CDI GUIDES · TECHNOLOGIES
SERIES · No. 3
This document was originally prepared on the basis of
information provided by the institutions profiled. Despite all efforts made in
updating and verifying the information, the Centre for the Development of
Industry does not accept responsibility for its accuracy or completeness. The
inclusion of an institution in this document does not imply any commitment on
the part of that institution to provide any of the services described.
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Since it was founded in 1977, the Centre for the Development of
Industry (CDI) has acquired extensive technical and commercial know-how in the
creation, development and rehabilitation of small and medium-sized industries in
the ACP countries (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific), particularly through the
establishment of lasting partnerships with companies in the European Union.
In publishing this collection of "Practical Guides", the CDI is
meeting a clearly expressed need by ACP promoters and companies in the EU
wishing to lay the foundations for industrial cooperation. The purpose of these
guides is to enable them to adapt to the technical, commercial, financial,
administrative and legal environment of the different countries. Designed to
ease their task by providing detailed information - in simple practical terms -
on a specific aspect or field of their activities, these guides are intended
above all to be effective tools which managers can use on a day-to-day basis.
To prepare the guides, the CDI calls upon the services of
consultants, researchers and businessmen - in both the ACP countries and the
European Union - with extensive experience in the field concerned, in the
practical problems actually encountered by entrepreneurs and in the solutions to
be applied. Whenever circumstances allow, the CDI cooperates with partners
(consultancy bureau, research body, specialised institution, etc.) to ensure
that the guides are as widely circulated as possible.
This guide has been compiled by Dr Marc Donnez, a Belgian
national with a doctorate in chemistry, as well as postgraduate degrees in
business management and international marketing.
