India Educational & Business Program: the ICE-Agency project to do business in the Indian market

India is today one of the non-European markets with the greatest business opportunities for Italian companies: the Subcontinent is going through an extraordinary phase of economic development and the reform program implemented by New Delhi to attract foreign investments represents a formidable development driver. The business opportunity are present in different sectors: among these, the agro-industrial sector and food processing, on which the local government is investing many resources in order to raise agricultural productivity and strengthen industrial capacity in the transformation and preservation of food products.

About that, ICE-Agency, in collaboration with Confindustria Veneto, Confindustria Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy Confindustria made the projectIndia – Educational & Business Programs”, training intended for Italian SMEs in the agro-industrial and food processing sectors, aiming to further their business in India.

The project is divided into three stages: Training and assessments, Business scouting and Incoming of Indian operators in Italy.

As for the first stage of training, divided into 4 Modules lasting 1 day each and which will take place in the Regions mentioned above, the ICE has entrusted to Octagona (among the Italian excellences for the supply of international business services and present in India with 3 direct offices) the second module "Support tools for internationalization processes in India"which will take place on the following dates:

• April 16 in Padua (at the headquarters of Assindustria Venetocentro, via EP Masini 2);
• April 17 in Parma (at the headquarters of the Unione degli Industriali Parmensi, Str. Ponte Caprazucca 6/a);
• April 18 in Milan (at the Assolombarda headquarters, via Pantano 9).

The form that will be illustrated by Alessandro Fichera (Managing Partner of Octagona) will focus on the following points:

• Forms of entry and distribution channels in India;
• Promotional and advertising forms;
• Product registration and labelling;
• Indian Food Parks.

To consult the Course program Click here.

For further information and participate in the training phase is possible contact theICE-Agency Training Services Office, Ref. Adriana Bacchi, and–email: [email protected] – telephone number: 06.5992.6893.