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Last update: 13.03.09

Dissemination of the Nucleus Approach since 1991

Country Institution Start Data per Chambers Nuclei Nucleus SMEs
Algeria AAPOP - GTZ / SEQUA 2007 12/08 12 148 ca. 1.200
Bangladesh TMA / bfz 2008        
Bolivia CAINCO - Santa Cruz / DIHT          
Brazil CACB 1991 06/06 590 2,341 34,538
  FIEPE - bfz 2004 12/08   32 481
Central America COOPARMEX, Mexiko / bfz 2008        
- El Salvador     12/08   2 30
- Guatemala            
- Honduras     12/08   5 70
Columbia ??? / Empreender Int - CACB 2008 11/08   2  
Mozambique ACIANA - Nampula
bfz / SEQUA -
2006 12/08 1 13 250
  APSP - Beira
GTZ / bfz,
2006 12/08 3 4 60
Pakistan PRGMEA -Textile associations / bfz 2008   5    
Sri Lanka ESSP - GTZ / NEF (1) 2002 03/07 7 151 2,341
  PMSME - GTZ (2) 2005 06/07 5 ca. 130 ca. 2,000
South Africa ??? / Empreender Int - CACB 2008 11/08   14  
Uruguay Red ProPymes (3) 1999 2003 6 100 1,000
Observations:
(1) : The project ended in 06/2007. Most chambers gave up the Nuclei afterwards.
(2) : The project ended in 06/2008. Present situation unknown.
(3) : Present situation unknown.

Countries in which chambers started Nuclei trained and supported by CACB and SEBRAE, Brasília, Brazil since 2007.

Countries in which chambers, associations and projects applied the Nucleus Approach or elements as follow-up of dissemination activities of the Fundação  Empreender, Joinville, Brazil, in the nineties. We do not know the present situation.

Chile

Colombia

El Salvador

Mexico

Mozambique

South Africa

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Ecuador

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Paraguay

Peru

Kazakhstan