IACCI stands for Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Our mission is to invigorate the business community in Iraq by
promoting an open-market economy and a democratic political system in
Iraq. Iraqi American businessmen eager to rebuild war-torn Iraq have set
up the IRAQI AMERICAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IACCI) (www.i-acci.org)
in collaboration with prominent Iraqi-American businessmen, private
sector, non-profit organizations, U.S.A. agencies, business leaders and
academics.
IACCI mission is to invigorate the business community in Iraq by
promoting an open-market economy and a democratic political system in
Iraq. Iraqi American businessmen eager to rebuild war-torn Iraq have set
up the IRAQI AMERICAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IACCI) (www.i-acci.org)
in collaboration with prominent Iraqi-American businessmen, private
sector, non-profit organizations, U.S.A. agencies, business leaders and
academics.
IACCI aims to ensure that access to the market is open and fair.
IACCI is a non-profit organization which vies for transparency,
accountability and that the rule of law is enforced. A strong business
community is based on business associations having an audible voice in
the policy-making process. By serving as a platform to voice the
business community’s needs and interests to political decision-makers,
business associations contribute to the growth of participatory civil
society and the development of a regulatory and policy environment
conducive to private enterprise.
The IACCI assists in establishing a bilateral relationship between the
private sectors of Iraq and the rest of the world through educational
and economic programs, so that trade is facilitated and expanded. The
IACCI has developed and implemented training and workshops in
cooperation with American government agencies and private sector
foundations and organizations on topics such as International Trade,
Small Business Development, Public Policy Advocacy, Government and
Public Relations, Leadership Development, Business Ethics, Corporate
Governance, and Business English as a Second Language.
At this time IACCI has established relationships with Ethics Resource
Center, Transparency International, Center for International Private
Enterprise, US Chamber of Commerce, Foundation for Entrepreneurial
Development, Millennium Relief and Development Services and many others
to form a cohesive set of programs to address private sector needs in
Iraq.
IACCI has large offices in Baghdad with a full-time staff of over 350
professionals dedicated to the preceding goals and mission. IACCI has a
bilateral protocol with the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce,
the umbrella organization over eighteen chambers of commerce throughout
every major city in Iraq. Through this relationship IACCI has
representation in every chamber across the country. IACCI has a strong
cooperative relationship with all Iraqi Ministries, and most of the
ministers are honorary members of IACCI. Additionally, IACCI has
established a strong cooperation with all professional trade and
industrial unions, including the Engineering Union, Construction Union,
Doctors’ Union, Accounting Union, and Iraqi Bar Association.
IACCI has over 10,000 members in Iraq, the United States, and the rest of
the world. IACCI conducts regular seminars and conferences, bringing the
business community into a dialogue with government ministers on topics
of great general interest such as the new Iraqi Foreign Investment Law,
privatization, also The IRAQI –AMERICAN Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Invented Many other new depts. In the Chamber to help its members in
providing them with new facilities that will distinguish them from the
other businessmen in Iraq like the Buying Power Department, Leading
Generation Department beside these two depts. We have the CCR & D&B No.
Dept., which provides our members with the service of the International
registration for the international Companies with Iraqi, Local
companies, it is been done updating the new – membership Department.
Finally, the Training Department to provide The Chambers members with
the Training courses in English language, Computer soft ware, the
Internet Café Free service to our members so that they can Surf through
the web from our Location in Baghdad For all over the world.
The IRAQI AMERICAN Chamber Of Commerce and Industry is a non-profit
organization formed in Los Angeles, California. Our website is www.i-acci.org
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