Introducing Partners, Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Introducing Partners, Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Bratislava, Slovakia, is a public-legal institution which was established (July 1st, 1992) by operation of law on the Chambers of Commerce. It operates throughout Slovakia and is designed to protect and promote entrepreneurship and to coordinate the common interests of its members in business at home and abroad. Chamber members are legal and natural persons conducting business activities in sectors of the economy or to its focus on the business relationship. Since 1996, membership in the SCCI is voluntary. When mentioned the chamber’s establishment in modern history, we have to remind the history of chambers of commerce at the territory of Slovakia has recorded more than 160 years.
From the business sector point of view, the members of SCCI are businesses across the economy – manufacturing and trading companies, banks, insurance companies, service companies, as well as operators of agricultural and food sectors as well as vocational schools.
In terms of size, the members of SCCI are large companies with Slovak and foreign capital, holding companies, joint stock companies, to small and medium-sized companies with limited liability.
SCCI members create of about 84 % of GDP and nearly 90 % of exports of Slovakia. SCCI is currently the most representative internationally recognized institution that represents the interests of Slovak entrepreneurs.
Our territorial structure includes Headquarters in Bratislava and 8 regional chambers of commerce in each capital of county, including Bratislava. Regional Chambers of commerce and Industry in Košice and Prešov are involved into implementation of CMC project on the territory of their region. Regional chambers have relatively high degree of autonomy in terms of organizing trade missions abroad and implementing EU projects.
SCCI is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, the World Chambers Federation and the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry Eurochambres. President of SCCI is currently the Chairman of the World Chambers Federation of International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, representing chambers of commerce around the world in 130 countries.
SCCI ha concluded over one-hundred co-operation agreements with chambers of commerce on all continents, sends and receives business delegations, organizes participation in exhibitions and trade fairs.