Project LAC - Getting your business into the Latin American markets

Welcome to the "Project LAC" Website

The "Project LAC" purpose is to enhance small US Technology company involvement in the Latin American and Caribbean regions (LAC).

Why should you expand your business in the LAC?

Latin America represents some of the fastest growing notable economies across the world and larger companies have already identified and have begun to capitalize on this growth. Smaller US technology firms can grow their sales and profitability rapidly if they can learn to participate in one of the fastest growing economic regions in the world.

Additionally, the LAC regions being served will benefit significantly from the technological advances. Therefore, this USAID funded project is being sponsored by the dot-ORG program, which is implemented by the Academy for Educational Development.

Because the majority of the world’s economies are made up of small businesses, they want to help promote small business interaction between the United States and regions like the LAC.

Project Overview

The "Project LAC" mission is simple – bring smaller US Technology companies to the LAC.

"Project LAC" will select up to 10 small US Technology companies from across the United States to participate. These companies will be invited to join a Trade Mission to selected areas of the LAC to get introduced to the region and to begin business development "hands on". Getting to the region is the first step to expanding your business. Participants will also receive research results on doing business in the Region in the form of a White Paper and Practical Guide.

The LAC is a broad region and technology is a broad topic, so for the purposes of this project, we will narrow the scope of this project to 3-5 countries in the region and up to 5 technology focuses. However, the lessons learned from the results of this project can be applied to the entire LAC region and all technologies.

To win a spot on the Trade Mission and to receive the White Paper and Practical Guide, please Apply. For more details on the project, please click here.