4. November - 7. November 2002
Agro-Ind European Union -
West Africa Agro Business Meeting
for more information: Agro
Ind
The purpose of Agro-Ind 2002
is to support the agro-business sector in the ECOWAS region by bringing
together West African and European companies to discuss potential
co-operation on pre-identified projects.
The main focus of the event is
one-to-one business meetings. Typically more than 1000 such meetings are
scheduled over a period of 4 days. The one-to-one meetings are to discuss
pre-identified projects which are selected as a result of a 12-month
preparatory process:
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Project identification and screening in West Africa
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Partner identification and screening in Europe
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Exchange of profiles and matching EU-West African interests
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One-to-one meetings
The benefits to both European
and African businesses are:
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100-125 new agro-industry
projects from the 15 ECOWAS Countries
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Scheduled one-to-one
private meetings to discuss these projects with potential partners
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ECOWAS country information
booths (the agro-industry sector, FDI support, legislation, etc.)
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Access to development
finance institutions, the European Investment Bank (EIB), and EC
private sector support programmes
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Round table and workshops
on topical issues
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Follow-up project support
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Comprehensive
agro-industry sector report with:
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Sector developments and
investment opportunities in the region
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Summary profiles on each
ECOWAS country
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CD-ROM containing all data
GFE has partners in most EU
countries, who will (cost-free) inform any company being settled in one of
the EU Countries about the Business Meeting. Registration is possible as
weill. Please contact by Email: Agroind@gfe.de
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In Italy/Grece: Gallo ECF,
Rome. Mail to galloecf@gfe.de
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In Scandinavia: Hans Berg,
Kopenhagen. Mail to Hans.Berg@gfe.de
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In the Netherlands: GFE
Netherlands, Maastricht. Mail to Danielle.Daldrup@gfe.de
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In Belgium/Luxemburg: GFE
Aachen. Mail to Ralf.Otto@gfe.de
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In Germany: GFE, Aachen,
Mail to Daldrup@gfe.de
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In Austria: GFE Aachen.
Mail to Ralf.Otto@gfe.de
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In France: van Eeckhout.,
Paris. Mail to Bruno.vaneeckhout@gfe.de
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