Publicat pe 10/09/2025

Podgorica, September 10, 2025: The Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIR) assumed the presidency of the Association of Balkan Chambers of Commerce on September 10, during the Annual General Assembly held in Podgorica, Montenegro.

The Association of Balkan Chambers of Commerce was established in 1994 at the initiative of Romania’s National Chamber, with other founding members being: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Turkey, Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Montenegro), to which Cyprus was added in 1996 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2001.

“CCIR has achieved notable international results, referring only to the first ten days of September, both in Melbourne, where it assumed a new mandate within the World Chambers Federation, and today in assuming the presidency of the Association of Balkan Chambers of Commerce,” stated CCIR President Mr. Mihai Daraban. “Unfortunately, these concrete results for positioning Romania on the international economic scene are not appreciated by political decision-makers in our country. While the National Chamber manages to consolidate Romania’s influence in global economic organizations, the lack of support from political factors limits our potential to transform these opportunities into concrete benefits for the Romanian business environment. Romania can become the convergence center for investments and economic cooperation in the Balkan region, but it needs a coherent political vision to support the economic diplomacy that CCIR conducts at the international level. In this mandate, we aim to transform the Association of Balkan Chambers of Commerce into a strategic platform for accelerating Balkan economic integration, leveraging our position as the dominant economic force in the region and, at the same time, our status as a ‘gateway’ to European markets through the Port of Constanța,” Mr. Mihai Daraban added.

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