Working for European Business Our Network 44 National Chamber Organisations

+1,941 Chambers of Commerce THE NETWORK

+18,873,000 Enterprises

120,000,000 Employees OUR MEMBERS

44 National Chamber Organisations 44 National Chamber Organisations

1. 16. 32. 2. 17. 33. 3. 34. 18. 4. 35. 5. 19. 36. & 6. 20. Iceland 37. 7. Bosnia & 21. Ireland 38. Herzegovina 22. 39. 8. 40. 23. 9. 41. 10. 24. 42. 11. 25. 43. 12. Denmark 26. 44. United Kingdom 13. 27. FYR of Macedonia 14. 28. 15. 29. 30. 31. EU 25: 1,048 Chambers of Commerce

Malta 1 Luxembourg 1 Denmark 1 Estonia 1 Lithuania 6 Cyprus 6 Mandatory Affiliation Latvia 8 Portugal 8 Voluntary Affiliation Slovakia 10 Austria 10 Sweden 13 Slovenia 14 The Netherlands 22 Finland 22 Hungary 24 UK 52 Ireland 60 Greece 60 Belgium 60 Czech Republic 85 Spain 93 Germany 94 Italy 123 Poland 129 France 181

0 50 100 150 200 Number of Chambers NON EU: 803 Chambers of Commerce

A zerb aijan 1 Iceland 1 M o ld o va 1 Israel 7 Mandatory Affiliation Geo rg ia 7 A rmenia 12 Voluntary Affiliation N o rway 16 FYROM 16 Bosnia-Herzegovina 16 Switzerland 20 C ro at ia 21 Serbia & M ontenegro 21 U kraine 28 B ulg aria 29 A lb ania 37 B elarus 38 R o mania 42 Russian Federation 162 T urkey 365 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Number of Chambers Our priorities

• Mission

To represent, serve and promote European Chambers of Commerce & Industry Our priorities

• Objectives

Strengthen the voice and position of European Chambers as significant, respected, valued, influencers of EU affairs on all major economic issues

Develop the participation of European Chambers in projects of value to companies & entrepreneurs

Work as a Network / delivering services to members / developing network of services for enterprises & strenghtening the network Our priorities

• Strategy Focus 2005

More political impact

More visibility

Convert to more self sustaining projects with clearer links to political agenda Our Approach Representation

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• Consultations Our Processes

• CCIs’ input • Transparency Work Programme 2004-2005

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