Introduction to Spanish 13. Business plan for Central America

EENI EENI EENI- School of International Business http:en.reingex.com 2. Belize’s Agreements: the Caribbean Community, Colombia-CARICOM, Guatemala, and the Caribbean Basin Initiative 3. Costa Rica’s Agreements with Mexico, the CARICOM, Canada, and China 4. El Salvador Agreements with México, Colombia, and Taiwan 5. Guatemala has an FTA with Taiwan 6. Honduras Agreements with Canada and Taiwan 7. The Northern Triangle El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras agreements with Mexico and Colombia 8. Nicaragua’s Agreements with Mexico and Taiwan 9. Panama’s Agreements with Chile, the United States, Canada, the Andean Community, Singapore, and Taiwan 10. The EUs Generalised System of Preferences GSP 11. Association of Caribbean States ACS 12. Mesoamerica project

11. Other regional institutions in Central America Summary

1. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA 2. Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ALBA 3. Inter-American Development Bank 4. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC

12. Introduction to Spanish 13. Business plan for Central America

Objectives of the module: The main purpose of the course International Trade and business in Central America is to provide an overview of the Central American economy and business opportunities in order: 1. To learn to do business in Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Belize. 2. To know the business opportunities in the region 3. To understand how to negotiate in Central American markets 4. To analyse foreign trade and foreign direct investment flows 5. To understand the importance of Central American integration system SICA 6. To know the Free Trade Agreements FTA in Central America. 7. To develop a business plan for the Central American markets Module Doing Business in Central America Countries - Syllabus Subject: Economy and foreign trade of Central America. Syllabus: 1. The Central America region: Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. EENI EENI EENI- School of International Business http:en.reingex.com 2. The Central American economy. 3. International Trade of Central America 4. Foreign Direct Investment FDI in Central America. 5. Central American Integration System SICA Subject: Doing Business in Belize - Belmopan. Syllabus: 1. Introduction to Belize Central America 2. Business in Belmopan 3. The Belizean economy 4. Belizean Foreign Trade. 5. Foreign Direct Investment FDI in Belize 6. Business Opportunities in Belize 7. Access to the Belizean market 8. Business plan for Belize Belize has Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements FTA with: 1. Central American Integration System SICA 2. Central American Common Market MCCA-Integrated with SICA - 3. Association of Caribbean States Belize 4. CARICOM 5. Agreement Colombia-Belize CARICOM 6. Agreement Costa Rica-Caribbean Community Belize 7. Partial scope agreement with Guatemala 8. Economic Partnership Agreement Belize Cariforum-European Union. 9. Caribbean Basin Initiative CBI + the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act CBTPA Belize is a member of 1. Mesoamerica Project 2. Central American Bank for Economic Integration CABEI 3. Caribbean Development Bank 4. Organisation of American States OAS 5. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC 6. Inter-American Development Bank 7. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA 8. World Bank WB 9. International Monetary Fund IMF 10. World Trade Organisation WTO 11. Commonwealth 12. United Nations EENI EENI EENI- School of International Business http:en.reingex.com Subject: Doing Business in Costa Rica. Syllabus: 1. Introduction to the Republic of Costa Rica Central America. 2. Business in San Jose 3. The Costa Rican economy. 4. International Trade of Costa Rica. 5. Foreign direct investment FDI. 6. Business Opportunities: 1. Service sector 2. Advanced manufacturing 3. Medical devices. 7. Case Study 1. Multinational companies in Costa Rica. 2. Intel Costa Rica. 3. Cafe Britt. 8. Access to the Costa Rican market 9. Business plan for Costa Rica Costa Rica’s Free Trade Agreements 1. Costa Rica has Free Trade Agreements FTA with China, Mexico, Chile, the European Union, the United States, and the Caribbean Community 2. Central American integration system SICA 3. Central American Common Market - Integrated with SICA - 4. Mesoamerica Project Costa Rica is a member of 1. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA 2. Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation 3. Inter-American Development Bank 4. Organisation of American States OAS 5. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC 6. Association of Caribbean States ACS 7. Africa-South America Summit 8. World Bank 9. International Monetary Fund IMF 10. World Trade Organisation WTO 11. United Nations UN 12. Latin American Integration Association observer 13. ... Subject: Doing Business in El Salvador. Syllabus: EENI EENI EENI- School of International Business http:en.reingex.com 1. Introduction to the Republic of El Salvador Central America. 2. The economy of El Salvador. 3. International Trade of El Salvador. 4. Foreign Direct Investment FDI in El Salvador. 5. Doing Business in San Salvador 6. Case Study - Business Opportunities in El Salvador: 1. Services 2. Textiles 3. Agribusiness 4. Tourism 5. Electronics 6. Medical devices... 7. Case Study: Salvadoran Companies 1. SYKES 2. Pettenati 3. Calvo Group 4. Aeroman 5. Decameron. 8. Access to the Salvadoran market 9. Business plan for Salvador El Salvador’s Free Trade Agreements and Market Access 1. Central American integration system SICA 2. Central American Common Market MCCA-Integrated with SICA - 3. Free Trade Agreements FTA of El Salvador: Mexico-Northern Triangle, the Dominican Republic, Chile, Panama, Taiwan, the United States, the European Union, and Colombia 4. Association of Caribbean States ACS 5. Mesoamerica Project El Salvador is a member of 1. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA 2. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC 3. Africa-South America Summit 4. Inter-American Development Bank 5. Organisation of American States OAS 6. Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation FEALAC 7. World Bank WB 8. International Monetary Fund IMF 9. World Trade Organisation WTO 10. United Nations... EENI EENI EENI- School of International Business http:en.reingex.com Subject: Doing Business in the Republic of Guatemala. Syllabus: 1. Introduction to the Republic of Guatemala Central America. 2. Doing Business in Guatemala City 3. The Guatemalan economy 4. Guatemalan International Trade 5. Foreign Direct Investment FDI in Guatemala. 6. Case Study - Business Opportunities in Guatemala: 1. Agribusiness 2. Forestry 3. Manufacture 4. Tourism 5. Call centers 6. Business Process Outsourcing 7. Energy 8. Mining 7. Access to the Guatemalan market 8. Business plan for Guatemala Guatemala’s Free Trade Agreements FTA and Market Access 1. Central American integration system SICA 2. Central American Common Market - Integrated with SICA - 3. FTAs of Guatemala with Taiwan, Mexico, Colombia, the United States-Dominican Republic CAFTA-DR, Panama, Chile, the European Union... 4. Association of Caribbean States ACS 5. Mesoamerica Project Guatemala is a member of: 1. Inter-American Development Bank 2. Organisation of American States OAS 3. Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation 4. Africa-South America Summit 5. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC 6. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA 7. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund IMF, the World Trade Organisation WTO, the United Nations... Subject: Doing Business in Honduras-Tegucigalpa. Syllabus: 1. Introduction to the Republic of Honduras Central America. 2. The Honduran economy. 3. International Trade of Honduras. 4. Foreign Direct Investment FDI in Honduras. EENI EENI EENI- School of International Business http:en.reingex.com 5. Doing Business in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro de Sula. 6. Case Study - Business Opportunities in Honduras: 1. Manufacturing, 2. Textile 3. Agribusiness 4. Services 7. Access to the Honduran market 8. Business plan for Honduras Honduras’ Free Trade Agreements FTA and Market Access 1. Central American integration system SICA 2. Central American Common Market - Integrated with SICA - 3. The products and services from Honduras have direct access to many international markets thanks to trade agreements with the United States, Canada, Colombia, Panama, Central America, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Japan, the European Union, Taiwan, Chile or Australia. 4. Association of Caribbean States ACS 5. Mesoamerica Project Honduras is a member of: 1. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA 2. The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ALBA 3. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC 4. Inter-American Development Bank 5. Organisation of American States OAS 6. Africa-South America Summit 7. The World Bank WB, the International Monetary Fund IMF, the World Trade Organisation WTO, the United Nations UN… Subject: Doing Business in Nicaragua - Managua. Syllabus: 1. Introduction to the Republic of Nicaragua Central America. 2. The Nicaraguan economy. 3. International Trade of Nicaragua. 4. Foreign Direct Investment FDI in Nicaragua. 5. Doing Business in Managua 6. Case Study - Business Opportunities in Nicaragua: 1. Textiles 2. Tourism 3. Business Process Outsourcing 4. Manufacturing 5. Agribusiness EENI EENI EENI- School of International Business http:en.reingex.com 6. Energy. 7. Case Study: Pellas Group. 8. Access to the Nicaraguan market 9. Business plan for Nicaragua Nicaragua’s Free Trade Agreements and Market Access 1. Central American integration system SICA 2. Central American Common Market - Integrated with SICA - 3. The Republic of Nicaragua has Free Trade Agreements FTA in force with the United States, Taiwan, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, the European Union, the Dominican Republic, and Chile. 4. Mesoamerica Project 5. Association of Caribbean States ACS Nicaragua is a member of: 1. Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ALBA 2. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA 3. Mesoamerica Project 4. Association of Caribbean States ACS 5. Inter-American Development Bank 6. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC 7. Organisation of American States OAS 8. Forum East Asia-Latin America 9. Nicaragua is a member of the World Bank WB, the International Monetary Fund IMF, the World Trade Organisation WTO, the United Nations... Subject: Doing Business in Panama. The Canal. Syllabus: 1. Introduction to Panama Central America. 2. The Panamanian Economy 3. International Trade of Panama. 4. Business in Panama City. 5. The Panama Canal. 6. Cases study: 1. City of Knowledge. 2. Colon Free Zone. 3. Set-up a company in Panama. 7. Clusters of investment: 1. Services 2. Tourism 3. Logistics 4. Information Technologies EENI EENI EENI- School of International Business http:en.reingex.com 5. Energy 6. Agribusiness. 8. Investing in Panama. 9. Legal Framework for Foreign Investment FDI in Panama. 10. Foreign companies in Panama. 11. Access to the Panamanian market 12. Business plan for Panama. Panama’s Free Trade Agreements FTA and Market Access: 1. Central American integration system SICA 2. Central American Common Market - Integrated with SICA - 3. Panama has Free Trade Agreements FTA with the United States, Canada, Central America, Chile, El Salvador, Taiwan, Singapore, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, the European Union, the Andean Community, and Costa Rica. 4. Association of Caribbean States ACS 5. Mesoamerica Project Panama is a member of: 1. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA 2. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC 3. Inter-American Development Bank 4. Latin American Integration Association observer. 5. Forum for East Asia-Latin America Panama 6. Organisation of American States OAS 7. Africa-South America Summit 8. The World Bank WB, the Andean Community Observer, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organisation WTO, the United Nations UN,... Subject: Doing Business in the Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo. Syllabus: 1. Introduction to the Dominican Republic America 2. Doing Business in Santo Domingo 3. The Dominican economy. 4. International Trade of the Dominican Republic. 5. Case Study: trade relations with Chile and Canada 6. Access to the Dominican market 7. Business plan for the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic’s Free Trade Agreements FTA and Market Access 1. Central American integration system SICA 2. Trade Agreement with the United States CAFTA-DR EENI EENI EENI- School of International Business http:en.reingex.com 3. FTA with the CARICOM 4. Association of Caribbean States ACS The Dominican Republic is a member of: 1. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System SELA 2. Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC 3. Inter-American Development Bank 4. Forum for East Asia-Latin America 5. Organisation of American States OAS 6. The World Bank WB, the International Monetary Fund IMF, the World Trade Organisation WTO, the United Nations UN, the Latin American Integration Association observer. Free Trade Agreements related to the markets analysed in the moduleDoing Business in the Central America. Central American Integration 1. Central American integration system SICA 2. Central American Common Market MCCA-Integrated with SICA - 3. Central American Bank for Economic Integration FTAs in Central America: 1. Central American agreements with the United States CAFTA-DR, Panama, the European Union association agreement, the Dominican Republic, and Chile 2. Belize’s Agreements: the Caribbean Community, Colombia-CARICOM, Guatemala, and the Caribbean Basin Initiative 3. Costa Rica’s Agreements with Mexico, the CARICOM, Canada, and China 4. El Salvador’s Agreements with México, Colombia, and Taiwan 5. Guatemala has an FTA with Taiwan 6. Honduras’ Agreements with Canada and Taiwan 7. Northern Triangle agreements El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras with Mexico and Colombia 8. Nicaragua’s Agreements with Mexico and Taiwan 9. Panama’s Agreements with Chile, the United States, Canada, the Andean Community, Singapore, and Taiwan 10. The EUs Generalised System of Preferences GSP 11. Association of Caribbean States ACS 12. Mesoamerica Project Subject: Central American integration system SICA. Syllabus: EENI EENI EENI- School of International Business http:en.reingex.com 1. Introduction to the Central America Integration System SICA. 2. Functions and objectives. 3. Member countries. 4. Specialised agencies. 5. Secretariat for Central American economic integration SIECA. 6. Central American Common Market MCCA-Integrated with SICA - 7. Central trading scheme: 1. Origins of the goods 2. Safeguard measures 3. Central American Tariff System. 8. Central America Free Trade Area. 9. Customs and monetary union. 10. Central American Bank for economic integration. 11. Free Trade Agreements FTA in Central America. 12. The European Union-Central America Association Agreement 13. Relations with 1. The CARICOM 2. The Andean Community 3. The MERCOSUR. Subject - Central American Common Market Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras Syllabus: Today, the Central American Common Market CACM is integrated with Central American integration system SICA 1. General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration. 2. Central American Common Market MCCA. 3. Economic profile of Central America countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. 4. Foreign Trade and foreign direct investment FDI flows between Central American countries. 5. Case Study: International Trade relations of Costa Rica and Nicaragua with Central America.

6. Central American Bank for Economic Integration