10 years IPD
10 Years sustainable trade promotion
Founded in 2012, Import Promotion Desk (IPD) has been opening up access to the European market for small and medium-sized enterprises from selected developing and emerging countries for ten years.
With success: the companies in the IPD programme significantly increased their export volume to Europe and created jobs in their regions.
The 10th anniversary was initiated by the event "With import promotion to sustainable supply chains and new markets" on 9 September in Berlin, which brought together representatives of foreign trade, development cooperation and politics.
In her welcoming speech, Dr Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, emphasised the importance of IPD for economic development in IPD partner countries:
"We need these bundled efforts to make progress in sustainable development. Good work, living wages and fair, sustainable supply chains - these are crucial factors in the fight against poverty and hunger."
The review at ten years of IPD is extraordinarily positive: The companies in the IPD programme - small and medium-sized enterprises from selected developing and emerging countries - have increased their export volume to Europe and created jobs in their regions. IPD has continuously expanded its programme and is now active in 16 partner countries and five sectors. And as an import promotion initiative, IPD is a recognised partner for European companies.
For IPD, one thing is certain: the work is not yet done. More win-win situations are needed for exporters and importers, i.e. more sustainable trade relations that have a lasting impact on economic development in the countries.
