ICC and the private sector voice resonated at the Brainstorming Meeting on the Priorities of a New Development Agenda for the Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) which took place on 20-21 March. As part of the Comprehensive Ten-Year Review Conference on the Implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action adopted in 2003, the meeting set out to analyze and assess the impact of geographical handicaps on the development prospects of LLDCs and their participation in international trade markets.
ICC participated in the first session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which met at the UN headquarters in New York on 14-15 March 2013 to launch the intergovernmental process of developing a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs).
A biannual meeting of the ICC Commission on Taxation, which took place in Paris yesterday, welcomed new Vice-Chairs Christian Kaeser, Global Head of Tax for the Siemens Group and Chris Lenon, founder of Green Tax.
ICC has announced a ‘Meet the Experts’ launch event for the upcoming publication of Incoterms® 2010 Q&A: Questions and expert ICC guidance on the Incoterms® 2010 rules. Featuring presentations and discussions led by members of the Incoterms® 2010 rules drafting group, the event will take place at ICC headquarters in Paris on 25 April 2013.
A delegation from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), headed by ICC Secretary General Jean-Guy Carrier has today concluded a visit to Australia to meet with government officials, business and academia in preparation for the Australian presidency of the G20 in 2014.
ICC Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) welcomed the confirmed strong representation of business in the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development’s (CSTD) Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation.
Renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs launched the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) in Berlin this week in cooperation with ICC Germany and the German Development Institute (DIE).
Prior to the 3-4 February meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)’s Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) in Indonesia, each of the lead representatives of the 21 member economies were urged by ICC to support work advancing advertising standards in the region.
Chamber and business leaders worldwide have just one month remaining to register online to attend the 8th World Chambers Congress in Doha, the first Middle East edition of the Congress since its debut in Marseille in 1999.
A study commissioned by ICC’s Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) initiative reports that Kenya’s current intellectual property rights (IPR) regime performs poorly in international gauges, ranking 95th of 130 countries in the IPR Index and 106th of 140 economies in the Global Competitiveness Index 2010. The BASCAP report, Promoting and Protecting the Value of IP in Kenya, sets out BASCAP’s recommendations for policy and legislative changes needed to bring Kenya’s IP regime and IP enforcement efforts up to international standards and was presented as an example of how a report like this can be replicated in other African countries.
The Emir of Qatar, H.H. Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, will inaugurate the ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) 8th World Chambers Congress at its opening ceremony on 23 April in Doha.
Past and present members of ICC have been paying tribute to Alain Plantey, President of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce from 1989 to 1996, who died on 3 March 2013 at the age of 88.
This year’s ICC/FIDIC (International Federation of Consulting Engineers) conference on resolving disputes in international construction deals will be held in Paris on 25-26 June 2013, led by international experts in the fields of construction and dispute resolution.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is opening its third annual two-day Masterclass on Incoterms® 2010 at ICC headquarters in Paris on 10-11 April 2013, offering hands-on training for anyone involved in the international trade supply chain and an exclusive preview of the new book of Incoterms® 2010 Q&As.
ICC’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Louise Kantrow, participated on 6 March as a distinguished panellist in the first session of United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s (UNIDO) open dialogue on “Challenges for Sustainable Development and International Cooperation in Middle-Income Countries: The Role of Networks for Prosperity”.
The first ICC Institute of World Business Law Masterclass for Arbitrators event to be held in Asia has been deemed a resounding success. Seventy people from 21 countries took part in the Hong Kong event, hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills, a testament to the rapid growth in popularity of arbitration in Asia over the last decade.
The ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) has recently sealed a partnership with the American Program Bureau (APB) Speakers international. The partnership, the first of its kind, will give leading business and thought leaders the opportunity to join the 8th World Chambers Congress programme in Doha and further enrich discussions.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) World Chambers Federation (WCF) is today launching several information seminars on the ATA Carnet system in Algeria. In collaboration with ICC WCF, the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has organized seminars in Oran, Algiers and Annaba from 11-13 March.
ICC today celebrates the first anniversary of World Business Women (WBW), a staff-driven initiative launched on the occasion of International Women’s day on 8 March 2012.
The International Chamber of Commerce India today concluded two days of intensive meetings with CEOs and senior government officials designed to discuss how the Asia-Pacific region can help stimulate the global economy and generate policy recommendations for G20 leaders.