Export Launchpad is a joint initiative of the EDF and the ECI Insurance, through Trade Facilitation Office (TFO), in collaboration with the Trade Support Institutions of the recipient country. The program aims at enhancing the capacities of the SMEs, especially the women led entrepreneurs to overcome the COVID-19 impact and support Help the SMEs in their efforts to adopt digital tools and solutions.
The Program consists of two components. The first component, train-the-trainers, aims to establish an exporter training platform implemented through a lead Trade support institution (TSI) and other TSIs in the selected countries.
The second component of the program focuses on preparing and strengthening the capabilities of SMEs and their products and equip them with the necessary tools and knowledge that could contribute to introduce in an efficient and effective way their products into the international markets, in order to significantly position them against other competitors and be also prepared to take advantage of new export opportunities that could be generated.