There is a new tender opened with the Dutch government for subsidy for internationally active businesses. This PSI subsidy request can be submitted up to 23 August 2010 for projects in all economic sectors for to € 750.000 covering 50% of the investment.

PSI – The Private Sector Investment Program (PSI) I program from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development. Its objective is to stimulate investments in growing markets in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Mid and Eastern Europe.

Investment Project – In order to be considered for the PSI subsidy, the investment project must meet certain criteria. One of the parties involved must be registered in a Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK) and the other party must be an officially registered business in the country where the project is established. There are also criteria concerning the parties’ financial position, expertise and experience, project feasibility and the project’s effect on the local economy.

New Tender – The final closing date for the project request is 23 August, 2010 at 15:00 CET

Subsidy – The PSI contribution is 50% of the investment, with a maximum of €750,000 per project. In total the minister has made €29.6 million available to PSI for this tender

Subsidy Rules (In Dutch) http://www.evd.nl/zoeken/showbouwsteen.asp?bstnum=275358

Do you need help in preparing your request? See Freebizznet’s Grants & Subsidy service or contact us on +31 (0)38 4229954 or info@freebizznet.com

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January 28th, 2010

Matchmaker & Business Hunter offer affordable business development tools to grow entrepreneur’s international business

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – January 28^th, 2010 – Freebizznet (www.freebizznet.com), the new market entry providing on-line international business development services for business owners and entrepreneurs, has today released its Business Matchmaker and Business Hunter services (www.freebizznet.com/matching.html) – powerful and easy-to-use web enabled international business development tools.

These new services build on Freebizznet’s current publishing and business networking tools and introduce a new Business Opportunity facility to further help marketers, manufacturers, business owners and entrepreneurs develop new business and find new partners in the international marketplace.

“In the new Business Matchmaker and Business Hunter services, we’ve combined requests from our users with innovative features that can really help businesses find new market opportunities,” said Andrew Woodham, Head of Marketing at Freebizznet. “In today’s tough business environment, SMEs, entrepreneurs and business owners need to develop new business more than ever. With these new tools they can now access international markets quickly and effectively.”

“With the help of Freebizznet we found an excellent investment partner in Vietnam to build out our Vietnam production and operations” said Dick Stoppelenburg, CEO, eL-Tec elektrotechnologie. “Starting with engineering and ending with commissioning and after sale for the complete electrical system of ship complying with international standards – we found a great partner”

About Freebizznet

Freebizznet is an independent and privately owned company that facilitates international business development for small to medium sized companies with easy-to-use web enabled services.  Our customers can find business partners, post business opportunities and present their company and its activities on a global platform boosting their growth, developing opportunities and accessing markets otherwise expensive and cumbersome to reach.

We provide the tools that make business development work; find the right partner, develop new business opportunities, make that business match. Our members drive their own results.

Freebizznet has business partners in the Netherlands, China and Vietnam who can help with in country business development professional services.

Visit us on (www.freebizznet.com)

Empowering International Business Development and Business Matchmaking

- No frills, just doing the business! -

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Freebizznet is an international business development platform helping companies build their international presence and find business partners in a trusted environment. For our e-matching service please join us and register at http://www.freebizznet.com

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Freebizznet Grants & Subsidy service supports businesses in a structured, proactive manner in their search for subsidies, grants and tax credits. The Netherlands offers such a great variety, quantity and complexity of subsidies, that businesses and organisations most often need to invest a significant amount of time to find the subsidy schemes that are relevant to them. Our specialised Grants & Subsidy service offers support in all phases of the acquisition of subsidies; from the detection of potential subsidy opportunities and the drafting and submitting of applications, through to the communication with the body granting the subsidy.

-        Do you have a promising project, or ambitious plans for expansion?

-        Is either your company or the partner you want to work with on this project located in the Netherlands?

-        Do you want to maximise your gain from your investment?

-        Do you expect to be eligible for possible grant money to help fund your project?

In this case Freebizznet can find grants or subsidy opportunities for you and support you in dealing with the subsidy requirements.

SUBSIDY EXPERTISE

Depending on your requirements and the opportunity before you, Freebizznet Grant & Subsidy specialists will:

• Search and advise you on potential subsidy programs in line with your business or project
• Help you define your subsidy opportunities
• Adhere closely to the subsidy policy of the European Commission, for example the structure funds and the R&D-programs
• Guide the subsidy application from request to approval
• Provide you with administrative support to set up the necessary project administration
• Ensure that the service provided guarantees high quality
• Keep you up-to-date on the most recent developments and trends regarding grants and subsidies.

If you want more information about our services, please fill in your details on our CONTACT US form.

Please note that this service is only provided to Premium or VIP FreeBizzNet members. If you are not a paying member and you wish to use our Grants & Subsidy service you will need to first upgrade to a Premium account.

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Company validation services and credit opinion (*see list of applicable countries),

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Follow up and local representation services until closing the deal.

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Meeting support aimed at closing the cultural, language and local business whealing and dealing gaps.

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From first intake (profiling) and company registration to search, assessment, short listing, approaching comapnies and setting up meetings.

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Interview during Vietnam Expo 2009

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Launched Freebzznet LinkedIn group for partners, friends and fans of Freebizznet.com. Freebizznet is a leading B2B business development networking site for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME), that enables its members to find new international business partners in a trusted environment. If you’d like your company to be part of this exciting global network please join us at http://www.freebizznet.com

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