ICIE

International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ICIE) was founded on February 21, 1992. The International Congress – is a union of public associations, working on the principle of voluntariness, self-administration and informational transparency in strict compliance with national legislations and standards of international law, it unites business circles of different countries.

At present, the Congress unites national organizations of industrialists and entrepreneurs from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Byelorussia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Estonia.

Recently Italy and India have joined ICIE. Associations of industrialists and entrepreneurs of China take part in ICIE work as observers, representatives of Vietnam declared their wish to join the Congress. The ICIE headquarter is located in Moscow.

Alongside with national associations of industrialists and entrepreneurs, the Members of the Congress can be legal entities: industrial enterprises, banks, insurance companies, commercial structures.

International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs has an official status at United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Interparliamentary Assembly of Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS), and also official relations of long-term cooperation with the Universal Confederation of Trade Unions, International Center of Scientific and Technical Information, International Union of Commodity Producers. The collaboration with the Executive Secretariat of CIS and its end-effectors is carried out.

Among main directions of ICIE activities are: rendering to its members consultative, legal, scientific assistance, development and implementation of scientific, industrial, investment programs and projects. Possibilities of the International Congress include rendering assistance in establishment and development of enterprises of different property and management categories, in their adaptation to conditions of the market economy, in extending international connections to strengthen economic and industrial potential of regions, where these enterprises work.

The top executive board of the Congress is the Congress Assembly, which is summoned by the Congress or the Presidium of the Congress Council if necessary, but no less than once per four years or on request of the half of the Congress members. In the period between Assemblies the executive functions are performed by the Congress Council.