dr. mary papaschinopoulou athens, june 27, 2003 empowering the hamburg chamber of commerce in the...

Dr. Mary Papaschinopoulou Athens, June 27, 2003

Empowering the

Hamburg Chamber of

Commerce

in the 21st century


Contents

I. Chamber Structure in GermanyII. The Hamburg Chamber of CommerceIII. The international contextIV. The European orientation


German Chamber Structure

• Legal status– Public law organisations– No operational control

• Members– Mandatory membership– 82 Chambers– 3,5 Mill. companies represented


• Contributions proportional to companies’ turnover

• Every Chamber decides on the contribution system

• Example Hamburg Chamber of Commerce: Basic amount € 153 p.a. for a registered company + proportional contribution (0,33 % of turnover).

Financing


• DIHK - German umbrella association: „Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag“ (Berlin)

• All 82 chambers are members (voluntary) • Plenary assembly: 82 chambers, one vote each

• Eurochambres - Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Brussels)

• 41 national associations of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

• 1,600 regional and local Chambers • Over 15 million member enterprises in Europe

The network


The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce


•We have a political-economic network

•We are the regional opinion leader

•We have a lot of services to offer

•We organise vocational training

•We work both local and global

Our strength


107.355 members

Plenary Assembly (66 members)

27 commitees and working groups

7 Bezirksbeauftragte

PräsesPräsidium

(S) administrative departments (G) portfoliosCEO

S IPR

SIIDistrict coordination

SIIRepr. Berlin

G Z – central service

sG S –

Service

G I Econo

mic policy

G II Infra-struc-ture

G III Busine

ss start-

up and development assista

nce

G IV Training

G V

Vocational

training

G VI Stock exchange

G VIIEnergy

& Envi-ron-ment

G IX Inter-nati-onal

3 Repr.

HKBiS,

7 districts delegates

President

G VIII Inno-vation

G XLegal affairs

& Fair Play


Our production process

Economicpolicy

Infra-structure

Fair Play

Coach.&Start

TrainingEx-

changeInno-vation

Interna-tional

AdministrationStaff, communic.,budget

Service

LobbyingStatutory

tasks

Public Relations


virtual

real

Our distribution channels

• expert system• vanity-numbers

Call center

• e-mail contact• online transaction

internetshop

Service center

Commerce library

eventsChamber magazine

infopoints

Post mailings

Fax on demand

• protected member area• electronic signature

E-commerce-member-platform


HANDELSKAMMER HAMBURG

GermanyNorthern Germany

Baltic Chambersof CommerceAssociation

BCCA

Deutscher Deutscher Industrie-Industrie-

und und HandelstagHandelstag

World

Auslandshandels-kammern und

Delegiertenbüros

InternationalChamber ofCommerce

Initiative Wirtschaft Initiative Wirtschaft Nord-OstNord-Ost

North-Sea PortsChambers

Europe

Eurochambres

Dr. Mary Papaschinopoulou Athens, June 27, 2003Dr. Mary Papaschinopoulou

Brussels Representation of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce

Services for companies

Networks in BrusselsInfochannels in Hamburg

Lobbying in Brussels

Brussels Office

Micro-lobbying• Requests• Support of polit. projects • Anti-dumping register • EU-legislation• Public tenders

Macro lobbying• Proactive positioning for long term topics• Public image

• EU-institutions • Hanse-Office• Europ. umbrella associations• Private consultancies

• Member

companies• Associations• Politics, Science• Staff meetings• Presentations

Athens, June 27, 2003


Thank you for your attention

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