Curaçao Chamber of Commerce Upcoming Events

Curaçao Chamber of Commerce Upcoming Events TEXT BY HELEN GRIFFITH

3rd Quarter 2017

September

September 18 – 19 – The Curaçao Business Point Conference will be held at the Renaissance Curaçao Resort. The theme of the event will be Innovation, Quality and Patent, and will

4rd Quarter 2017

October/November

October 30 – November 3, 2017 – Feria Internacional de la Habana, (FIHAV) will be held in Havana, Cuba. This is a 3-day invest ment forum to promote and establish business links with Cuba. Fihav is one of the most well renowned annual trade fairs in the Caribbean and Latin America. The Curaçao Chamber of Commerce will be attending the feria in order to promote business and trade opportunities in Cuba and the region. For more information, please refer to: http://www.feriahavana.com

feature in-depth workshops that will allow you to deepen your knowledge about the different aspects of innovation, quality management and the patent process. Specialists in managing cre ativity, quality and innovation from Argentina, Canada and the Netherlands, will share their experience and explain what to do, how to man age your quality and innovation process, as well as patent your innovation. For more information, please refer to: http://www.businesspointconference.com/

November/December

November/December 2017 – Caribbean-Central American Action, (CCAA), Annual Conference, will be held in Coral Gables, Fl. The confer ence will mark their 41st Anniversary and will address business opportunities and solutions geared towards encouraging economic devel opment within the Caribbean and Central America. For more information, please refer to: https://c-caa.org

October/November/December

Mission Curaçao – Colombia will be held in Bogotá and Medellin. This is a business mission that is organized by the Curaçao Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Holland House, Colombia with the objective of concretely matching companies in Curaçao and Colombia in an effort to foster closer business relations between the two countries. For more information, please contact: Businessinfo@curacao-chamber.cw

TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN CURAÇAO AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Earlier this year, the Consulate of the Dominican Republic, here in Curaçao, hosted the signing of an agreement between Asosiashon Di Empresarionan Chiki Di Korsou, (ADECK), the association of small and medium businesses in Curaçao and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic. This agreement facilitates business communities interested in conducting business and investing in both the Dominican Republic and in Curaçao.

TEXT BY HELEN GRIFFITH

The Trade Agreement will serve to promote trade relations between the two countries by coordinating various related studies and activities in order to recommend to govern ments ways and means of reaching economic, commercial, technological, and cultural benefits to both countries. Another main objective will

be to mutually explore tourism development and cooperation between the 2 countries. Wilbert Geertruida of ADECK, and Taiana Mora of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic, signed the agreement. ADECK was formed in 1993 in Curaçao, to pro mote entrepreneurship as the core of Curaçao’s

economy and to protect and promote the inter ests of micro, small and medium sized entrepreneurs in Curaçao. It functions as a counterpart or, when necessary, as an interested party for the benefit of its members in their relationship with third parties e.g. government departments, banks and even marketing firms.

ADECK has helped small enterprises in the following sectors: agriculture, non-food retail, livestock, food, wholesale, construction, renew able energy, IT, financial services, recreation and hospitality sectors, transport, healthcare and automotive establishments. They are the largest association for small business owners in the region.