EXPORT & INVESTMENT PROMOTION FLANDERS EXPORT ...

OTHER:
The Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and
Development Cooperation
NOTE on the Federal Public Service for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade
and Development Cooperation.
The Federal Public Service for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and
Development Cooperation guides the Belgian foreign policy. The network of
Foreign Affairs is comprised of 130-odd Embassies, Consulates and
Representations abroad and in Belgium, with the Main Office in Brussels at the
centre. The leads that come in through the foreign posts are forwarded to the
offices of the regional economic attaché’s.
Export Flanders
Export Vlaanderen has a worldwide network of economic and trade
representatives to help you source the quality products and services you
require. With our 77 offices across 5 continents, we pro-actively link worldwide
business with Flanders.
Export Vlaanderen assists
in discovering what Flanders has in store for you: quality goods and
services, in a wealth of sectors
in finding reliable suppliers in your sector
ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL ATTACHE OF FLANDERS ? VLAAMS ECONOMISCH VERTEGENWOORDIGER
C/O Belgian Embassy ? Kasarmikatu 14 A 7 ? 00130 Helsinki ? FINLAND
Tel: +358 (9) 626 233 ? Fax: +358 (9) 624 041 ? E-Mail: vlev.helsinki@attglobal.net
investments. It is also important to allocate foreign affairs administration
resources and measures to promote international networking of enterprises and
attract foreign investment to Finland, and to pursue an active trade policy to
improve the international business environment.
OTHER:
Ministry of Trade and Industry, Promotion of Export (www.ktm.fi)
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for External Economic Relations
www.formin.fi
NOTE on the relationship between embassies and Finpro trade centers
abroad:
Assisting in export promotion is mostly the responsibility of Finpro but also the
embassy in question cooperates with Finpro if there isn’t any representation (the
diplomatic mission network is tighter than that of Finpro trade centers). Embassies
e.g. assist in visits, programs, promotion activities, follow trade policy issues and
spread info on Finland to locals and local info to Finns, first and foremost to SMEs
in these issues. Embassies however do no give out specialist advice or consulting
which is the responsibility of Finpro and/or a specialist company. Embassy
services are normally free of charge except for consular fees and costs promotion
caused to them.
Finpro
Finpro provides services, support and information to help Finnish companies enter
the international market as swiftly, safely and efficiently as possible.
In addition to the Helsinki office Finpro has 52 Finland Trade Centers in 40
countries. Finpro employs 370 persons, 130 of whom are based in Helsinki and
240 at the Finland Tr ade Centers. The staff of the Trade Centers comprise both
Finnish and local experts, who have extensive experience of international business
development or profound local knowledge of the target country, usually both.
Finpro is an expert and service organization whose mission is to speed up the
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