Starters International Business (SIB)

Exporting offers your company new opportunities. It can lead to increased turnover, and also be the answer to increasing competition in the domestic market. With its Starters International Business (SIB) programme, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs helps companies that are aiming to move into foreign markets.

Vouchers

Exporting allows you to spread your risks better. But what’s the right way to go about this? What are your strengths? Which markets offer opportunities? And what should you do to take advantage of these opportunities? There are three different vouchers:

• Individual coaching voucher (in Dutch) for sitting down with an adviser/coach to look at your possibilities abroad and to work towards a concrete plan of action.
• Collective activity voucher (in Dutch) for participation in a multi-day outbound trade delegation or a joint trade-fair presentation.
• Knowledge acquisition voucher for hiring an international lawyer or tax consultant.

Since the beginning of 2018, entrepreneurs from Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten and the special Dutch municipalities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are also eligible for the SIB programme.

How to apply

To apply companies registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce KVK) can use eHerkenning (eRecognition) level 1 (EH1).

See mijn.rvo.nl : Individual coaching voucher / Collective activity voucher / Knowledge acquisition voucher (in Dutch)

Or contact the Netherlands Enterprise Agency.