
The Congolese-American Chamber of Commerce Inc., called CACC in acronym is a US non-profit, non-political, pro charitable, business organization dedicated to promote education, trade, tourism, investment, and goodwill .
- CACC is under the "umbrella" of the Association of Bi-National Chambers of commerce in Florida, ABiCC in acronym.
- ABiCC has approximately 45 member organizations, with a total membership of approximately 8,000 international business members located in Florida, constituting a major part of the international business community.
- The rapidly growing number of bi-national chambers of commerce and their memberships mirror the fundamental transformation that Florida has undergone in just a few years to become the Global Center of the Americas for trade, commerce, finance, transportation, communication, research and education
MISSION
- The Mission of CACC is to economically empower and sustain Congolese communities through entrepreneurship, capitalistic activity within the United States and Via interaction with the Democratic Republic of Congo and to take the lead in furthering our members business interests in Democratic Republic of Congo, the US and internationally, through lobbying, public relations efforts, and direct government contacts
WHY JOINING CACC
- to put our members interest first,
- to assist members to develop business contacts locally and in Democratic Republic of Congo.
- to foster, promote and develop commercial relations and exchanges between the United States and DR Congo and vice versa [e.g. AGOA + NEPAD],
- to take any such actions and measures as may be required to achieve the foregoing such as creating the correct environment that will help interaction and trust amongst people so that economic and social prosperity can be attained.
- Our major resource is our database of Congolese industries of several thousand senior-level Congolese businessman that represent virtually every economic and industry sector.
PRIMARY ACTIVITIES
- To position CACC as the organization in Florida that defends the interests of its member organizations and their respective members, thereby representing the business community in Florida.
- To inform the public institutions, the media and other entities of the importance of the international business community to the economy, employment and prosperity of Florida and overseas countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo
- To be a link between the member organizations and government institutions.
- To organize and maintain an agenda of projects that will help abolish or reduce restrictions in Florida and the USA on free movement of goods, capital and people between the USA and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- To support Miami as the location for the future Permanent Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, by informing the international private sector on the services and advantages offered by Miami to such a secretariat.
- To centralize information concerning member associations through an efficient website and other communication media, as well as by distributing information on events organized by member associations.
- To publish a CACC Newsletter, either in paper or on internet, that will serve as an important tool to inform on the different activities organized by the member chambers.
- To represent the member organizations at press conferences, debates, etc.
- To select a winner every year of the CACC Award for Leadership in Global Trade.
- To organize the yearly CACC World Business Week which serves as a platform for the member associations to showcase their different business opportunities, as well as any other events decided by the Board of Directors that will foster networking or that will be informative and educational to the member associations and their respective members.