The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and its campus partner, the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), together with international area studies centers, have received a grant for their proposal "Growing Wisconsin Business Globally: International Business Workshops for Wisconsin Businesses." The proposal will be funded under the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea project, with additional funding from CIBER, the Division of International Studies, and other campus units.
The WAGE/CIBER project will design and deliver a series of international business workshops to firms with untapped export potential in Wisconsin communities that have limited access to information about global business. The workshops are intended to help increase small and mid-sized companies’ awareness of and ability to successfully engage in global trade. The initiative will tap UW-Madison faculty expertise to deliver some of the workshop sessions. WAGE and CIBER staff will work with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, UW System schools, regional economic development organizations, and chambers of commerce to reach its audience. The first series of workshops will focus on the Wausau, Janesville/Beloit, and Eau Claire areas. Please contact Suzanne Dove, CIBER/WAGE Outreach Director, for more information at sdove@bus.wisc.edu or 608-265-4938.
