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The Iraqi American Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s
“Impossible is Nothing”
motto has been active in capacity building in Iraq
by providing training, education, jobs & through its
exhibition activities has contributed to the
economic growth of the country. As well as being a
non-government organization (NGO), IACCI is a
non-profit international organization that
represents the interests of over 7000 Iraqi
businessmen and women and over 2000 international
members.
The Chamber has worked since its beginning on
cooperating with of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce,
which includes eighteen Chamber of Commerce
distributed in all governorates of Iraq, along with
the signing of a number of agreements with the
American Lebanese and Egyptian Adana Turkish and
other rooms WTO, as well as The U.S. arm of the
International Chamber of Commerce, the United States
Council for International Business (USCIB),
announced today that the Iraqi-American Chamber of
Commerce and Industry has joined ICC, the world
business organization. which enabled it to provide a
service company registration at the international
level to members, At the local level House
strengthened trade cooperation ties with many of the
specialized federations and trade unions, including
the Engineers Association, the Medical Association,
the Iraqi Industries Federation, Contractors
Federation, the Bar Association.
Currently IACCI operates in three countries as
follow:
-
Iraq
- First- Headquarter:
Baghdad- Arassat AL Hidiyah
- Erbil buraeu:
Erbil-Iraq Kurdistan-Ain Kawah
- Sulaimaniyah Bureau:
Sulaimaniyah-Iraq Kurdistan-Riayah st.
- Basrah bureau Home
Office: Basrah
- Babil bureau (Hilla)
Home Office: Hilla
-
Jordan
- One bureaus in Amman
-
USA
- First:
California bureau-San Diego
- Second:
Washington bureau D.C .
 IACCI
has wide interests, it has programs that include
commercial facilitation, training in educational &
vocational programs, making surveys & assessments
for the performance of the Iraqi economy in
different sectors to developing women's abilities
and train them in the field of business
administration. The chamber works on developing the
private sector by holding meetings between Iraqi
businessmen, foreign investors, Iraqi companies and
ministries.
Since its inception in the USA in 2003, some
attempts were made to establish commercial centers.
Societies were set up to help develop companies of
the public & private sector in Iraq away from the
government support & control mentality & activate
the development of the Iraqi business sector.
The Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce& Industry had
the major role of rehabilitating the private sector
and train public sector companies. By this it has
made unique progress which is going on until the
present. Now IACCI has various active projects in
Iraq in addition to the useful services it offers
its members. Moreover it is the first organization
to hold international fairs in Iraq.
The Iraqi American Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
known as IACCI, has been the leading provider of
consistent training programs and opportunities for
business and government leaders in Iraq since
November of 2003. Under the banner of TADRIB Iraq,
IACCI has trained some 10,000 Iraqi professionals in
ESL, Computer skills, and IFC Business Edge seminar
courses. As of September, 2006, IACCI has been
actively engaged in the Community Stabilization
Program, sponsored by USAID, under the identity of
NAJAH – New Alternatives for Justice, Achievement
and Hope. NAJAH uses ESL, IT, and IFC Business Edge
training courses to equip small and micro business
owners. Using a combination of small grants and IFC
Business Edge Training to empower business owners,
NAJAH hopes to see the creation of over 5000 jobs in
the next year. In addition, IACCI has been working
in conjunction with the Multi National Forces – Iraq
(MNF-I) to train administrative teams of over 23
large factories in the Baghdad area in an effort to
increase production, resulting in the possible
creation of over 10,000 additional jobs over the
course of the next year. |
