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BSO SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS
Dominican Republic Export and Investment Centre (CEI-RD)
TheDominicanRepublic Export and Investment Center (CEI-RD) is
the official Agency responsible for the promotion of international
trade and FDI in the Dominican Republic. It was created as an
amalgamation of the Center for the Promotion of Exports of the
Dominican Republic (CEDOPEX) and the Office for the Promotion
of Investments of the Dominican Republic (OPI-RD) in 2003. The
Centre promotes local exports and foreign investments, aides
the non-traditional export sector, and attracts foreign capitals
that use advanced technological processes to help increase the
technical expertise of SMEs in the Dominican Republic.
In 2011 and 2012, under the 10th EDF, CEI-RD has participated
in numerous Agency programmes implemented in support of
the regional IPAs, and in association with CAIPA. These include
missions to the Europe and South America; the Caribbean
Investment Forum (CIF) in Trinidad and Tobago; and Regional
Investment Promotion Conferences, among others. In 2013, CEI-
RD participated in, and completed the first level of the Regional
Trade Information Training Programme (RTITP). This initiative is
part of a wider programme of increasing the competitiveness
of the regional private sector and involves the development
of a regional market intelligence portal and the formation of
management structures at the national and regional levels
that would allow for more effective engagement of the private
sector by BSOs based on the trade information needs for SMEs
that have been identified. The training was delivered by ITC,
Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries
(CBI), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Euromonitor
International.
Subsequent to this training, CEI-RD has been able to efficiently
access tools and databases for information on international
markets. The Centre has also enhanced the organizational
skills of staff in the collecting, processing and compilation of