Outstanding Exporter Partnership Programme

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Export developmentHungarian SMEs

Organisation name Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy State Secretariate for Export Development, Department for Export Development

Contact person: Mr Istv‡n JOî; Ms Rita SZƒP-T†SKE

istvan.joo@mfa.gov.hu; rita.tuske@mfa.gov.hu

The aim of the Hungarian government is to raise the share of the Hungarian owned enterprises from the export by 50% until 2030. In our point of view, the OEPP companies can help further small Hungarian companies to develop and contribute to the Hungarian export effectively.

The participating companies have at least one export market outside the EU, have at least 100 employees and have three full business years. According to OEPP, we offer the help of the Ministry and its background institutes if the participating companies face an export-related problem or just need information about a particular market. In exchange, they share information about new market opportunities they receive. We spread this information to national companies, therefore we can say that the program is not only helpful for OEPP partners but a wide range of companies as well.

We are planning to invite further 11 companies in June into the program, and raise the number of participants to 50 by 2020. We are convinced that the program is sustainable, since we offer effective help, a Òfast trackÓ, for the companies and their problems to be solved. We think that the success of the problem is its simplicity. We do not offer more than we can do for other companies, but we are focusing on practical and fast problem-solving.

OEPP can be easily adapted by other countries, as it does not require additional costs or human resources. In our opinion, it is essential to Òkeep the companies closeÓ to us. If they are convinced that the partnership is meaningful, they will ask for assistance, and the program will be filled with content.

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