The Services Offered by IACCI’s Amman Branch

The Amman branch of IACCI has implemented quality activities and of national importance, as detailed below.

Additional & new services provided include:

1. Jisour program: in cooperation with the Arab-German State for Insurance in Jordan to care for children with incurable diseases (where four incurable children were already cared for).

2. Logistical services: in cooperation with one of the top companies in the kingdom to offer shipping services, clearance, transportation and delivering goods to Iraqi businessmen inside Iraq. IACCI manages the goods till they are received by the beneficiary with protection services.

3. Express mail & parcel services: IACCI Amman has a signed agreement with Pionex Company for quick parcel deliveries to & from Iraq at competitive prices.

4. Airlines tickets: in agreement with Iraqi Airways for IACCI to grant discounts on tickets.

5. Visa services: IACCI’s good relation with Arab and foreign embassies has facilitated the obtaining of visas.

6. Certifying documents at embassies in addition to Jordanian offices.

7. Storage - of goods within the Kingdom at competitive prices & for open periods.

IACCI carries out services to support Iraqi business and to enhance good relations between business and government offices. These activities can be seen through:

• Member Gathering - a networking of businesspeople & officials throughout the year. In December 2004 saw 170 of our members being networked in such a gathering with attaches and representatives of embassies in Amman.

• IACCI Amman saw its grand opening inauguration, in January 2006, as a branch in the Hashimite Kingdom by its minister of Industry. It was attended by the Iraqi ambassador, the chief of the Jordanian chamber of commerce and representatives from the Iraqi and Jordanian governments. Over 200 Iraqi and foreign businessmen attended, including those residing in the Kingdom.

• First Iraqi Gathering at the Sheraton, Amman in May 2006.

Over a hundred of IACCI’s members participated in this event in Amman; it aimed to identify our members internationally & put them in touch with their counterparts. Also, there was another meeting specifically for Romanian & Jordanian businessmen with IACCI representing the Iraqi side.

Iraqi Cultural week at the Radison Sas Hotel, Amman held in July 2006.
IACCI-Amman organized this event to put its members in contact with their counterparts under the slogan "Iraqis First".

• Another members' gathering at Al-Fanar Hotel, Amman on 15 October 2006 during the holy month of Ramadhan. It was made up of special members who were introduced to each other with a brief profile about their companies. The event included representatives of the Iraqi embassy.

IACCI made agreements with the embassy of South Africa to organize the Iraqi, Jordanian & South African meeting for creating economic and commercial opportunities. Members of the chamber participated in this event.

IACCI Amman has many future projects that aim to develop the services for its members to include:

• Financing projects established in Amman in cooperation with Al-Iskan
  Bank (Jordan).

• Cooperation with the Jordanian Chamber of Commerce.

• Foundation for Investment Encouragement which facilitates project
  registration in Jordan.

• Cooperative discussions with the Iraqi International Olympic Committee.