the findings of the work by Artopolous et al. (2011 and 2013) that one of the main barriers hindering firms from exporting is a lack of foreign market knowledge. The program builds upon the insight that management matters and that the diffusion and adoption of good export practices is crucial for export performance. This project is in the initiation stage. ACET has signed an MOU with GEPA, reviewed 20 practices, and put out a TOR for a consultant. The project is a partnership between University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, HEG-Genève, Switzerland, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina and ACET. Q2 2021 The project is currently at diagnosis phase and training materials for Ghana have been developed and customised. Training of consultants for the technical assistance phase has been completed as well. With regards to the selection of participating firms, ACET received a total of 220 applications with 197 selected. Since it is a prerequisite to select 200 participating firms in other to complete the diagnosis phase, preparations are underway to select 3 additional firms in Q3. Training of consultants for the diagnosis of firms is ongoing. Q3 2021 Training of consultants for the diagnosis of firms has been completed. A total of 180 participating firms have been selected for the program, out of which 90 firms are currently being offered the technical assistance to enhance their capacity to export. The technical assistance phase ends in January 2022 following which the impact of the technical assistance will be assessed by comparing the status of the group that received the assistance to the remaining 90 that were not offered any support.

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African Center for Economic Transformation International NGO Implementing

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Budget

135,450 USD
  • 39,300 USD (Valued at Jun 30, 2021)
    date_range May 01, 2021 - Jun 30, 2021
  • 96,150 USD (Valued at Sep 30, 2021)
    date_range Jul 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2021
access_time Updated on Dec 15, 2021 10:56:56