SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese1

under the patronage of seco, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

SIPPO Swiss import promotion programme

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese2

We want to support developing countries effectively and cost-efficiently in their efforts to participate in international world trade to a greater degree.

Objectives of the Department for Trade Policy and Development for 1998 / Berne April 2, 1998

Mission Statement

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese3

• Agricultural products and processed food, med. herbs

• Interior design, wood, furniture• Fashion, clothes• Technical products, electronics,

software• Leather goods, accessories • Jewellery, handicrafts• Eco-tourism

Branches of activities

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese4

Wood IndustryFurniture & handicraft

SIPPO offers different programmes for: • Lumber and semi finished products• Interior-decoration, home and garden furniture

Agricultural products & food specialtiesFood specialities, rice, lamaOrganic products, dried fruitsFruits and vegetables Medicinal herbs and essential oils WineFish and seafood

Leather, juteLeather accessories Jute

Jewellery , handicrafts Jewellery HandicraftsToys

Technical products, electronicGuss- und Schmiedeteile, FahrzeugteileKunststoffeMaschinenteile, Elektronik

Software, TradoTradoSoftware

Furniture, homeHome textiles Garden & office furniture Wood for industrial purposes

Garments & textilesAlpacaClothingFashion individual programmes

LegendSector programs

SIPPO Countries & sector programs

51 Egypt

71 Bangladesh

82 Ecuador

52 Ghana

72 India

73 Indonesia

42 Jordan (Incl. Gaza strip & West banc)

53 Mocambique

54 South Africa

85 Argentina (Special program)

14 Rumania15 Serbia & Montenegro

84 Peru

81 Bolivia

74 Vietnam

13 Macedonia

31 Russia

11 Bosnia & Herzegowina

32 Ukraine

12 Bulgaria

Stand 03.2005

1 Southeast Europe3 Eastern Europe 4 Middle East 5 Africa 6 Central Asia 7 Southeast Asia 8 South America

Region

Other programmsEco-Tourism

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese6

SIPPO platformsThe vital first step to export success

Tradeand

Market information

Branche programmes

Match-making

Training

Workshops

7 Core branches

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese7

Market overviews Switzerland and EU

Education and training documents

Information on European norms, standards, quality requirements and import regulations, customs regulations and charges

Trade and market information for exporters

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese8

Technical consulting, export marketing, quality management

Seminar, workshops

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese9

Trade Fairs

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese10

Hosting foreign business delegations in Switzerland with Swiss importers and buyers, businessmen and business women

Selling / buying mission

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese11

http://www.sippo.ch/partners

SIPPO – Network partners

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese12

SIPPO Team

Director and Vice Director

Project Managers

Project Assistants and Administration

BernadetteSchwizer

Mario Braescu

OliverStern

RolandMeierhans

DanielaReiffer

PriskaGranwehr

EvelineHunziker

MyrijamFuchs

Gisela Lang

Markus Stern

MartinOdermatt

BoykoDoytchinov

JitkaDoytchinov

Eve Bächtold

Franziska Staubli

Thomas Sporrer

Adrian Bretscher

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese13

SIPPO offers Swiss international trade know-how to assist SME in emerging markets and markets in

transition to find their way into global trade system

SIPPO - the place to go for export and import know-how

SIPPO – UNECE/FAO Seminar, Sarajevo 6th December 2007, dipl Ing. Stefano Guidese14

Questions to the SIPPO as organisation