Yearly Archives 6 June 2008

Afghanistan Chamber Elections

Private Sector to Elect Provincial and National Leadership The new Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) is preparing the largest ever business community elections in the country. Mohammad Qurban Haqjo, CEO of the national chamber, explained in a meeting on June 6, 2008, that all registered members in 21 provinces will be invited to [...]

BMO Workshops in Laos

Income Generation of Chambers and Business Associations The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) and UNIDO held two workshops on income generation of business membership organizations (BMOs) from April 25 through May 2, 2008. The workshops in the capital Vientiane and in Northern Laos’ Oudomxay Province were part of a training series on [...]

Afghanistan Builds a New Chamber

Business Community Achieves Unity Nearly 500 top business community representatives from all provinces of Afghanistan assembled in Kabul on March 9th, 2008, to set a strong signal for private sector development by establishing a new, united Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (new ACCI). They formally confirmed the merger of the two former chambers, the [...]

Lao National CCI 2008 Annual Congress

Lao Prime Minister Joins BMO Discussion The Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Bouasone Bouphanvanh, joined more than 350 top representatives of the private business community in their discussion about a new legal framework for the business membership organizations (BMOs) of the country. The discussion was key topic of the 2008 Annual Congress [...]