Both the Federation and the Chambers of Commerce we have access to a worldwide network. This enables us to help companies explore new markets and make foreign connections. This network also helps us to defend the interests of our companies at the right level: locally, regionally, nationally, but also in Europe and beyond.
European policy intervenes in numerous aspects of the lives of citizens and companies: energy, work, environment, education, innovation, enterprepreneurship, international trade, etc. Together with EUROCHAMBRES, the European association of Chambers of Commerce, we wish to shape this policy and ensure that it takes into account the needs and constraints of companies, in particular small and medium enterprises. After all, companies form the source of all wealth, and should not be restricted unnecessarily.
As chambers of commerce, we are not only talkers but also doers. We walk our talk. We not only talk about the importance of internationalisation for our enterprises, but we also assist them in the field. We not only emphasise the need for a proper link between education and the labour market, but we are also involved in a number of training projects up to and including managing technical and professional courses in certain countries. Within EUROCHAMBERS, this translates into a considerable raft of projects where new concepts are often tried out. However, this is always based on experience and the close links with the companies making our chambers so unique.
EUROCHAMBRES, a network of 1700 regional and local chambers of commerce in 42 countries, of 20 million companies jointly providing 120 million people employment.
ICC rightly calls itself the world business organisation. It is the voice of the business world on a global level. It devotes itself to open, free and fair trade, in a spirit of compliance and social responsibility. It advocates self-regulation and alternative dispute resolution by means of mediation and arbitration. In Belgium, ICC is active through its ICC Belgium national committee, of which the Federation is one of the founders.
Within ICC, the chambers of commerce have joined together in the World Chambers Federation. For us, WCF is the forum where we meet colleagues from all over the world. For Belgian companies, it is the springboard to the furthest corners of this planet.
WCF fulfils a crucial role for the issuing of export documents by the Chambers of Commerce:
Read more about ICC’s publications, such as Incoterms 2020®, model contracts, and much more.
Since 2005, the Federation is member of the Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones, headquartered in Paris. CPCCAF was founded in 1973 with the aim to contribute toward the economic development of the private sector in French-speaking Africa by means of collaboration between Chambers of Commerce. Priority domains of action are technical and professional training, supporting and guiding companies, international entrepreneurship, economic information, advocacy and managing public infrastructure.
You get all the benefits from our global network as a member of a Chamber. However, if you are searching for information about the Chambers, don’t hesitate to contact the Federation. We will be happy to show you around.
