Improving the competitiveness of the SMEs of the agro-food sector of south-west Europe and promoting their internationalisation is the raison d’être of the EXPORT FOOD SUDOE project. Its method will be the development of cooperation between companies, in particular by means of the creation of exportation consortiums. The project will directly benefit some 100 companies, which will take part in training, advice, and technical and business support, including the drawing up of internationalisation plans with the objective of creating at least five exportation consortiums.