The global membership and staff of ICC have learned with great sadness of the passing of Hari Shankar Singhania on 22 February.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today met with business leaders and government officials in Berlin to set business priorities – based on challenges faced by large and small companies around the world – for bringing to the attention of G20 leaders in the lead up to the G20 Summit in Russia.
At the opening of the first World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+10 Review meeting at UNESCO today, business appealed to all stakeholder groups within the Internet governance community to do more to protect and strengthen the Internet as it is today. ICC’s Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) initiative used the event to highlight the importance of formulating policy that supports the free flow of information online. This encourages freedom of expression and creates the right conditions for open trade as well as investment in the Internet and the applications and services that run on it, as a path to future global economic growth and social progress, notably through education and learning.
The Republic of Albania has become the 72nd country to effectively implement the international ATA Carnet system that allows for the temporary duty and tax-free export or import goods for up to one year.
ICC data protection experts organized an interactive workshop in Brussels yesterday to exchange views on data protection regulation issues and to promote ICC’s views on the European Union’s (EU) proposed data protection reform package. The German-language workshop was attended by over 100 representatives of companies, business associations and governmental institutions.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in partnership with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, today launched the ICC Regional Banking Commission Middle East and North Africa (MENA) – a chapter of ICC’s influential rule-making body for the banking industry.
Speaking live on CNBC’s Worldwide Exchange programme this morning, ICC Secretary General Jean-Guy Carrier said that the cautious optimism signalled by experts responding to the latest ICC-Ifo world economic survey was a good harbinger of developments for 2013 and held the promise of leading to investment-led growth.
The world economy is showing signs of brightening after six months of stagnation, according to a global survey of economic experts by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Munich-based Ifo institute for economic research.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is pleased to announce the latest addition to the ICC network, the Sudanese Businessmen & Employers Federation. ICC Secretary General Jean-Guy Carrier yesterday met with a delegation from the Federation including Secretary General Bakri Yousif Omer.
Jagiellonian University of Poland has won the 8th ICC International Mediation Competition, beating the University of Auckland in the Competition final which took place today in Paris.
The ICC World Chambers Federation has announced the 25 finalists set to compete in the 2013 World Chambers Competition, the only international event of its scale that recognizes innovative projects undertaken by chambers of commerce and industry from around the world.
A palpable energy and excitement fills the air at ICC headquarters in Paris today as 66 university teams from 31 countries set out to showcase their mediation skills in ICC’s 8th International Mediation Competition.
Speaking at the ICC 4th International Commercial Mediation, Michael Leathes, former Head of Intellectual Property at BAT, stated that while mediation offers an 80% success rate, a depressingly small number of companies seem to have a conflict management system in place.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will hold its first annual conference on International Arbitration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The conference will reflect the region’s changing and challenging perceptions on international arbitration and it is set to take place in Dubai 15-17 April 2013.
The ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) has launched a new survey to get a global picture of how Chambers of Commerce are issuing millions of Certificates of Origin (COs) used by exporters every year.
The ICC Banking Commission, ICC UK and the International Forfaiting Association (IFA) today officially launched the ICC Uniform Rules for Forfaiting (also known as URF 800) at SNR Denton Headquarters in London. Produced in partnership with the International Forfaiting Association (IFA), the URF is the first set of global rules for the primary and secondary forfaiting markets.
ICC launched the first issue of the newly designed ICC G20 Advisory Group e-newsletter, with the aim of keeping the organization’s international network informed ahead of the G20 Summit on 5-6 September 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
A high-level ICC delegation of business leaders from more than 10 countries undertook a three-day visit to Myanmar in a bid to identify opportunities that could further liberalize the economy and build long-term relationships with the Myanmar business community.
During its 31st session in Brussels on 22 January, 35 member countries present for the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) Technical Committee on Rules of Origin welcomed the International Certificate of Origin (CO) Accreditation Chain launched on 28 September 2012 by the ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF).