88
SHOWCASEMALTA
EXPO 2020 DUBAI
How The Malta Chamber helps businesses grow internationally
S
ince its inception 170 years ago, The Malta Chamber has played a critical role in building meaningful and lasting connections between businesses in Malta and beyond. It has helped many Malta-based businesses grow through international trade and reach new markets. The Malta Chamber supports its global vision by providing tangible initiatives and share knowledge about the diversity of cultures, and how to navigate the rules and maximise opportunities. The Malta Chamber was always active in promoting internationalisation in the form of partnering opportunities for import and export purposes. Over the last few years, it set up and nurtured several business councils, the ultimate focus of which are to do business with specific countries. This is supported by The Chamber’s active participation in the Enterprise Europe Network project which provides a global network of connections, expertise, and market intelligence on a global level. In recent years, The Malta Chamber has also felt that to be more effective, it needed a coordinating body that could facilitate the access of Maltese companies to international growth and traditional markets, and that could complement the work of its co-owned organisation, Trade Malta. For this purpose, the International Relations Council (IRC) within The Malta Chamber was set up and covers Europe, Africa, Middle East, Far East and the Americas. The IRC strives to maximise the export and import potential and trade opportunities that exist in different regions, and to act as a hub and broker of internationalisation projects between different regions to counterbalance the island’s size and capacity limitations.
Through its membership of BusinessEurope and Eurochambres, it is also well represented in the European social dialogue spectrum. The Malta Chamber, through its internationalisation department and co-owned organisations Trade Malta and Tech.MT: • Assists business in gaining insights on international market entry • Fosters international trade cooperation development • Promotes business opportunities in promising markets • Maintains relations with international stakeholders Recently, The Malta Chamber has worked on two important projects, one of which focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa and the other one focuses on enhancing market intelligence in certain regions and better knowledge of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), to enable its members to make use of such important instruments in penetrating new market opportunities. Furthermore, The Malta Chamber engages in a series of projects which are designed to help enterprises access support in a variety of fields. These projects and programmes are the result of collaborations with the Enterprise Europe Network, the Government of Malta and the private sector. Through its international desk, business councils, the Malta Business Bureau, and active participation in the European Economic and Social Committee, BusinessEurope and Eurochambres, The Malta Chamber is well placed and well connected to help you reach new markets and achieve results. n
B2B sessions, organised by the Malta Chamber (Photos taken prior to COVID-19 restrictions)
