Financing

• Program for Export Market Development (PEMD)
  
  PEMD provides financial assistance to Canadian companies on a cost-shared basis to help them develop new export markets through activities that they normally could not or would not undertake alone.
  
  
• Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
  
  BDC provides consulting services to help Canada's small businesses in all sectors, with particular emphasis on knowledge and export-based industries. Its products include term loans, quasi-equity financing, subordinate financing and venture capital.
  
  
• Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
  
  CCC is an export sales agency which helps Canadian exporters win sales, on improved terms, in government and private sector foreign markets. It provides foreign buyers with a guarantee, backed by the Government of Canada, that a contract will be performed according to its terms. For SMEs, CCC's greatest value is its expertise in reducing red tape, minimizing risk and negotiating contracts. For larger companies, CCC's role in government-to-government sales frequently facilitates sales on a sole-source basis.
  
  
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
  
  CIDA enters into contracts with Canadian companies for the implementation of CIDA development programs and projects. In all cases, financial support is provided in response to requests for funding. Different funding criteria exist for each type of applicant and for each type of project or program.
  
  
• Export Development Corporation (EDC)
  
  Unique financial and insurance services. EDC is a Canadian financial institution devoted exclusively to providing trade finance services to support Canadian exporters and inverstors in some 200 markets, 130 of which are in developing markets.
  
  
• Sources of Financing - Private Sector Assistance
  
  In its Web site Strategis, Industry Canada maintains a directory of private sector financing providers. From chartered banks to venture capital - Tap into a wide array of financing providers in the Canadian capital marketplace.
  
  
• Office of Liaison with International Financial Institutions (OLIFI)
  The Canadian Embassy, Washington D.C.
  
  OLIFI assists new and experienced Canadian companies which have researched and selected their target markets. Whether you are exploring IFI opportunities for the first time or are an experienced contractor in IFI-financed procurement, OLIFI can help find contacts and information to guide you to success.
  
  
• IFInet: Business opportunities offered by the IFI and procurement business:
  
  IFInet is your geteway to procurement business with the International Financial Institutions (IFI s) and United Nations (UN) agencies markets. These agencies spend millions each year to assist developing countries enhance their physical and social infrastructure.
  
  
• The African Development Bank
  
  The African Development Bank is the premier financial development institution of Africa, dedicated to combating poverty and improving the lives of people of the continent and engaged in the task of mobilising resources towards the economic and social progress of its Regional Member Countries.
  
  
• Asian Development Bank - Business Opportunities website
  
  ADB is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific.