UTSA to offer SBDC Counselor and Director Certificate trainings in Argentina
(March 2, 2015) -The International Trade Center at the UTSA Institute of Economic Development will offer a three-module Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Counselor and Director Certificate training in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 11-12.
Established throughout the United States by the federal government in partnership with state governments and universities and colleges, SBDCs assist entrepreneurs and business owners in establishing and growing their businesses through a free and confidential suite of advising services. Services include, but are not limited to, feasibility studies, business strategy, financial planning, marketing, production and professional networking. The centers support new and existing businesses.
The goal of the SBDC Counselor and Director Certificate training is to transfer the SBDC model and train professionals to manage and operate an economic impact-producing SBDC. This training is part of the International Trade Center and Institute for Economic Development International SBDC Expansion Initiative that, with the support of the U.S. Department of State, has helped countries develop U.S.-modeled SBDC networks in the Americas since 2003.
UTSA International Trade Center Director Cliff Paredes and International Business Development Specialist Barbara Mooney will conduct the trainings.
"In Buenos Aires, and Argentina as a whole, there is a burgeoning entrepreneurship ecosystem and abundant potential to adapt and implement a U.S. modeled SBDC network," said Paredes. "We look forward to building relationships with key partners and stakeholder groups that will allow us to expand the initiative to the rest of the country and to further develop the small business sector of Argentina."
The International Trade Center at UTSA is one of the largest and most successful trade assistance organizations in Texas. It helps companies become globally competitive through technical trade advising, customized market research and innovative training programs. The center is a specialty SBDC program in the South-West Texas Border SBDC Network. Follow them on Twitter (@TexasTrade) and like them on Facebook (Facebook.com/texastrade).
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