Aboriginal International Business Development Committee

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Aboriginal International Business Development
Committee
Comité de Développement du Commerce Autochtone
International
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Who Is AIBD?

• AIBD mirrors Team Canada Inc (TCI) at national
  level
• 29 Member federal departments and agencies
• Co-Chaired by
• Department of Foreign Affairs International
  Trade (DFAIT)
• Indian Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
• Aboriginal Business Canada (ABC)

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What Does AIBD Do?

• Meet 3 4 times per year
• Our Objective is to
• Coordinate trade development activities targeting
  Aboriginal business
• Maximize access and use of existing government
  programs
• Identify needs of Aboriginal SMEs (potential
  exporters, export-ready firms active exporters)
• Support capacity development initiatives to
  increase number of export ready active firms
• Facilitate identification of export market
  opportunities

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AIBD Initiatives
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Aboriginal pavilion at SIAL Montreal 2001
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ANUGA 2001 - Germany
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Virtual Aboriginal Trade Show

• Partnership between AIBD Aboriginal Canada
  Portal (ACP) Group
• VATS to be the premier web-site to identify
  brand Aboriginal companies products and services
• Based on Aboriginal Exporters Directory
• Connecting to AIBD and TCI support services
• Awareness Recruitment phase