ECCSA has formalized a five year (2003-2008) partnership agreement with the Rhein-Main Chamber of Skilled Crafts  (Handwerkskammer (HWK) Rhein-Main/Germany) for institutional capacity building and to assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs) build their capacity through technical vocational training program.

The partnership project is financed by the Federal German Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Development (BMZ) through SEQUA (Partner of German Business).

Project Objectives and Outputs

Profile of Rhein-Main Chamber of Skilled Crafts  (Handwerkskammer (HWK) Rhein-Main/Germany)

ECCSA-AGOA Program

ECCSA has been working with AGOA- Ethiopia Program. The objective of the program is to disseminate information to Ethiopian businesses regarding AGOA opportunities; creating and strengthening business linkages between Ethiopian businesses and the Diaspora community in the US; and holding and participating in a series of trade and reverse trade missions for products with a CONTACT ADDRESS competitive advantage.

The partnership projects; respectively their sponsors collaborate under the roof of  the Development Assistance Group to Ethiopia (DAG) which has thematic working group also with regard to private sector & trade promotion.