Export E-Learning Courses
Export Development
Introduction to Cross-border Contracts
This course begins by defining the main attributes of cross-border contracts and outlines their differences from domestic contracts, before moving on to explain the preliminary process of contracting and the early-on documents that are required by both parties to establish a basis for entering into a formal contractual relationship.
Languages available: English (en)
Time required: 4 hours over 2 weeks
Next start date: 09, Sep 2019
Financing Trade in Services
Focusing on situations of developing and least-developed countries, this course introduces the particularities of service exporters, their financial needs at various stages of growth, as well as the various obstacles which they face in accessing adequate financing.
Languages available: English (en)
Time required: 4 hours over 2 weeks
Next start date: To be announced
Introduction to Exporting to China
This course introduces micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to the Chinese market, including business dynamics and cultural characteristics.
Languages available: English & Arabic
Time required: 4 hours over 2 weeks
Next start date: 01, Jul 2019
Digital Exports
ICross-Border IT and ITES Outsourcing
This course introduces the basic concepts involved in the internationalization of information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES) from the perspective of companies looking to internationalize.
Languages available: English (en)
Time required: 4 hours over 2 weeks
Next start date: To be announced
Using Virtual Marketplaces for your E-commerce Initiative
This course introduces participants to virtual marketplaces (VMPs), which are a type of e-commerce website on which individual businesses can sell their products or services internationally.
Languages available: English & Arabic
Time required: 4 hours over 2 weeks
Next start date: To be announced
Sustainability
Introduction to Corporate Social Responsibility
This course introduces participants to corporate social responsibility (CSR) for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Languages available: English (en)
Time required: 4 hours over 2 weeks
Next start date: 01, Jul 2019
Introduction to Standards and Sustainability
This course introduces participants to the concepts of standards and sustainability, focusing on voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) and the various ways in which enterprises can approach them.
Languages available: English (en)
Time required: 4 hours over 2 weeks
Next start date: 08, Jul 2019
Trade Support
Advocacy and Trade Policy Reform
This course introduces participants to trade policy from the perspective of exporting enterprises.
Languages available: English (en)
Time required: 4 hours over 2 weeks
Next start date: 08, Jul 2019
Building a Trade Information Service
This course showcases the principles and best practices for trade information services planning and management. It also conceptualises enterprise-focused information services to enable better informed decision making by the business community.
Languages available: English (en)
Time required: 4 hours over 2 weeks
Next start date: 22, Jul 2019
Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
This course introduces participants to the concept of social entrepreneurship and social enterprises.
Languages available: English (en)
Time required: 4 hours over 2 weeks
Next start date: 19, Aug 2019