Chinese and Indian Enterprises Go Abroad (CIEGA)

Project Description

This project will develop and sustain an investment gateway for Asian enterprises through Eastern Europe. Asian investors are constantly looking for new investment possibilities and East European investment zones are on the outlook for a stronger inflow of investments. However, there is little know-how between the two regions on the mutual investment demand and supply. This constitutes the missing link which can only be countered through development of mutual investment know-how between the two regions. This know-how will be provided and developed by Danish business intermediaries that have amble experience with both regions. In this regard the action will focus on a trilateral approach with new and old EU member states, with small, medium and big sized countries, with a balance of national and regional partners, and especially with a focus on mutual investment flows that will ensure a new and better awareness among the partners and among Asia and Europe in general.

Project Description

The overall objective is to give Chinese and Indian enterprises the know how to access the investment market in Europe through Eastern Europe as a gateway, and to motivate and promote the initiation of Chinese/Indian investments in Eastern Europe.

This action contains three specific objectives:

• to build up capacities for Chinese and Indian business intermediaries for investment in EU
• to build up capacities for Eastern European business intermediaries on Chinese and Indian investments
• to strengthen links and networking between China, India and EU.

The expected results are:

• 1) to have a large number of Asian enterprises participating in the action
• 2) to develop multilingual promotion web site and investment guide
• 3) to complete investment promotion campaigns in EU, India and China
• 4) to strengthen the investment flow between Asia and Europe, and 5) to disseminate the results and training materials to other enterprises in Asia.

Duration:19 months

Partner

• EU-Vest (Denmark),
• Suzhou Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (China)
• Shenzhen Bureau of Trade and Industry (China)
• Danish Chamber of Commerce (HTSi) (Denmark)
• ITDH Hungarian Investment and Trade Development Agency (Hungary)
• Confederation of Indian industry (India) two very committed
  
  Associate partners
• Poland (PAIIZ Polish Information & Foreign Investment Agency)
• Czech Republic (CzechInvest - Investment and Business Development Agency)