[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28447-28448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13662]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Business Development Mission to Belfast and Londonderry (Derry),
Northern Ireland, October 13-17, 1997
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice serves to inform the public of a trade and
investment mission to Belfast and Londonderry, Northern Ireland to be
held October 13-17, 1997; provides interested U.S. firms with the
opportunity to submit an application to participate in the mission;
sets forth objectives, procedures, and selection review criteria for
the mission; and requests applications. The recruitment and selection
of private sector participants in the mission will be conducted in
accordance with the Statement of Policy Governing Department of
Commerce Overseas Trade Missions announced by Secretary Daley on March
3, 1997 and reflected herein.
DATES: Applications should be received by July 30, 1997. The Mission is
scheduled for October 13-17, 1997. Applications received after that
date will be considered only if space and scheduling constraints
permit.
ADDRESSES: Requests for and submission of applications: Applications
are available from Virginia Manuel, Senior Advisor and Project Manager,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room
3868, telephone: 202-482-5853 and facsimile: 202-482-5444, Washington,
D.C. 20230. An original and two copies of the required application
materials should be sent to the Project Manager at the above address.
Applications sent by facsimile must be immediately followed by
submission of the original application.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Mission Description
The U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
(ITA) will organize a business development mission to Northern Ireland
(NI), October 13-17, 1997. The delegation, which will be led by a
senior Departmental official, will be comprised
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of 10-15 U.S. company executives from three industry sectors:
electronics, environmental technologies, and medical technologies.
The business purpose of the mission is the promotion of U.S. trade
and investment interests in Northern Ireland, and in the European
Union. The present state of the Northern Ireland economy and the ready
access to the $7.8 trillion European market provides strong and growing
markets for U.S. products and services.
The itinerary of the mission will include stops in Belfast and
Londonderry (Derry), the largest and second largest cities,
respectively, and the two major industrial centers in Northern Ireland.
The private sector participants will be offered: (1) One-on-one
pre-screened business appointments; (2) expert market briefings with
senior U.K. (Northern Ireland) Government officials and development
authorities; (3) site visits to U.S. companies operating in Northern
Ireland; and, (4) logistical support, transportation in Belfast and
Londonderry, and ground tours of the two cities.
Mission Goals
The goals of the mission are to increase U.S. exports and to
promote trade and investment in Northern Ireland through strategic
alliances, joint ventures, and other partnerships between U.S. and
Northern Ireland companies.
Participation Criteria
A maximum of 15 companies will be selected to participate in the
mission. Participants must fall into one of the three sectors of
environmental technologies, medical technologies, and electronics
identified for the mission, and must be U.S. companies providing U.S.
origin goods and/or services that are export-ready. Participant
executives ideally will be at the level of president or vice president.
Each firm participating in this mission will have been recruited by
U.S. DOC in Washington and reviewed by our U.S. Embassy in London, our
commercial representative in Belfast, and Northern Ireland's Industrial
Development Board (IDB) for: (1) Consistency of the company's goals
with the scope, nature and desired outcome of the mission (as described
herein); (2) relevance of the company's sector to the mission; (3)
past, present, or prospective business activity in the U.K., Ireland,
or Europe; (4) diversity of company size, type, location, demographics
and traditional under-representation in business; and, (5) timeliness
of completed application by company (including payment of participation
fee).
An applicant's partisan political activities (including political
contributions) are entirely irrelevant to selection of mission
participants.
Endorsements/Referrals
Third parties may nominate or endorse potential applicants, but
companies that are nominated or endorsed must themselves submit an
application in order to be eligible for consideration. Referrals from
political organizations will not be considered.
Costs
The fee to participate in the mission is $1800. The participation
fee does not cover the participant's travel, lodging or other personal
expenses.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1512.
Dated: May 19, 1997.
Franklin Vargo,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance,
International Trade Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-13662 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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