Since 5 October 2006 Armenia has been put on the country list of CBI. CBI is an agency of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and part of the Directorate General for International Development Co-operation (DGIS). The main aim of CBI is to assist developing countries in strengthening their export capabilities towards the European Union and the Netherlands market in particular. To that end, CBI offers technical and financial assistance at different levels, adapted to the institutional and market circumstances in each developing country. CBI’s main target groups are companies up to 500 employees in developing countries, beginning to export their products in EU countries.

In order to be able to achieve the main aim and reach as many enterprises as possible, CBI also provides assistance in the field of capacity building to Business Support Organisations (BSO) of developing countries. CBI provides marketing services in the manner best designed to benefit the producers, the distributors and the customers. CBI does not conduct marketing itself for the companies and BSOs but provides the required assistance to improve their ability to produce for and export to West European markets. CBI’s marketing activities are delivered within three clusters of core activities: (i) Regular CBI Programmes; (ii) Integrated Export Promotion Programmes and (iii) BSO Developing Programmes. Important: queries about CBI activities and programmes must be directed to CBI in the The Netherlands, not to the Embassy. 

See also:  www.cbi.eu.