COBCOE represents 34 British Chambers of Commerce and 10,000 businesses working in 31 countries and the BECC have been enthusiastic members at executive level for several years now.
The COBCOE (Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Europe) Nordic-Baltic Group meeting took place in Tallinn on 23-24 August 2010 with representatives from British Chambers of Commerce in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
I managed to attend a day of this conference myself and was taken by the fact that whilst there are 'British' chambers of commerce in many countries, there are just as many different ways of doing things.
The meeting focused on improving trade and investment flows between the COBCOE Nordic-Baltic area and the UK and future cooperation plans were discussed – including a common website, Nordic Regional Group sponsors, joint-marketing and joint events in UK. The main aim of the cooperation is of course even better network and business opportunities to our member-companies. We also discussed potential opportunities for organizations like the BECC which were made possible by a change in UK government.
“We know that the private sector, working through chambers of commerce will be a vital component in the recovery of economies in Europe and there are some tremendous business opportunities ahead of us. In this internet age and global market, personal contacts are more important than ever and COBCOE delivers to its constituent members a unique business network across Europe and to other major trading nations in the world” said Howard Rosen, the President of the COBCOE.
The Group were also dinner guests of the UK Ambassador to Estonia, HE Peter Carter and the cooperation plans between British chambers and UK Trade & Investment were also discussed during the dinner.
The Group will meet again at the COBCOE Annual Conference in London in April 2011 and the next annual meeting of the nordic group will take place next August in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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