Market Development Cooperator Program

Foothold Examples: Projects Continuing More Than One Year After End of Funding

MDCP applicants are evaluated, in part, on the likelihood that their project work will continue after the MDCP award funds are depleted. After the project period ends, ITA cannot require continued project reporting. Still, it is evident that many MDCP projects do endure for a year or more after the MDCP award funds are depleted and the project period ends. The post-MDCP-funding continuation of the projects noted below could be verified because these projects all involved establishing a "foothold", some sort of presence in a market outside the United States. As summarized here, most MDCP foothold projects continue for more than a year after the MDCP funding is depleted. In fact, most such footholds are still in operation today.

Foothold/program launched	Fund Start	End	Market	Pgm End	Cooperator
Beijing office to engage on China standards issues. Joint office through 2008 then API, ASTM, and CSA America opened separate Beijing offices	2004	2008	China		ASME	image: China Daily
Mexico City office to engage Mexican and other Latin American officials on standards issues	1999	2002	Mexico		National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)	image: NEMA
Sao Paulo offices to engage Brazilian officials on standards issues	1999	2002	Brazil	*2007*	National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)	image: NEMA
Jakarta (Bekasi) plumbing certification lab	2013	2016	Indonesia		International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO)	image: IAPMO
Shanghai Technology & Service Center	2001	2006	China		AMT--The Association for Manufacturing Technology	image: AMT
U.S. Information Technology Office (USITO) in Beijing engages on IPR, regulations, and other issues	1994	1998	China		Software and Information Industry Association
Tianjin-based pavilion for exhibiting U.S. clean energy products	2012	2016	China		Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (iCET)	image: iCET
East Asia representative spends a majority of his time in China engaging on standards and regulation issues, but covers Korea and Japan as well	2012	2015	China		Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA)	image: RVIA
Ho Chi Minh City office-based Vietnam Education and Training Center recruits students to attend U.S. schools and universities	2011	2015	Vietnam		California ETEC	image: CA-ETEC

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