CCBLA - Arab-Belgium-Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce - ABLCC

 Business Workshop : Belgian Ambassadors in the Arab countries (11 January 2010)

Following the economic missions presided by HRH Prince Philippe in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab  Emirates and in Morocco and on the occasion of the Diplomatic Days and the New year, the CCBLA organised on 11th January 2010 in collaboration with BECI a workshop gathering the Belgian Ambassadors in the Arab countries.

On this occasion, Their Excellencies Mr Michel Lastschenko, Mrs Anick Van Calster and Mr Jean Luc Bodson, took the floor to share their reflections and reactions following those important missions underlining the importance and the necessity of a follow up by the Belgian enterprises.

The meeting was followed by a reception that allowed the Belgian participants to have contacts and to exchange their points of view with the Ambassadors in the Arab countries. 

Round table : Business opportunities in Morocco and Outsourcing in the Benelux (27th January 2010)

The Morocco Economic Development Zones (MEDZ) organized on 27th January 2010 in cooperation with our Chamber a round table on Outsourcing in the Benelux to exchange insights and best practices in the IT and business process outsourcing field.

The Conference took place in the premises of the Conference and Business Center of Agoria in Brussels and was chaired by Mr Armand Angeli, VP of the European Outsourcing Association (EOA).

The Ambassador of Morocco in Belgium, H.E. Mr Samir Addahre, and the Secretary General of CCBLA, Mr Qaisar Hijazin, opened the floor, underlining the strategic advantages of Morocco for the business and investments opportunities in the country and for becoming one of the top destinations for outsourcing, and the key sector opportunities for Belgian and European enterprises such as construction, tourism, automotive, energy, etc..

Mr Anouar Atmani, Strategies & Business development Director at Casanearshore-MEDZ, exposed the importance and the advantages of the Moroccan market as well as Morocco's offshoring strategy aiming at strenghening the country's attractiveness.  Mr Atmani invited the participants to plan missions to Morocco, to assess the potential and opportunities that the Moroccan market has to offer for business and investments.

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Conference CCBLA-BECI : Rationalization of Energy and Energy-Efficient Buildings (4 February 2010)

The main speakers of the Conference were Mr François Lederer representing BESIX and Mr Freddy Vandaele representing Agoria.

Mr Lederer explained the question of Energy Performance of Buildings and the consequences for design and execution and gave a testimony on othe measures taken on the side and their effects in reduction of energy consumption.

Mr Vandaele did a presentation on "Energy efficient buildings : reasons, possibilities and return on investment.

The conference was followed by a debate where participants, big companies and enterprises of various sectors such as construction, real estate, energy, automotive, exchanged views and positions on the topics of reduction of energy consumption, before concluding the conference with a cocktail.