ECI is a fast-growing consulting firm, located in the U.S. southeast, but with a reach that extends to Europe, Australia, China, India and many other markets. ECI's mission is to help SMEs become more efficient and effective in the international markets.

Click here to learn all about what ECI has to offer: http://www.findnewmarkets.com/home_page.htm  

GC&A is pleased to announce a new service, designed specifically to assist American and European small-to-medium-size companies (SMEs) interested in establishing their first operation in Europe or the United States, respectively.

For years, we have noticed how challenging and sometimes frustrating it is for SMEs, with limited resources, experience and time, to establish their first foreign operation. Most often they utilize national, state and local government resources, as well as the Internet, to find possible partners and locations. While these resources are useful, to find people who know the SMEs' industry and specific products or services and, more, who can be trusted, all too often leads to dead ends when it comes to “closing the deal.” Sadly, too many SMEs give up!

Russ Froneberger, President of Global Consulting & Affiliates, will present the popular "Demystifying the European Union " program at the 1st Annual Vercitas Group Economic Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Here are the details: 

"Marketing Your Community - How to Produce Results"

Learn From The Best, You Must Be Ready to Learn Monday, March 24 and Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Embassy Suites in Las Vegas, Nevada

Developed Especially for:

• Leaders of Economic Development Organizations
• Utility Companies with Economic Development Departments
• Telephone Companies involved in Economic Development

The Vercitas Group is the nation’s only site selection and economic development consulting firm specializing in Performance Based Economic Development

We are pleased to announce a new member of our European affiliate network.

Global Expert Consult Ltd., located in Sofia, Bulgaria, will be our partner for all activities in southeastern Europe, including: Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece and Turkey.

Global Expert Consult's principal activities are in the preparation and implementation of EU funded projects, but also provides a variety of services for foreign direct investors.

Contact our colleague, Zhivka Nikolova, at mobile: +359 889 722 837 or by e-mail at .

Global Consulting & Affiliates is pleased to announce a new program aimed at European national and regional economic development agencies.

Over the years, Russ Froneberger, President of Global Consulting & Affiliates, has noticed how little attention is paid to the southeastern U.S. region by European economic developers, especially those national and regional development agencies looking for direct investments. The northeast and West Coast regions of the U.S. are covered to the point that it is becoming harder and harder to find “real” projects in these areas, as more and more European nations, especially those from the new European Union member countries and regions, compete for the projects.

GC&A, utilizing its affiliates and others in its network, offers to European national and regional development agencies an opportunity to: (1) find foreign direct investment projects; (2) find partners for their SME companies; (3) connect universities; and, (4) other initiatives that create mutually beneficial economic development. These trusted affiliates and others in the network are located in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, the broadly recognized technological and economic heartland of the region.