New Programs and Initiatives

Immigrant Economic Opportunity Generation Initiative (IEOGI)
Primary Goals and Objectives:

• To promote international trade by identifying international business opportunities for exploitation by Canadian businesses with the help of Canadian immigrants.
• To establish the linkages between the international business opportunities, Canadian immigrants and Canadian businesses and to promote an atmosphere of acceptance for new Canadians so that they are regarded as assets by Canadian Businesses, able to create international growth opportunities.
• Helping bridge the economic gap and removal of the economic barriers that immigrant’s face, which separates them from other Canadians with similar education and professional experience, through a comprehensive training, international job matching, career counselling and business opportunity matching programme.

What IEOGI is:

CFID in collaboration with Fincon Services will undertake a marketing initiative to target an even greater pool of skilled professional immigrants. Marketing efforts will concentrate on those media sources that cater to ethnic or immigrant audiences. There are four main components of the IEOGI project:

1. Immigrant Training:CFID will train those skilled professional immigrants who wish to participate in the IEOGI program to make them more attractive to Canadian businesses. The training program will be consist of two components: clients will be taught to more effectively market the skills that they already possess and they will also receive training in areas that they may be lacking such as communications, research, business and strategic planning, and cultural understanding
2. Export Development for Local BusinessesThe ultimate goal of the IEOGI program is to create a sustainable, mutually beneficial relationship between Canadian businesses and the skilled professional immigrant population. CFID will collect and identify local businesses capable of international expansion and match those businesses with qualified immigrants who have participated in the IEOGI Trainingphase.
3. Promoting IndependenceIEOGI will allow its clients to venture independently into the business arena once they have established the foundation for a strong relationship with participating businesses. This source of diversity and new ideas will render Canada’s business community even more diverse and prepared to accept the opportunities of the global economy. Such an approach to business and industry is consistent with Canada’s multicultural heritage and strong commitment to diversity in every sector of society.
4. IEOGI ConferenceTo further the chance for these newly trained skilled professionals to be matched with local businesses capable of international expansion, the IEOGI project provides a one-day conference. The objective of the job conference is to encourage representatives from local companies and local immigrant professionals, to attend the conference to interact with each other. This type of social event essentially grants these professionals a chance to discuss their job knowledge and skills with companies possibly seeking to employ new individuals. It also advocates a chance for companies presently or aspiring to export services abroad, to interact with highly skilled and professional workers from other countries, whom retain a tremendous wealth of knowledge, experience and contacts to offer to the Lower Mainland based businesses. This social interaction provides an ideal chance for companies to talk one-on-one with these professionals, to learn their skills, goals and personalities.

Location:

Canada wide with the Focus on British Columbia

Conclusion:

Fincon Services with CFID believe that the IEOGI project can help bridge the economic gap and remove the economic barriers faced by these skilled immigrant professionals. In combination with IEOGI’s training, its large database of potential local companies willing to hire, and the final interactive conference, this belief of linking this gap will certainly be achieved.

For further information regarding the IEOGI Project, please contact Shaun Prentice at FINCON Services via email at sprentice@finbyte.com, or 604-590-2973

FINCON Services and Canada Foundation for International Development
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