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The Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing international business training, resources and professional certification to individuals and businesses.
They offer the only international business training programs and related professional designation (CITP®|FIBP®) endorsed by the Canadian government and their international business training solutions have become the standard of excellence for global trade professionals across Canada and around the world.
FITT’s mission is to build the proficiency—knowledge, skills and abilities—of people, businesses and organizations to access global markets, reduce and manage the risks of integrative trade, and enable profitable competition.
Program Overview
- To be offered in the new year;
- Hours of day are flexible and dependant on the instructor;
- Condensed format over 30 days for each of the six courses;
- Each course includes four sessions per month;
- 6-15 students per class;
- Sessions to be offered virtually;
- Curriculum is provided, along with supporting materials;
- Evaluations and testing for certification are administered by FITT.
Course Overviews
Determine whether new business opportunities are viable, and if the potential benefits outweigh the risks and costs.
- Situational Analysis: Determining Current State and Opportunities for Growth.
- Cost and Pricing Analysis: Analyzing the Numbers.
- Risk Analysis and Management: Analyzing and Mitigating Risks in International Trade.
Ensure your success in new markets by conducting proper research, selecting the most effective entry strategy and implementing it efficiently.
- Planning for International Market Entry: Making Choices and Establishing the Route to Global Success.
- Implementation of Market Entry Strategies: Building an International Business Operation.
Law and Ethics: Practical Requirements in International Trade. - Intercultural Competence: Gaining New Perspectives.
Manage your company’s supply chain and logistics to mitigate risks, reduce costs and improve efficiency throughout every stage of your global value chain.
- International Procurement: Purchasing and Outsourcing in the Global Marketplace.
- Inventory Management: Maximizing Efficiency in Global Inventory Management.
- International Distribution: Transportation of Goods and Delivery of Services.
- Document Management: Control, Compliance and Consistency.
Give yourself an edge over the competition by adapting your products and services to the regulations and requirements for selling in international markets.
- Product Development: From Idea to International Marketplace.
- Service Development: International Trade in Services.
Be confident in everything an importer or exporter needs to know about payment, risk mitigation, financing, and the flow of goods and services.
- Negotiations and Planning for Successful International Transactions.
- Payment Risk Assessment.
- Using Export Credit Agency Services for Financing and Mitigating Commercial Risk.
- Cash Flow Management.
- Disputes in International Trade.
Market and sell your goods or services effectively, anywhere in the world.
- Marketing Products and Services: Attracting International Markets.
- Selling to International Markets: Sales Channels, Negotiation and Follow-Up.
- E-Commerce: Using Digital Technology to Access International Markets.
Dates
To be confirmed soon!
Program Cost
$600+GST-per-course
The Instructor
To be announced
May 2025
Feasibility of International Trade Course
June 2025
