EDB under Export support program offers various advisory services to Sri Lankan exporters. These advisory interventions may range from 2 days to one year. An exporter is enrolled in such service after a stringent selection process. The selection process begins with a business clinic in which an exporter goes through a quick diagnostic test on its capabilities to export to markets in the developed world. The exporter is hand held by a team of domain experts from EDB as well as from experts from appropriate industry in some niche sectors. In some cases EDB also enrolls foreign experts to provide advisory services to SME and Exporter. These training programs are offered in the following areas:
To run a quick diagnostic and identify the needs of SME and exporter in relation to export marketing and particularly to assess his capabilities to
This is a unique hand holding program aimed for the development of craft sector from Sri Lanka to be able to match the requirements of the foreign markets. This advisory is conducted with the help of foreign experts from the international markets and the intervention does the following to the SME and artisans in craft sector.
This advisory service is offered by organizing both inward and outward trade missions . The main objective of this service is to help SME and exporter to:
The main objective of this advisory service is to help an SME and exporter to become demand driven and develop products as per the requirements of the target market. This advisory intervention is implemented over a period of almost an year and EDB also provides partial financial assistance also to the selected SME and exporters to exhibit in world renowned trade fairs in the developed markets.This advisory is designed
To help SME understand:
To help SME Acquire: