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  • Market Entry Development Program

    Grow Your Sales In International Markets

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    The Market Entry Development Program (MEDP) has helped many local businesses such as Anne of Green Gables Chocolates establish a virtual presence in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. By connecting them with decision-makers they have started building a sales pipeline, with a small investment.

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  • Benefits

  • The MEDP assess opportunities and develops company-specific approaches based on the expertise and connections of in-market trade consultants. The program focusses on increasing sales in countries where trade agreements with Canada already exist. It provides companies with what they need to find or grow new sales, all packaged in a customized market-entry strategy.

    Benefits include:

    • individualized international sales development services delivered over several months
    • opportunity assessment meetings and workplan prior to enrollment
    • detailed market research
    • advice on marketing and regulatory issues
    • support and in-market representation from trade professionals (e.g., trade shows)
    • connections and meetings with potential clients or sales partners
    • access to additional government funding to support extended marketing efforts
    • a comprehensive market entry strategy

     

  • Acceptance

  • Applicants must:

    • have an exportable product or service
    • demonstrate a commitment to executing an export-focused growth strategy
    • contribute $4,750 (plus HST) to the cost of the 20 day program (valued at $26,000). Company pays 18% of the total consulting cost. 
    • be in good standing with the province you are registered in
    • be export-ready with viable opportunities to sell outside of Atlantic Canada 
    • demonstrate a commitment to fully executing an export growth strategy
    • complete an interview with export development officers and upon acceptance the program will be required to enter into a contractual relationship

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    Program Guidelines

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    Check out a few more success stories and testimonials below.

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  • MEDP is made possible by funding from the Government of Canada and the four Atlantic provinces’, the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce coordinates access to professional market development and sales support, delivered by the in-market trade consultant, OCO Global and their regional partners Nowak & Partner (South Korea) and KW Group (ASEAN) .

  • Business Truth & Reconciliation Business Truth & Reconciliation

    The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce takes proactive steps to promote reconciliation and respect for Indigenous rights within the corporate sector. In response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 92, the Chamber urges its members to embrace the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a guiding framework.

     

    Recognizing the importance of education, the Chamber encourages businesses to provide comprehensive training for management and staff on the history of Indigenous peoples, including the legacy of residential schools, Indigenous rights, and Aboriginal-Crown relations. Emphasizing intercultural competency, conflict resolution, and anti-racism, these efforts aim to foster a more inclusive and harmonious corporate environment rooted in mutual understanding and respect.

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