Market
Development Cooperator Program |
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MaDCaP |
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News, tips, and information for MDCP cooperators. |
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2008.10.14 |
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Fiscal Year Operating Plans: Thank You. Quarterly Performance Reports Due Oct. 31. Limited Amount of No-Charge Service from the Commercial Service. For assistance that goes beyond the “limited amount of reasonable assistance” as defined below, a cooperator should make provision in its budget. To determine the cost for services provided by the Commercial Service, you can contact your local Export Assistance Center or overseas Commercial Service offices. You should have ITA team members from the Commercial Service who can be your primary contact on such questions. Otherwise, you may also identify Commercial Service personnel at the Commercial Service's BuyUSA website. No-charge means no fees are collected. The term applies only to indirect costs such as time expended by Commercial Service employees. This includes appointment making, temporary use of Commercial Service office space, when available, making hotel arrangements, briefing on market conditions, helping organize seminars/conferences, and other similar services worked out between the ITA's project team leader and the Commercial Service office. Direct costs and specially-prepared market research are not included in the cost-free assistance. A cooperator should always expect to pay direct costs, such as hiring an interpreter or transportation. No-charge assistance will not exceed two days’ Commercial Service effort per cooperator, per country, per year. There may be situations that prevent the Commercial Service from providing no-charge services to a cooperator. Perhaps the most common example is another event to which the Commercial Service office has already committed its resources. |
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