QDB launches 3rd batch of ‘Go Global’ export accelerator
APPLICATIONS are now open until February 7 for the third batch of the ‘Go Global’ Export Accelerator, a programme designed by the Qatar Export Development and Promotion Agency (TASDEER), the export arm of Qatar Development Bank (QDB), to further qualify and train entrepreneurs to export their products to regional and international markets.
Held in partnership with QDB partners at Singapore Management University, this batch aims to qualify small and medium-sized companies wishing to export for the first time, and exporters wishing to expand their export activity, with a focus on service and manufacturing companies based on their exporting capabilities.
The programme aims to accelerate the exporters’ capabilities, in line with their aspirations to access international markets, in addition to addressing the challenges related to planning or organization aspects to access new markets.
QDB Export Development Manager Hala Ali Al Misnad said the third batch would achieve the programme’s objectives of qualifying Qatari exporters and the QDB’s strategy of developing and boosting the capabilities of entrepreneurs and fostering their access to international markets, voicing hopes the third batch would be as successful as the previous ones.
The participating entrepreneurs will receive integrated training that includes developing export strategies, identifying and analyzing target markets, developing marketing plans, identifying available resources and necessary logistical services, and how coordinating meetings with buyers.
The programme’s first and second batches saw the successful training of 30 exporters. The 2022 batch qualified and trained 15 exporters, including four first-time exporters, with all of them having been involved in bilateral meetings that resulted in 0 new exporting opportunities at a value of QR21 million by the end of 2022.
The QDB called on all male and female entrepreneurs wishing to join the program to post their applications as soon as possible on the TASDEER platform, available on the bank’s website, for all the required details.