In June 2009, through a intensive training course and being strictly audited, . was selected by CBI to take part in Export Coaching Programme Tourism 2008-2014 (ECP) An ECP helps us to: - Adapt our company and products to EU market requirements and standards; - Become familiar with EU markets and business practice; - Develop an export marketing strategy; - Export to the EU market; - Consolidate our export position in the EU. The ECP’s are targeted at companies in developing countries that have the capacity (or potential) to export to the EU. A company that complies to the following criteria can apply for an ECP: - At least 51% locally owned, or (co-) owners who reside in another developing country (excluding developing countries characterized as UMIC or higher*); - 25 to 500 employees; - No joint venture with a company based in a country with a classification of UMIC or higher; - Compliance or the willingness to comply with EU market requirements; - No licensing commitments that prohibit or limit export possibilities of products to the EU - Competitive prices and sufficient production capacity; - A management which is able to communicate in English; - The willingness and capacity to invest in adaptations of, for instance, product assortment and production processes, if and as required by the European market.  
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