HIV AIDS Partnerships

ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) is an official partner of the World Aids Campaign.

AIDS has a major impact on the workplace and subsequently on economic development. Part of the campaign for UNAIDS has been to work with a wide range of companies in the fight against the epidemic.

WCF's involvement in this campaign, through its chamber members, helps this cause by disseminating the campaign message to the business community. In many countries, chambers are already actively involved in developing and delivering Aids in the Workplace programmes.
WCF members regularly receive materials concerning the World Aids Campaign. UNAIDS have extended an open invitation for chambers to work more closely with UNAIDS country offices on any local initiatives that they may be involved in.

ICC WCF is also pleased to be associated with the

Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Chambers from around the world have reacted favourably to our support and shared with us their own work in this area.
These include:

WCF would be pleased to receive any information about projects or programmes that chambers are doing in this field.
For further assistance in this area, please contact WCF or UNAIDS.

- Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry

- Durban Chamber of Commerce & Industry (South Africa)

- US Chamber of Commerce

- Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry

- Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry, India

- Federation des Enterprise du Congo (FEC)
The “FEC” is a cofounder of the National Coalition of Businesses known as the« Comite Interentreprises de Lutte contre le VIH/SIDA » (Inter-corporate committee for the fight against HIV/AIDS), CIELS as an acronym. This committee regroups various professional organizations of employers, employees and workers, public as well as mixed and private enterprises. Within the framework of our activities, the project MAP of the World Bank has granted us, during the year 2005, financing that allowed us to inform 521 business leaders or their representatives in five provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It also allowed us to elaborate and validate an internal political document on the fight against HIV/AIDS and to train 25 pairs of educators amongst our personnel in our General Secretariat.

- Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, NY, USA

- Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Ethiopia

- South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry

- Black Chamber Of Commerce Of Greater Kansas City

- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)

- Zululand Chamber of Business (South Africa)

- Mozambique Chamber of Commerce

- Eritrean National Chamber of Commerce

- Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bangladesh

- Lae Chamber of Commerce Inc.

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Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry