Handelsplatform
From Handelswijzer Midden-Amerika
Tradeplatform the Netherlands & Central America (Update 11th of June 2009)
In 2008 the Departments of Commerce of the Embassy of the Netherlands in San José, Guatemala-City, Panama-City and Managua started developing a tradeplatform to simplify the networking between Dutch and Central American companies and entrepreneurs. This platform can be found on the website http://www.centralamericab2b.com. This service is provided free of charge. On the website http://www.doingtradeincentralamerica.com the Embassy of the Netherlands has grouped together its different information sources for Dutch companies interested in doing trade with Central American companies. The advantages of this tradeplatform include the possibility to advertise your company for free, publish your trade leads, search for potential contacts or partners in the different countries and sectors and contact companies you would be interested in. Additionally, events that could be potentially interesting to Dutch or Central American companies will be published on this platform. To maximize the accessibility of all parties, the website is in English. Furthermore, a short manual will be provided to make the usage of the website as easy as possible.
If you would like to be one of the first companies to appear on this platform, please register your company on http://www.centralamericab2b.com. If you are looking for information on doing business with Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua or Guatemala, please visit the website www.handelswijzer.com (in Dutch), which features excentive information of these markets provided by the Embassies of the Netherlands in Central America. Please visit www.guiadecomercio.nl if you are a Central America company interested in doing business in the Netherlands.
The Embassies of the Netherlands in Central America cannot be held responsible for the content of the Handelswijzer, Handelsplatform, or for their services provided. No rights can be derived from this page.
Update: 14th of July 2009
Now that the lay-out has been completly updated and incorporated the current focus is getting the groupfunction to work by the end of this week. Furthermore, the website will be tested to ensure no bugs or flaws are present before putting it online. A message will be posted on this page once the launchdate has been determined.
Update: 29th of June 2009
In the past few weeks the lay-out of the tradeplatform has been drastically changed to improve the accessibility and user-friendliness of the website. Logos of the Netherlands and the Embassy have been added and links have been added to the different websites that the tradeplatform should be linked with. The website is expected to look like this:
Lay-out tradeplatform (June 2009)
Furthermore a focus was put on the functions of the forum, groups and tradeleads. Another two weeks will be required to incorporate all the changes, after which the texts will be added to the different pages within the tradeplatform. The website is expected to go online by the end of July. Participants of the trade mission of the Netherlands to Panama that is expected to take place in September will be the first users of the platform, after which it will be opened up to the public.
The Embassies of the Netherlands in Central America cannot be held responsible for the content of the Handelswijzer, Handelsplatform, or for their services provided. No rights can be detrieved from this page.
