Se emprendre - Chamber of Commerce of Pasto

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Employment – se – emprende, operates through an agreement between the Municipality of Pasto and the Chamber of Commerce of Pasto. The Initiative, provide comprehensive services about employment opportunities, self-employment and entrepreneurship to the population over 18 years of age in poverty and vulnerability.

Leadership Cayman - Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce

Leadership Cayman (LC) is a dynamic, intensive, interactive, six-month experience designed to promote and enhance community leadership through an in-depth introduction to social, economic, business and political issues in the Cayman Islands. LC class members interact with diverse, high-level community leaders and decision-makers by organizing and attending a series of seminars and retreats in fields ranging from business, government, education, media, social services, criminal justice, diversity, the arts and more. Through these interactions, members learn about their personal leadership styles, nourish their community spirit and gain invaluable understanding of how our community works. The bonds forged among the members of each LC class are deep and long lasting, offering both personal and professional benefits.

Excellent SME - Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia

The Excellent SME project is a great opportunity to further develop and strengthen our partnership with other chambers and their member companies around the globe. Initially it was built to promote SMEs and strengthen their position on the international market. Following the project's success in Slovenia it is now extending to the rest of the world, bringing substantial benefits to a very broad audience of stakeholders. Website visitors get a confident mark of trustworthy websites, where they can convey their requests/purchase without fear of fraud. Certified companies get to promote their conversion rates and business in general and hence increase their income. More businesses are aware of the importance of ‘good standing’ status and consequently of the necessity to improve payment discipline. And there’s also a possible positive effect on the CCI’s income.

Project consolida - Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tegucigalpa

In early 2008, four Central American chambers, as well as business institutions in Mexico, Brazil and Germany started a multilateral project of international cooperation. The Project CONSOLIDA aims at contributing to the growth of Micro, - Small and - Medium Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. All involved institutions formed a close alliance with one another, creating a network in which they shared their best practices and knowledge for mutual learning. The network worked on all different levels of the institution, from the presidents down to every departmental and technical level.

As of 2012, there are numerous manifestations and visible results within this unique cooperation network in Central America. Thousands of MSMEs benefit from the services offered by the four chambers and their engagement in economic and social projects, at local and national level.

Development and advancement of SME competitiveness in the field of enhancement of the energy efficiency - Chamber of Economy of Sarajevo Canton

Energy efficiency in buildings is the driving force for local development, employment, reduction in energy consumption and combating climate change at the global level. The construction industry is responsible for over 50% of total energy consumption, for this reason the sector offers the biggest potential for energy saving. Identified need; strengthening the competitiveness of BIH enterprises, strengthening the SME infrastructure supply and reducing unemployment. Chamber was applied with the project “Development and advancement of SME competitiveness in the field of enhancement of the energy efficiency”. The project results were; Increased knowledge and skills of SMEs; 180 educated employers, 29 counsellors for energy efficiency. Innovation was: Savings through investment – energy cost reduction by investment in energy efficiency increasing.

Be CROative - Croatian Chamber of Economy

Be CROative is a project of the Croatian Chamber of Economy which is financed by chamber members and companies from Croatia. With the exhibition “Be CROative” the Croatian Chamber of Economy aims to bring Croatia closer to the world and introduce every visitor not just to the historical, cultural and natural richness of Croatia but also to the Croatian prestigious quality labels “Croatian Quality” and “Croatian Creation” awarded to the highest quality products that reflect Croatian tradition, research and development, innovation and inventions.

The most digital chamber network in the world - Finland Chamber of Commerce

This project has involved a digitalization of essential processes across the national network of 19 chambers for effectiveness, speed, collaboration and thought leadership. Digital presence conveys the image of an active, modern and communicative chamber group. Through this project transparency, openness in communication and the embracement of new technologies have been achieved. The chamber is now able to deliver better services to members at a lower cost.

Discovery of Gaziantep cuisine by gastronomy world - Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce

This project was created in-line with the GCC mission to support cultural values and passing cultural heritage down to the next generation.

The project included the publication of a cookbook The taste of sun and fire promoted worldwide through the activities of the "Discovery of Gaziantep Cuisine by Gastronomy World project". A local and an international campaign was undertaken to raise awareness of Gaziantep cuisine - an important element of Gaziantep culture - and to contribute to the appeal of the region as a tourist destination.

The Smoffice - Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce

The Smoffice was a national contest to give away the worlds smallest office to an aspiring start up company in Durham free for 60 days. The purpose of the contest was to gain national attention for Durham's hot entrepreneurial scene. The contest also included a free desk, laptop, professional services and a six-month lease on a downtown condo.

Balkan SME Office, Mittelstandsbüro Balkan - Handwerkskammer Koblenz

Together with their local partners in the Balkan countries, Handwerkskammer Koblenz step by step established a network of chambers and other business organizations of the crafts and services sector which provides information, consultations, workshops and political support for the organizations and represents their interests and needs towards politics. In a joint, interdisciplinary, and intercultural effort we set up a system of information exchange in the field of legal issues concerning the development of the small and medium enterprises sector, which in some countries led to the introduction of special laws for the skilled crafts.

İnegöl furniture publicity group project - İnegöl Chamber of Commerce and Industry

İnegöl Furniture Publicity Group Project aimed to provide branding of "İnegöl Furniture" with a wide rang of publicity activities. Consequently, all the publicity activities within the project supported the development of the furniture sector in the city, economically and socially.

An innovative system to protect consumers from unsafe products - Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Managers academy - Macedonian Chambers of Commerce

The Managers Academy is one of a kind, unique establishment which addresses the needs of the business community for professional development of managerial profiles in the Republic of Macedonia. The initiative for the formation of the Managers Academy comes from the business community (members of the MCC), as a real need to satisfy the gap that exists for an institution that will provide vocational training, retraining, specialization and skills development for already employed managers that have a certain level of experience in their field. Upon the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education and Science, the Macedonian Chambers of Commerce and the University of Sheffield International Faculty – CITY College on March 1, 2012, the Managers Academy was established on May 23, 2012.

Alliance pro skilled professionals - Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The increasing shortage of qualified professionals is becoming more acute, forcing commercial enterprises as well as whole regions to rethink HR-strategies. Meanwhile economic losses due to vacant positions run into thousands of millions. With the Alliance pro Skilled Professionals, the Chamber of Commerce Nuremberg for Central Franconia has started a network that aims, above all, to develop: „meaningful job application documents and references“ for the Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg and the over 160,000 companies domiciled there. Together with strong partners from politics and business, the Alliance pro Skilled Professionals pools resources, know-how and ideas, develops new strategies and projects to become even more interesting for employees from all over the world. The key to success will be a lived and region-wide Welcome Structure.

Polish Chamber of Commerce “good anti-corruption practices” - Polish Chamber of Commerce

The Project was inspired by PCC’s state consultation with, among others, the Polish Ministry of Justice, during which an opinion was expressed that PCC, as leader in the development of ethical standards, should promote them by not only educating, but also by designing solutions and certifying them. The projects aims mainly at endorsing social initiatives through promotion and support of good practices, and thus raising social awareness of anti-corruption measures by informing about consequences of corruption, raising social awareness, designing preventative system solutions against corruption.

The system is based on Anti-Corruption System and ISO standards. Benefits of the system include the establishment of organization image as a professionally managed one, the increase in customer confidence, relations transparency, the boost in team spirit and satisfaction, and higher employee loyalty rate, minimizing the risk of corruption-related losses, enhanced operations security.