name: Afghanistan International Chamber of Commerce
text: The AICC was created by a core group of Afghanistanâ€™s business associations. The associations formed the AICC in order to serve as a voice for Afghanistanâ€™s business community and to assist in the creation of a business association network. This network of associations, which will eventually include national, provincial and local organizations, will provide Afghanistanâ€™s private sector companies and international investors with the support they need to achieve success. AICC will focus oÂ­n public policy advocacy, investment and trade promotion, technical assistance and membership services in order to address the changing needs of the private sector.
  
  AICC has international affiliate branches in Washington D.C (AACC), Dubai UAE (ABC), Rotterdam Netherland (NAICC) and in Beijing China that initiate international trade and investment programs on its behalf. It plans to establish offices in many other countries where Afghan traders and investors have a presence. Such countries include the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Iran and several other countries.
  
  AICC is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In addition to its fund membership fees are increasingly becoming a major source of AICCâ€™s financial resource.
  
  AICC has 61 Board Members; they are all well known traders of the country and elected by the Business community (AICC Members) in the first General Assembly in June 2004.
  
  AICC has more than 3000 individual members from different business and around 24 Affiliate associations and help them in communicating their problems with the policy makers of the National government and related organizations, and hold capacity building seminars and workshops in order lead their members towards a modern business system.
  
  http://www.aicc-online.org/