Paris, Headquarters of the International Chamber of Commerce – President Daraban about the ICC’s strategic priorities
Publicat pe 20/06/2018
Paris, June 20th, 2018: President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR) Mr. Mihai Daraban, participates in the Meeting of Permanent Chiefs of the ICC National Committees, between June 20th-21st. The meeting takes place at the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, and aims to debate the ICC Strategic Priorities for 2018, as well as ICC Policies and Global Affairs.
On June, 21st, President of CCIR, Mr. Mihai Daraban had meetings with Laetitia de Montalivet, Director, Arbitration and ADR EUROPE, Alexis Mourre, Presidents of ICC International Court of Arbitration, John W.H. Denton, ICC General Secretary. Mr. Lazăr Comănescu, Adviser to the President of CCIR on Foreign Relations formed part of the CCIR official delegation. During the meeting were discussed the means of action in support of the business environment that the National Committee of ICC Romania undertakes.
Among the priorities of the ICC International Committee are: how international trade, investment, and globalization can contribute to economic growth; supporting viability through business; supporting open savings to improve living standards for all; promoting the rule of law and good governance as well as fostering innovation and the digital economy for growth and job creation.
In this context, the president of CCIR, Mihai Daraban, said: “CCIR works to support open economies whose results are to be found in living standards. In this sense, I believe that the promotion of trade and investment are the main drivers of economic and social development, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania creates multiple possibilities for promoting entrepreneurs by organizing forums, debates, and conferences aimed at facilitating B2B meetings. At the same time, I believe that the promotion of modern multilateral trading and investment rules could create opportunities for all countries.”
Another important topic of this meeting is digitization in the commercial finance sector as a vector for stimulating economic growth and, at the same time, sustainable development. According to a Global ICC study, digitization will make trade more inclusive and provide new opportunities for business growth internationally.
Background
The International Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1919, immediately after the end of the First World War, when no world rule system governs trade, investment, finance or business relations. At this year’s meeting, on the agenda, there were discussed topics about the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the International Chamber of Commerce.
The National Committee of ICC Romania currently has 126 members, companies among the major taxpayers in all economic sectors such as industry, services, commerce, construction, agriculture, energy and IT & C.
In the first half of 2018, the number of members increased by about 8% compared to 2017 and by 58% compared to 2016.
On October, 5th-6th, 2018, the B20 summit will take place. In this regard, ICC has developed a policy paper on multilateral investment policy and improving the trading system.