The Hindu Business Line : Nasscom, Dutch agency sign outsourcing pact

IT association Nasscom in collaboration with Dutch Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) on Thursday announced an export development programme, that would enable small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union to outsource business process outsourcing (BPO) opportunities to India.

"The two organisations will work closely to provide BPO expertise to the European SMEs and help selected Indian IT companies to access the European markets," a Nasscom release said here.

Mr Kiran Karnik, President, Nasscom, said, "We are pleased to announce our collaboration with the CBI to promote business activities between two regions. Through agreements like this, we aim to achieve the success of the IT and BPO sectors to drip down from the major industrial cities to smaller cities that will benefit the industries and economies of Europe and India."

On signing the agreement Mr Ton Lansink, Managing Director, CBI, said "For European buyers, the CBI and Nasscom will be on hand as knowledge centres to help them formulate exactly what their outsourcing demand is and to help them find a perfectly matching partner. Indian entrepreneurs can count on us to provide maximum assistance exporting to Europe. It's a double-edged sword from which all parties will benefit."

The export development programme for the BPO sector was launched last year in India.

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