IDEA-SME - Market Development
Additional financial assistance in the form of repayable and non-repayable contributions to help small and medium-sized enterprises better market their products on international markets.

Network of CED advisors
Canada Economic Development advisors offer information and orientation services to develop new international markets.

Pôle Québec Chaudière-Appalaches
Offers consulting services to enterprises with regard to their export activities and co-ordinates skills acquisition activities.

Développement PME Chaudière-Appalaches
Offers consulting services to enterprises with regard to their export activities.

Ressources Entreprises
Offers professional support and a specialized information service focussed mainly on exports.

Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
NEXPRO and Going Global are joint initiatives between Canada Economic Development and the BDC that provide group mentoring services and individual consulting services to guide enterprises in developing their export strategy.

World Trade Centre Montreal (WTCM)
Supports SMEs that want to develop foreign markets, especially through training and networking activities and co-ordinating trade missions abroad.

Team Canada Inc
A network of professionals from federal departments in both Canada and abroad that supports the marketing of Canadian products and services. Services are offered via Internet through ExportSource and have five components: skills development, market information, export advice, entering the market and international trade funding.

Virtual Trade Commissionner (formerly WIN Exports)
Service offered to Canadian enterprises that register free of charge to be included in the confidential database used by trade representatives in Canada and abroad. These representatives use the Virtual Trade Commissionner to find Canadian businesses able to meet identified needs.

Sous-traitance industrielle Québec (STIQ)
Offers a range of specialized services in research and assessment of industry partners in Quebec and abroad. Promotes the establishment and strengthening of business relations among enterprises.

Inter logiQ Network
Helps Network members market their products and services through a complete set of tools specifically tailored to information technology and multimedia.

Alliance numériQC
Offers enterprises guidance to prepare them for exporting. Trade mission organization.

Association of Health Technologies Industry (AITS)
Through its ExportMED division, the AITS provides support and assistance for Canadian firms participating in world-class trade fairs. ExportMED promotes strong representation by Canadian industry under a single banner at these fairs, thus allowing firms to maximize their impact and increase their visibility on foreign markets.

BIOQuébec
Offers a range of services to enterprises including networking, partnerships, industry promotion and development and access to funding. Member enterprises work in the following sectors: human and animal life health, agriculture, bio-food, forestry and the environment.

Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA)
Plays a leadership role in training of the labour force, promotes networking among its members, relies on partnerships to provide resources and technical assistance for enterprises and helps enterprises identify and take advantage of new markets.

Quebec Agri-Food Export Club
Offers information, consulting and promotional services abroad to maximize the export and marketing competitiveness of its members.

Quebec Wood Export Bureau (Q-WEB)
Provides research services for new markets, including exploratory trade missions and information on overseas markets.