eMarket Services is a non-profit project funded and operated by the trade promotion organizations of Canada, Norway, and Spain. Launched in 1999, its mission is to help companies expand internationally by making it easier to use e-marketplaces. It is owned equally by the partners and managed by a project manager and webmaster paid partially by the project. Each partner contributes staff time equivalent to 1/3 of a full-time position.

1. The eMarket Services
project

2. eMarket Services
eMarket Services is funded and operated by the trade
promotion organisations of Canada, Norway and
Spain.
Launched in 1999, eMarket Services is a non profit
project and serves to help our companies to expand
their business.
Our mission is to make it easier for companies to use
e-marketplaces to find new customers and suppliers
for their international business.
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3. How is eMarket Services organized?
The project is owned and funding by all partners in equal
shares.
A National Managers Committee, consisting of senior
management delegates from all partners make the
strategic and operating decisions in 2 project meetings
and 8 telephone conferences per year.
The project is managed by a Project Manager and a Web
Master, paid for by the project on a 50 % person/year
basis. The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade has just
begin to host and managed the project for two years.
Each partner will contribute with staff time corresponding
to 1/3 of full time (75 days per year).
Staff from all TPO partners work together, learn from
each other and transfer knowledge to our respective
organizations. Different countries take responsibility for
various activities.
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4. Innovation Norway
www.innovationnorway.no
Innovation Norway’s objective is to promote
private- and socio-economic profitable business
development throughout the country and to release
the commercial opportunities of the districts and
regions by encouraging innovation,
internationalization and profile-building.
Providing a seamless service, based on customer
needs, Innovation Norway supports Norwegian
companies by means of skills-based financing,
consultancy and network building services
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5. Innovation Norway
www.innovationnorway.no
Established 19 December 2003 as a statutory
company, started its activities on 1 January 2004
• Took over the initiatives formerly offered by The
Norwegian Industrial and Regional Development Fund
(SND), the Norwegian Trade Council, the Norwegian
Consultative Office for Inventors (SVO) and the
Norwegian Tourist Board.
• 750 employees in offices distributed throughout all
of Norway’s counties and in 30 countries. The Head
Office is located in Oslo.
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6. The Canadian Trade Commissioner
Service – www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca
The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, part of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Canada (DFAIT), helps Canadian companies and
organizations succeed abroad.
Located in more than 150 cities worldwide and in
regional offices across the country, the Canadian
Trade Commissioner Service, is Canada’s most
comprehensive network of international business
professionals, offering expert advice, problem-
solving skills and a global network of contacts.
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7. The Canadian Trade Commisioner
Service – www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca
Whether they are looking to export, invest abroad,
attract investment, or develop innovation and R&D
partnerships, the Canadian Trade Commissioner
Service, helps Canadian companies succeed globally
through four key services:
• Preparation for international markets
• Market potential assessment
• Qualified contacts
• Problem solving
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8. The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade
(ICEX) – www.icex.es
The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade, ICEX, is the
state agency that assists Spanish businesses in each
and every phase of their process of
internationalization with the following objectives:
Increase the number of companies exporting on a regular
basis
Diversify the export markets for Spanish products and
services
Increase the number of exporting sectors and their share
in the overall Spanish economy.
Promote Spanish investment abroad
Improve the image of Made in Spain
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9. The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade
(ICEX) – www.icex.es
ICEX pursues its objectives through the following
activities:
•Trade promotion programs
• Information services on international markets
• Training in business internationalization
• Foreign investment promotion
and offers to Spanish companies a team of more than
1.000 professionals in international trade and a
network of 140 offices in Spain and all over the world
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10. Some figures on eMarket Services
The average number of visits is 6.800 a month, and
pageviews are around 22.000.
Visitors come from China, Spain, US, India, Canada, the
Netherlands, Australia, UK, Sweden, Germany,
Norway...in this order.
The last survey conducted several years ago among the
13.000 suscribers to the eMS English newsletter has
shown that:
• 52% of the users visit the site once a month
• 70% of the visitors are in the private sector(46%)
and self employed (24%)
• 64% of the companies trade internationally
• On a scale of 1 to 5, visitors gives the site a grade of
3,8.
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