SCP2004 was a joint project of the North Denmark EU-office, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and West Sweden. It was organised as a matchmaking event in order to facilitate optimal conditions for European-Asian business co-operation. Approximately 180 companies from China, Sweden and Denmark participated in the event. 1 year after the event, the evaluation showed that:
In addition it appears that some of the agreements are much more exhaustive than expected. In this way 1 merger/acquisition, 3 franchising and 5 joint ventures has so far been a result of the event.
According to the participants, the quick meetings and the exchange of business cards have served as an icebreaker and made it much easier for them to contact potential partners in China / Scandinavia. Furthermore the unofficial networking parts of SCP2004 lead to exchange of market information, which also has been highly valued by the participants.
BE2 was a brokerage event for SMEs in the ICT sector. It involved workshops, project presentations and matchmaking sessions. The success of the event is evident in the feedback received from participants:
Best regards,
Elena
Arachni Ltd.
On behalf of the Cypriot participants I would like to thank you for organizing BE2 and the effort you have put in making this event a success. Cypriot SMEs have been amazed by the contacts which they managed to make during the conference and the feedback they got for their project ideas. They were satisfied by the match-making sessions and have encouraged us to organize similar events which they would like to take part in.
Best regards,
Nicoletta Mirachi
Project Officer, First Elements Euroconsultants Ltd.
Let me just join to the congratulations letters that I am sure you start receiving just after the event has been finished. It was very good and useful event […] you managed to organize a very well organized event. I already received some feedback from the participating companies and must say that they are fully satisfied. They especially thanked for the match making sessions.
Many thanks again,
Monika £uczak
Specjalista, Centrum Euro Info PL-405
Zespó³ Przedsiêbiorczoœci
Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiêbiorczoœci
Once again I would like to thank you for the help you provided us during the BE2 and of course to congratulate you and your colleagues for organizing an excellent conference!
Thanks again!
Best Regards,
Kyriakos C. Athanasiou
CEO, Noesis Innovative Technologies (Greece)
It is still too early to evaluate the results of the Agromatch at the Agromek in November 2009, but preliminary results, based on the evaluation schemes filled out at the end of the match making sessions, are positive. All the participants were satisfied or very satisfied with the event, and the majority would follow up on more than 50 % of the meetings. Besides the planned meetings, many companies also used the event as a networking opportunity and thereby more than doubled their number of contacts.
An example of a successful matchmaking session was the meeting between a Danish / German slurry segregation company and a Lithuanian subcontractor of pumps and screw conveyors. The meeting was the first contact between the companies and was used for the Danish company to define their needs and requests, which the Lithuanian company could then use in the formulation and calculation of a formal offer later on in the process.