The European Liaison Scheme (ELS) is a disk-based directory which is designed to reinforce and complement other activities by members of Partenariat.

It is essentially a simple scheme.

The Method of Operation:

• Partenariat members tell companies like yours all about ELS.
• Participating companies create a profile, in their own language, using a simple template.
• They choose language options that will decide which foreign and domestic companies can read about their company.
• ELS provides all of the translations and guarantee that they are to a professional standard.
• Participants agree to fees. These are very affordable. And very transparent. An auto-calculator works out the cost!
• The ELS disks are composite single-language disks. So they contain ALL of the profiles from ALL of the areas where companies have chosen to have representation in that one language. Spanish-speaking participants will, as an example, receive disks from ALL companies who chose Spanish. Those companies might be from EVERY European country!
• Your Partenariat member has - and share on request - specimen disks in all other languages (there are 24 languages in total).
• This will enable you to interrogate the ELS directories in ANY language, with or without help from your Partenariat member, to find out about companies whose language you may not speak and who have not opted to be represented in your language.

Benefits:

• ELS will help you to overcome language barriers and read about foreign companies who might make great partners.
• ELS will save you a lot of time and trouble.
• ELS is easily searchable.
• ELS is free to users.
• ELS is an unprecedented and highly-accessible resource.
• ELS will help you to identify small and dynamic companies which may well provide products and services that are very good value.
• ELS will be particularly invaluable for briefings before meetings. You will be able to read a little on the disks and use the hyperlinks to websites, for example, in preparation.
• ELS will help you to arrange better meetings and to make the best of the ones you have.