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Dhaka
Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (DCCI)
65-66 Motijheel Commercial Area,
Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh.
Phone: 880-2-9552562 (Hunting)
Fax: 880-2-9560830
E-mail:
secretary@dhakachamber.com
info@dhakachamber.com
dcci@bangla.net
Web site:
www.dhakachamber.com
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce
& Industry (DCCI) the voice of SMEs serves as the
first point of business contact for penetration into new
market and a vibrant platform putting forward facts-based
opinions, suggestions and recommendations for a brighter
tomorrow in the sphere of trade, commerce and the overall
economy. DCCI, the largest and most active Chamber of the
country, established in 1958 , was incorporated under the
companies Act, V11 of 1913 as a limited company on March 10,
1959. It serves as a model of non-profit, service-oriented
organization. It has rendered more than four decades of very
useful services for the development of business and industry
in Bangladesh.
It
has four classes of membership: General, Associate, Town
Association and Trade Group. The Chamber is run by a Board
of twenty-four Directors representing all classes of
membership. One third of the Directors retire every year. A
President, a Senior Vice-President and a Vice-President are
elected by the Board for a term of one year. The President
is the Chief Executive of the Chamber. The Board of
Directors is assisted by a number of Standing Committees on
various important business-related subjects and by a full
fledged Secretariat.
Functions
of the DCCI
The
basic functions of the DCCI relate to promotion and
development of trade, commerce and industry. Some of these
are:
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to give market oriented inputs for formulation and
implementation of government policies in respect of import,
export, industry, investment, banking, insurance, fiscal
measures, annual budget etc. and brief materials for
conferences relating to WTO, UNCTAD, SAPTA, SAFTA, BIMST-EC
etc;
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to represent trade, commerce and industry on various
advisory or consultative committees at different Ministries
and Departments of the Governments;
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to give views and comments on legislative measures
affecting trade, commerce and industry;
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to function as a forum for exchanging views on trade
and economy among different Chamber members, Government
agencies, DCCI members and local/foreign delegations;
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to issue Certificate of Origin (CO) and authenticate
documents for promotion of exports;
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to disseminate business information to members by
Electronic Communication, Fortnightly Trade Bulletin, DCCI
Monthly Review, Circulars, Notifications, Statistical data
etc;
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to organize training courses, seminars/
workshops/symposia, trade delegations, trade fairs to
participle in them at home and abroad and to receive
delegations from abroad;
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to undertake activities like survey, research etc. to
suggest for favourable business related policies;
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to prepare Economic Policy Papers (EPPs) for
conducting policy advocacy for the benefit of the business
sector;
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to prepare position papers, fact sheet on different
business issues to lobby with the Government;
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to sign Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) with
overseas Chambers of Commerce and Industries and other
business organisations for promotion of bilateral trade and
investment;
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to prepare, implement and evaluate projects for
entrepreneurship development and other trade related matters
and
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to develop business through internet/web page of its
own.
Standing
Committees
In
order to monitor various developments in the industry, trade
and economic fields and to carry out the activities as
mentioned above, DCCI constitutes a number of Standing
Committees (SCs) every year. The committees, headed by a Co-ordinating
Director, supported by a Convenor and a Co-Convenor, are
composed of a number of members representing concerned
discipline of trade and industry.
The
SCs through the respective Co-ordinating Directors move and
ventilate their concerns to the Board in the form of
proceedings with specific proposals. Some of the proposals,
as approved by the Board, are implemented by the Chamber
directly while the rest are recommended to the relevant
Ministries/Organisation for necessary consideration and
implementation.
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