Delivery of Exoprt Development programme in counties Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim

Tender description

As part of a special Brexit economic stimulus package for the Border Region (Counties, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth) announced by Minister Humphreys TD in January 2020, the Local Enterprise Offices in the Border counties will receive additional funding to deliver capability development programmes across a number of key pillars of enterprise support during 2020. The aim of this specific suite of development programmes is to drive economic activity in the region and ensure that businesses have the capability and capacity to mitigate the impact of BREXIT. The Local Enterprise Offices in the North West Region, led by Local Enterprise Donegal, now propose to deliver an Export Development Programme which could/will be run in 3 locations, counties Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. This contract will be completed and managed by Local Enterprise Office Donegal on behalf of Local Enterprise Offices in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. • This programme will target SMEs with ambition to grow and enter into international markets and will have the following programme objectives: • Introduce and educate companies on how to explore new markets and the challenges involved in getting export ready; • Develop and maximise their core business skills to build sustainable capability and capacity to export; • Support the development and execution of an export plan.