What the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber can do for you

(NL) Voka – Kamers van Koophandel Mechelen en Kempen fuseren

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(NL) FOD Economie publiceert boordtabel van kmo’s en zelfstandige ondernemers

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2017 World Chambers Competition winners

Five chambers went back home celebrating their victory with their gold trophy. All finalists and winners were recognised and applauded by the chamber and business community on their achievements during the Competition awards ceremony, which took place on 21 September at a spectacular Gala dinner in Sidney. Discover who are the 2017 Competition winners and more information about them by clicking here

European Commission does not follow its own rules

EUROCHAMBRES conducted a study on how SME-test was implemented in number of the Commission’s regulation impact analysis. However the Commission committed to apply the Think Small Firstprinciple, the quality of these tests is disappointing. The complete version of the study as well as EUROCHAMBRES’ recommendations are available here.

Christophe Leitl becomes new president EUROCHAMBRES

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.

(NL) Federatie is voorbeeldbedrijf voor werkplekleren in Europa!

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ACTS: Anti-corruption toolkit for SMEs

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.