On 27 October, EUROCHAMBRES‘ General Assembly, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry, elected Christophe Leitl to become its new president for the 2018-2019 period. Christophe Leitl is the president of the Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, Austria’s national Chamber of Commerce. In his investiture speech, he called for a more competitive Europe as a response to president Trump’s message “to make America great again” and to the fast-increasing economic position of China. A competitive Europe means more free trade, more entrepreneurship and more opportunities for youth. Chambers of Commerce have an important role to play on all these matters. Take a look at Christophe Leitl’s CV and read more about this news in the EUROCHAMBRES’ press release.

Protecting SMEs from corruption – How does corruption hamper European businesses?Chambers of Commerce and Industry play a special role in supporting businesses to protect themselves from corruption. In the framework of the ACTS project, co-funded by the EU, EUROCHAMBRES identified a range of anti-corruption initiatives of European Chambers of Commerce and NGOs. In this brochure, you will find out that Belgium contributes in the area “Training Business & Students”with a Business Ethics & Compliance Programme, a University Certificate resulting from the cooperation between the Catholic University of Leuven and ICC Belgium. Also, in the area “Ensuring good conduct in foreign transactions”, ICC Belgium issued its Anti-corruption guide for Belgian enterprises overseas.