Auteur: Déborah Garzon
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Chambers of Commerce related to Israel
- Israel-European Union Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The newly formed Israel-European Union Chamber of Commerce and Industry held its first meeting at the Delegation’s offices on August 14 2006. The meeting was mainly devoted to planning the activities of the new Chamber. Emanuele Giaufret, Head of the Delegation’s Political and Economic Department, welcomed the establishment of the new Chamber and noted that the European Union’s experience is that such initiatives by local business communities succeed when they are driven by a need to better understand the European Union with a view to the promotion of bilateral trade. He also promised the Delegation’s support for the Chamber’s activities.

Raising a glass to the success of the new Chamber, from r. to.l : Dr. Eyal Inbar, the Delegation’s Commercial Officer; Dan Catarivas, Director, International Division, Manufacturers’ Association; Emanuele Giaufret, Head of the Delegation’s Political and Economic Department; Gad Propper, Chairman, Israel-European Union Chamber of Commerce; Dvora Avnei-Fuchs, Director, International Division, Federation of Chambers of Commerce; Sima Amir of the International Division of the Manufacturers’ Association; Meirav Gonen, Director of the Department for Bilateral Trade Agreements, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Employment; Felix Kipper, General Director, Israeli Federation of Bi-national Chambers of Commerce and Industry; Ra’anan Eliaz of the National Security Council.
- Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce
Contact: Felix Kipper, General Director
felixk@export.gov.il
84 Hahashmonaim Street
Tel Aviv 67132, Israel
P.O. Box 20027, Tel Aviv 61200, Israel
Tel.: +972-3-563-1020
Fax: +972-3-561-9027
Website: http://www.chamber.org.il/
EUROPEAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
France
- The France-Israel Chamber of Commerce (CCFI)
8, rue Freycinet – 75016 Paris: Map
Contact: Déborah Garzon, Project Manager
Email: ccfi.contact@israelvalley.com
Adminstration: ccfi.direction@israelvalley.com
Tel.: 33(0)1.44.43.35.01/06
Fax: 33(0)1.44.43.35.00
- Contact CCFI Regions in France
- Office in Israel: Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel-France (CCIIF)
20 Sderot Rothschild
66881 Tel-Aviv
Email:cciif@cciif.org.il
Tel.: 972(0)3.510 02.88
Fax: 972(0)516.94.15
Website: http://cciif.org.il/
Germany
The German-Israel Business Association (DIW) was established in 1967 with the aim to foster the special relations between both countries and peoples by economic cooperation.
DIW offers advice and practical support, when it comes to business development between German and Israeli partners. Over 160 leading German and Israeli companies have joined the network, including Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, and DaimlerChrysler. Prof. Dr. Horst Teltschik, former close advisor to chancellor Helmut Kohl and later president of Boeing Germany, is DIW’s chairman, the Israeli ambassador to Germany serves as chairman of the advisory board, whose members are i.e. high ranking representatives of all major parliamentary factions, Mrs. Charlotte Knobloch, President of the roof organization of Jewish communities in Germany and Mr. Anton Börner, president of the German Wholesale and Foreign Trade Association and of the German Israel Business Council (GIBC).
DIW’s services include relocation assistance to companies, focused scouting for marketing-, investment-, R&D- and strategic partners, business development, intercultural management coaching, HR recruiting services, organization of branch-specific workshops, and the planning and escorting of business trips to and from Germany.
DIW’s upcoming events in November are a “Political and Economical Salon” in Leipzig on the 07th, the general assembly in Munich on the 16th, the opening of our new Frankfurt branch on the 20th, and a public event on Israel’s high tech development in Berlin on the 27th.
In April 2007 we are planning a VIP-trip to Israel, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the organization.
Contact: Grisha Alroi-Arloser, Managing Director
17, Richard-Wagner-St.
80333 Munich
GERMANY
Tel: +49 (0)89 12110402
Fax: +49 (0)89 12110405
Mobile: +49 (0)173 5788777
Email: alroi@d-i-w.de
www.d-i-w.de
Spain
The Chamber of Commerce Spain-Israel (Cámara de Comercio España Israel) has been created on March 27 1984 under the name “Chamber of Commerce Catalan-Israel” (Cámara de Comercio Catalano Israelí) and changed its name in 1992 since it acts for the whole Spanish territory.
President: – Mr. Giaco Ventura (Chairman of World Business España SA – foreign investments and property estate developments)
Vice-President – Mr. Avraham Ben Ami (Former diplomat and Colonel Retired)
General Secretary – Mrs. Elisabeth McGurk (Shareholder and Administrator of Trade Exchange España SL – distribution of electronic devices)
- Main Office in Barcelona
Contact: Nuri MASRIERA, President’s Assistant
C/ Travesera Degracia 21, 5°, 1a
08021 Barcelona
Tel.: +34.93-3219449
Fax: +34.93-4308442
Email: ccei_es@hotmail.com
www.congresosefaradmundial.org
- Office in Madrid
Palacio de Miraflores
Carrera San Geronimo 15
28014 Madrid
Tel.: +34.91-454-7074
Fax: +34.91-454-7001
Switzerland
A brief overview of the services of Chamber of Commerce Swiss-Israel simultaneously gives a picture of its activities, ever since it came into existence in 1969. The most important purposes of the Chamber and the real mainstay of its work is the service of information for the entrepreneurs of both countries, who intend to export their manufactured products to the other country. One of the main duties of the acting office of the Chamber is to find information for Swiss entrepreneurs about the Israeli market and to share information with interested parties in Israel about possibilities for business in Switzerland. Therefore, above all, it provides the research and proof of suitable representatives and agencies in both countries. The cooperation of the offices of the Chamber in Tel Aviv is also of great significance. Through the years, it was seen that these services have been used particularly, although not exclusively, by small and mid-sized companies. Often, these companies are not in the position to make their own market research. One of the preconditions of our work is our good and reliable cooperation with the official Swiss and Israeli authorities, as well as trade associations, trade unions, and others.
Contact: Gabriel Taus, Secretary General
Sophienstrasse 6, CH-8032 Zurich
Schweiz/Switzerland
or
POBox 22, CH-8030 Zurich
Tel: 044 362 16 30
Email: taus@swissisrael.ch
http://www.swissisrael.ch/
- In Genova:
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Italy
Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the Israel Italy Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Camera di Commercio e Industria Israel Italia) was founded in 1955 as a non profit association. In 1993 it received formal recognition from the Italian Government.
The Chamber is part of a world wide network formed by 68 bi-national Italian Chambers of Commerce enjoying as such of full collaboration in Italy with all local Chambers of Commerce.
Through its networks and thanks to its dynamic, both highly specialized and diversified staff, the Chamber provides its members with added value services and information.
Contact: Gaia Molco, Secretary General
25 Hamered St., Trade Tower 9th Floor
Tel Aviv 68125
P.O. Box: 50278, Tel Aviv 61500
Tel. +972-3-5164292
Fax. +972-3-5164306
Email: info@italia-israel.com
http://www.italia-israel.com/
Great Britain
http://www.b-icc.org.uk/pages/aboutbicc.asp>
Contact
B-ICC Head Office
British-Israel Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 4268
London
W1A 7WH
Tel. +44 020 7224 3212
Fax. +44 020 7486 7877
Embassy of Israel, London
Contact: Gil Erez, Minister for Commercial Affairs
Tel: 44 (0) 20 79579525/6
Fax: 44 (0) 20 74168185
Email: gil.erez@israeltrade.gov.il
Web: www.israeltrade.gov.il/uk
Holland
Rudie CORTISSOS
Chamber of Commerce Holland Israel
info@holland-israel.com
Austria
Austrian Israeli Chamber of Commerce
Contact: Harry Koller, Secretary General
Wollzeile 24/18
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 9615364
fax: +43 1 5123774-11
Email: hk@aicc.at
Web: http://www.aicc.at


