04ICT, wood processing & trade promotion

Trade and sector intelligence

How can a diplomatic trade programme identify firms with credible partnership and export potential?

Analysts comparing technology and wood-processing capabilities for international partnerships
Completed engagement · 2022–2023

The documented challenge

The assignment developed ICT and wood-processing company profiles for the Embassy of Finland, assessing capabilities, export readiness and partnership potential in Kosovo and Albania.

How the work is structured

  1. Define a consistent company-profile framework covering capabilities, markets, delivery capacity and partnership interests.
  2. Review available evidence and engage firms to distinguish stated ambition from demonstrable readiness.
  3. Synthesize comparable profiles that support trade-promotion and partner-screening decisions.

Documented outputs

  • ICT company profiles
  • Wood-processing company profiles
  • Export-readiness and partnership assessment

How progress is assessed

  • Consistency and completeness of company evidence
  • Clarity of partnership potential
  • Usefulness for trade-promotion decisions

The decision focus

The profiles gave trade-promotion stakeholders a more comparable basis for deciding which firms and partnership themes merited deeper engagement.

Evidence base: Company interviews, capability evidence, market information, export history and partnership objectives.