Camino Real District Export Council
Annual Plan and Initiatives

Mission Statement:
The District Export Councils contribute leadership and international trade expertise to complement the U.S. Commercial Service's export promotion efforts through counseling businesses on the exporting process and conducting trade education and community outreach.

Committees will be project driven by current initiatives:

Counseling Outreach
Each member will recognize DECs in their business outreach efforts, optional to use new DEC business cards, referrals from USDOC personnel or website and to include diversity and rural outreach efforts.

Texas Exporters Resource Guide -- TCREC will continue to handout the 2005 publication at local events, through the U.S. Export Assistance Center.

Education Outreach

Export Fellows - TCREC will continue to provide DEC members to teach the Export Fellows program that originated at CIBER/ University of Texas, continued to Southwest Texas University and Austin Community College/International.

Export Leaders Program - TCREC will host/speak at the Export Leaders Program in San Antonio, Texas hosted by the City of San Antonio and South Texas International Trade Center.

Scholarship - TCREC will develop a scholarship fund for sudents.

Community Outreach

DEC will be involved in various community committees to include, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, International Center of Austin, Free Trade Alliance, City of San Antonio and other appropriate international organizations.

Legislative Outreach

DEC will identify any issues related to international trade such as Free Trade Agreements, or other issues to support.

Other

Meeting Hosts - Each member will be responsible for identifying and arranging for a host organizations for upcoming quarterly meetings.

Goal: One per rotation of membership