Home > Why Join?

Sharing is polite:  

                         

CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP VALUE-ADDED SERVICES AND BENEFITS

The American Chamber of Commerce offers a wide variety of value-added services and benefits to the Member companies. To see brief descriptions of some of them please see the following:

• Advocacy and Policy
• Business Networking
• Information Exchange & Publications
• Promotional Opportunities

Please contact Alyona Bilokha, Membership Development Coordinator, at 490-5800 or chamber@chamber.ua for full information and additional details.

ADVOCACY AND POLICY

One of the principle activities of the Chamber is to represent the internationally oriented investment community as well as to facilitate the entrance of potential new investors into this market. The Member organizations of the Chamber represent many of the largest companies from more than 50 countries operating in Ukraine with a majority of the foreign direct investment. The Chamber is an active and engaged member of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council under President of Ukraine, the Entrepreneurs' Council of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and a wide variety of Public Councils within the Ukrainian Ministries and State Committees.

The Chamber's primary mechanism of developing and implementing advocacy and lobbying related initiatives are through the active Chamber Committees and Working Groups. The Committee structure enables the Chamber to engage interested Members, over an extended period of time, in industry and sector specific policy related issues. The Committees are standing and many of which have been active for many years. On the other hand, the Chamber Membership utilizes Working Groups to focus on specific issues and bring together Members who are experts on that issue to develop and execute an action plan to resolve the problem and then disband. This structure is very effective in resolving specific issues in a short period of time. The Chamber will continue to strive to establish value added Committees and Working Groups as identified by the Membership.

The Chamber Board of Directors, Policy Team together with Committees and Working Groups regularly communicate on its activity to Members via electronic publications: Policy Flashes, Monday Weekly Bulletin, Thursday Advocacy & Committee Updates and President's Messages.

GO UP

BUSINESS NETWORKING

Taking into consideration the business needs of the Membership and their personal interests the Chamber arranges various types of events allowing Members to communicate, establish new contacts and expand activities.

General Membership Meetings are designed to inform the Membership about the latest economic and political developments in the country. They feature the top level Ukrainian politicians as guest speakers and give Members an opportunity to participate in discussions.

Chamber Business Luncheons provide an opportunity for Members to engage in an open dialogue with prominent government and business leaders on issues that are relevant to the particular industry sector.

Captains of Industry Meetings take place a few times during the year providing CEOs, Country Managers and General Directors of Chamber Member Companies, Ambassadors and other prominent guests an opportunity to engage in high-level Networking with fellow Members and VIP guests while enjoying delicious food and beverages in an interesting venue.

Silver Card Events are targeted to those Members who are holders of the Chamber Silver and Gold cards bringing them additional networking benefits besides the wide variety of discounts offered throughout Ukraine.

Business Networking Cocktails enable excellent networking opportunities to develop closer contacts within our rapidly growing internationally oriented business community. They are mostly held in Chamber Gourmet Club restaurants to ensure the most conductive atmosphere for catching up with friends and colleagues as well as meeting new business partners.

The Chamber have started a series of innovative Networking and educational events, entitled Chamber Marketing Club, where the leading marketing and advertising minds in Ukraine join together to socialize and Network while sharing best practices and catching up on the last trends in the fast paced and creative sphere of marketing in Ukraine.

Young Professionals' Events (YP-Net), under the auspices of the Chamber, is the premier vehicle for expanding social networks, fostering professional and intellectual growth, and sustaining informational exchange within the diverse community of Chamber Young Professionals.

Sport & Family Events and Charity Events arranged by the Chamber foster teamwork and good sportsmanship among our Members as well as provide a wonderful opportunity to relax with friends and family. In 2006 the Chamber launched a new Project entitled "Travel with the Chamber". The main goal of the Project is to provide Chamber Members with unique cost effective weekend travelling opportunities by providing special offers on a variety of destinations that are low cost and have exciting extra benefits and perks. There are Charitable American Independence Day Picnic, Charitable Corporate Tennis Cup, Annual Football Tournament, etc.

Charity events are organized in the context of the Chamber Philanthropy Program in conjunction with Ukrainian Citizen Action Networks (UCAN) marks the proceeds from the Chamber's Charity Events for donation to worthy charities throughout Ukraine.

GO UP

INFORMATION EXCHANGE & PUBLICATIONS

Electronic publications issued on a regular basis are one of the most valuable benefits enjoyed by Members.

Membership Directory

Membership Directory is an annual publication issued every January (hard copy + CD) that gives in depth description of each Member Company as well as other useful information about the Chamber and the business and diplomatic community. The Membership Directory also contains a Country Profile that is comprised of articles in relation to specific economic and business interest areas as well as political trends provided by Chamber's Members who are experts in their respective field. Each Member receives two copies of the Membership Directory free of charge. This publication is also circulated to the Chambers of Commerce in the NIS, EU and US as well as diplomatic and donor missions throughout the world.

Annual Report

The Annual Report issued every December summarizes Chamber's activities during the previous year highlighting major accomplishments and achievements. Its content is divided into different parts devoted to the various types of Chamber's activities, such as overall information about Chamber, calendar of Events, Advocacy and Lobbying activities, Committees reports, etc.

This concise and innovative electronic publication is sent to Members every Thursday providing an overview of the Chamber current Advocacy and Lobbying initiatives including ongoing activities, communication with appropriate Ukrainian State authorities, legislative updates, success stories as well as a comprehensive overview of the engagement of the Chamber Industry and Sector specific Committees and Working Groups. The publication serves as an effective communication tool providing Member companies with insight and early warnings regarding issues that may impact their business and inviting Members, who are experts in their respective fields, to share information and join efforts to successfully address common issues that impact the investment community active in Ukraine.

Member Companies receive an HTML based Electronic Bulletin each week via e-mail which describes activities in and around the Chamber which will take place in the near future. It provides schedules and agendas for upcoming Committee meetings and other activities that the Chamber organizes as benefits for our Members.

GO UP

PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

The Chamber offers free of charge promotion for Members organization as part of the Membership benefits by placing a comprehensive description of each Member Company in the annual edition of the Membership Directory, by listing the Member company and including their logo on our website, by placing Press Releases and News from Members in a special area on the web site, by updating on the company names' changes, new top level appointments in Weekly Bulletin, announcements on the CSR activities and many others.

The Chamber helps to obtain Business Visa for employees of Member companies travelling on business matters.

Also a special Member 2 Member Discount Card Program exists for a long time. The Program grows and expands continuously offering more opportunities and benefits. The Chamber promotes the use of Chamber Gold and Silver Discount Cards among the Membership to create a reputable well-recognized promotional vehicle for fellow Members to utilize. This Program not only allows participating Members to raise the awareness, profile and revenues of their companies, but it also gives the representatives of every Chamber Member Company the benefit of having access to the many discounts that are on offer. Our Members also enjoy the discounts in more than 60 best restaurants in Ukraine, which are united under the Chamber Gourmet Club brand launched in 2005.

GO UP

Please contact Alyona Bilokha, Membership Development Coordinator, at 490-5800 or at chamber@chamber.ua for full information and additional details.