EU BUSINESS AVENUES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

Programme Overview and 2019 Calendar

EU Delegation Monthly Meeting

09th November 2018

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EU Business Avenues – An overview

Business support services

Participants can

present their company’s

offerings to

stakeholders including

local complementary

businesses and

relevant government

officials

Participants benefit

from a range of

business support

services such as

coaching,

matchmaking and

financial support

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Business missions over

the past 25 years

Participating European

companies

Diverse business

sectors represented in

the business missions

Operational Support to European companies, and particularly

SMEs, to overcome internationalisation barriers and enter ASEAN

markets, thereby strengthening the EU’s international trade

performance

The program is targeted at companies felt to have specific

competitive advantages in relevant sectors (depending on the

theme of the business mission) but unable to overcome the

cultural, practical and regulatory barriers to doing business alone

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One week in-country missions

The broader EU Gateway Programme has been around for the past 25 years with the objective

of strengthening the EU’s international trade performance

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EU Business Avenue’s Focus in South East AsiaEach participating mission will visit two markets in South East Asia (SEA), with Singapore being

one of the two

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2016 - 2020

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Past Business Missions in 2018

Business Mission 7

Organic Food & Beverage

Singapore: (15-16 May)

Vietnam: EuroSphere (17-20 May)

Business Mission 8

Information & Communication Technologies

Singapore: NXTAsia, part of ConnecTechAsia (25-28 Jun)

Thailand: (29-30 Jun)

Business Mission 9

Environment & Water Technologies

Singapore: Singapore International Water Week (09-11 Jul)

Malaysia: (12-13 Jul)

Business Mission 10

Healthcare & Medical Technologies

Singapore: Medical Fair Asia (28-31 Aug)

Philippines: (03-04 Sep)

Business Mission 11

Green Energy Technologies

Indonesia: (28-29 Oct)

Singapore: Asia Clean Energy Summit (30-01 Nov)

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Past Business Mission 11 – Green Energy Technologies (Secondary – Jakarta)

Sun

28

October

Mon

29

October

INDONESIA

10:00 – 11:00

Briefing Session

11:30 – 17:30

Site Visit

(Geocycle)

09:00 – 11:00

Market Insights

by Industry

Experts &

Exhibitor

Spotlight

11:00 – 18:00

Business-to-

Business

Meetings

18:00 – 20:00

Networking

Reception 1

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Past Business Mission 11 – Green Energy Technologies (Primary – Singapore)

Tue

30

October

Wed

31

October

Thu

1

November

SINGAPORE

14:00 –

17:00

Briefing

Session

17:30 –

20:00

Exhibition

Setup

10:00 –

18:00

Business

Exhibition

Day 1

11:50 –

12:50

Exhibitor

Spotlight

16:30 –

18:00

Networking

Reception

2

*09:00 –

18:00

Business

Exhibition

Day 2

18:00 –

20:00

Debriefing

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7

Upcoming Business Missions in 2019

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#Sector Focus

Countries

(Pri / Sec)Mission Dates Event Names

Application

Open

Application

Deadline

Selection

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12 Environment & Water

Technologies

Singapore &

Philippines

18 - 22 March

2019

Water Philippines

2019

(20 - 22 March 2019)4 Jun 18 16 Nov 18 14 Dec 18

13 Information &

Communication

Technologies

Singapore &

Thailand

17 - 22 June

2019

CommunicAsia 2019

Singapore

(18 - 20 June 2019)12 Nov 18 1 Mar 19 29 Mar 19

14 Healthcare & Medical

Technologies

Singapore &

Vietnam

29 July - 3 Aug

2019

Medi-Pharm Expo

HCM

(1 - 3 August 2019)26 Nov 18 12 Apr 19 10 May 19

15 Organic Food &

Beverage

Singapore &

Thailand

1 - 7

September

2019

Food & Hotel 2019

Thailand

(4 - 7 September

2019)

28 Jan 19 17 May 19 14 Jun 19

16 Construction &

Building Technologies

Singapore &

Philippines

4 - 10

November

2019

30th

PHILCONSTRUCT

2019

(7-10 November 2019)

4 Mar 19 21 Jun 19 19 Jul 19

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Past Success Stories

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