Course: Business in Central America

EENI- School of International Business

Course: Doing Business in Central America (E-learning, 16 ECTS, )

Eleven subjects compose the Course “Doing Business in Central America”:

1. The Latin American Economic Area. Influence of Christianity on business.
2. Doing Business in Belize
3. Doing Business in Costa Rica
4. Doing Business in El Salvador
5. Doing Business in Guatemala
6. Doing Business in Honduras
7. Doing Business in Nicaragua
8. Economic Integration in Central America
9. Doing Business in Panama
10. Doing Business in the Dominican Republic
11. Free Trade Agreements related to the Central American Markets

The main objective of the course “International Trade and Business in Central America” (16 ECTS, e-learning) is to provide an overview of the Central American Economy and the business opportunities in order:

1. To learn to do business in Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Belize
2. To know the business opportunities in Central America
3. To understand how to negotiate in the Central American Markets
4. To analyse the foreign trade and foreign direct investment flows in Central America
5. To understand the importance of the Central American Integration System (SICA)
6. To know the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) related to Central America
7. To design a business plan for the Central American Markets

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Course learning materials in (or Centroamérica Amerique Centrale). The student has free access to the materials in these languages.

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Course intended for all those wanting to specialise in the Central American Markets.

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Subjects of the Course “Doing Business in the Central America Countries”

1. Central America and the Latin American Economic Area (4 ECTS) of the Western Christian Civilisation (PDF)
   1. Economy and Foreign Trade of Central America (1 ECTS)
   2. Introduction to Spanish
   3. The main religion in Central America is Christianity (Catholicism and Protestantism)
2. Doing Business in Belize (0.5 ECTS)
3. Doing Business in Costa Rica (1 ECTS)
4. Doing Business in El Salvador (1 ECTS)
5. Doing Business in Guatemala (2 ECTS)
6. Doing Business in Honduras (1 ECTS)
7. Doing Business in Nicaragua (1 ECTS)
8. Doing Business in Panama (1 ECTS)
9. Doing Business in the Dominican Republic (1 ECTS)
10. Economic Integration in Central America (0.8 ECTS)
    1. The Central American Integration System (SICA)
    2. The Central American Common Market (MCCA) - Integrated with the SICA -
    3. The Central American Bank for Economic Integration
11. Free Trade Agreements related to the Central American Markets
    1. Trade Agreements of the Central American Countries with the United States (CAFTA-DR), Panama, the European Union (association agreement), the Dominican Republic, and Chile
    2. Belize's agreements: The Caribbean Community (1 ECTS), Colombia-CARICOM, Guatemala, the CARIFORUM, and the Caribbean Basin Initiative
    3. Costa Rica's Agreements with Mexico, the CARICOM, Canada, and China
    4. El Salvador's Agreements with Mexico, Colombia, and Taiwan
    5. Guatemala has a Free Trade Agreement with Taiwan
    6. Honduras's Agreements with Canada and Taiwan
    7. Agreements related to the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) countries with Mexico and Colombia
    8. Nicaragua's Agreements with Mexico and Taiwan
    9. Panama's Agreements with Chile, the United States, Canada, the Andean Community, Singapore, and Taiwan
    10. EFTA-Central America (Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama) Free Trade Agreement
    11. The Association of the Caribbean States (ACS) (1 ECTS)
    12. The Mesoamerica Project (0.1 ECTS)
    13. The Latin American and the Caribbean Economic System (SELA) (0.3 ECTS)
    14. The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) (0.3 ECTS)
12. Other regional economic institutions and trade agreements in Central America (Summary)
    1. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
    2. The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC)
    3. The Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States (CELAC)
13. Business Plan for Central America

The course “Doing Business in Central America” includes the Market Access Tool

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