2017 / 2018 CoGC Export Assistance Scheme Application |
1. About the Scheme
The City’s Economic Development Strategy (EDS) outlines a clear pathway for the Gold Coast’s long term growth and prosperity. While the traditional drivers of construction and tourism remain important the EDS provides the direction for diversification of the city’s economic base with a strong emphasis on the importance of international trade.
Export activities play a critical role in developing local employment, research, innovation and building the city’s competitiveness.
City of Gold Coast has developed an Export Assistance Scheme that will provide financial support to the City's emerging and existing exporters who are export ready and have identified international markets for their products and services. The program will be used to assist individual companies that meet the criteria as set out by City of Gold Coast.
The program is designed to:
• encourage small and medium sized Gold Coast companies to develop export markets
• assist exporters to become sustainable and to increase their export sales
• assist emerging and existing exporters to enter new growth and emerging markets.
Through the Export Assistance Scheme, City of Gold Coast will provide funding to approved companies up to the value of $3,000 for promoting products and or services for export.
In 2017 - 2018 funding will be approved under the following categories:
• category A which includes North East Asia (NEA) and South East Asia South Asia Pacific (SEASAP) and will be funded $1,500
• category B which includes Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the Americas and will be funded $3,000.
Companies will be limited to receiving one Export Assistance Scheme payment per annum from either category A or category B up to a maximum of three payments over three years.
The Export Assistance Scheme is a competitive program with a limited pool of funding. Funding approval is at the discretion of City of Gold Coast and must be approved by the Council prior to travel dates.
City of Gold Coast has developed an Export Assistance Scheme that will provide financial support to the City's emerging and existing exporters who are export ready and have identified international markets for their products and services. The program will be used to assist individual companies that meet the criteria as set out by City of Gold Coast.
The program is designed to:
• encourage small and medium sized Gold Coast companies to develop export markets
• assist exporters to become sustainable and to increase their export sales
• assist emerging and existing exporters to enter new growth and emerging markets.
Through the Export Assistance Scheme, City of Gold Coast will provide funding to approved companies up to the value of $3,000 for promoting products and or services for export.
In 2017 - 2018 funding will be approved under the following categories:
• category A which includes North East Asia (NEA) and South East Asia South Asia Pacific (SEASAP) and will be funded $1,500
• category B which includes Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the Americas and will be funded $3,000.
Companies will be limited to receiving one Export Assistance Scheme payment per annum from either category A or category B up to a maximum of three payments over three years.
The Export Assistance Scheme is a competitive program with a limited pool of funding. Funding approval is at the discretion of City of Gold Coast and must be approved by the Council prior to travel dates.