The International Trade
Centre (ITC) and the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie France (CCI France)
have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation between the
two organizations in relation to provision of trade-related technical assistance
to developing and least developed countries.
One of the main focuses of
the ITC-CCI France partnership will be to develop technical-assistance
programmes aimed at supporting the expansion of exports for small and
medium-sized enterprises in Africa. ITC and CCI France will also develop
programmes to help young entrepreneurs and to support the implementation of
competitive-intelligence programmes to assist trade support institutions in
developing and least developed countries.
This partnership fits into a
plan that includes the sharing of tools, networks and methodologies for
developments in various fields such as economics, regional trade or competitive
intelligence.
This collaboration is also
meant to generate fund raising activities on both public and private sides. “The
partnership between CCI France and ITC will create the basis for an excellent
platform, which will ensure a complementarity and therefore will improve
greatly the impact we can have in developing and least developed countries,”
said Mr. Jean-Marie Paugam, ITC’s Deputy Executive Director.
Ms. Judith Jiguet, CCI
France’s Director-General, said: “The enhanced collaboration between CCI France
and ITC will represent a great opportunity for the involved countries and their
industries to benefit from the crossed competencies of these two organisations,
and therefore to strengthen their presence on the international market.
CCI France, based in Paris,
is the national public institution which organizes and leads the various French
Chambers of Commerce and Industry. CCI France’s role is to coordinate and
support the actions of the chambers, in relation to entrepreneurship, enhancing
the capabilities of the individual member companies including their ability to collect
and benefit from, innovation, export, infrastructure management and training
and education. CCI France also coordinates the international activity of the
network of the French chambers of commerce and industry in partnership with
UCCIFE, the association for French chambers of commerce and industries abroad.
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