Respective leaders from Dubai and Bahrain recently pooled
their resources to share information and relate experiences to mutually benefit
one another’s global perspectives at an event hosted by the Bahrain Chamber of
Commerce and Industry.
Promoting rapport and collaboration between the two GCC organizations,
participants at the roundtable discussion strove to fortify the role of
Chambers in the Arab world as well as on an international scale.
Omar Khan, who serves as Dubai Chamber director for international
offices, described the chamber’s high profile over the past year with 66 worldwide
events as well as receiving delegations from 69 nations, encouraging private
sector business in Dubai.
Khan added that Dubai represented at the Milan (Italy) Expo
2015’s UAE Pavilion and the 10th World Retail Congress to further bolster the
emirate’s competitive edge. Dubai Chamber’s mission is to further the economy via trade,
tourism, logistics and financial services. It operates outposts in Baku, Erbil,
Accra, Addis Ababa and Maputo.
Meeting members included Abdulrahim Naqi, secretary general for the Federation of GCC Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (FGCC Chambers), and Nabeel Al Mahmood, CEO of the Bahrain Chamber
of Commerce & Industry (BCCI).
Additional representatives attended from the Federation of
GCC Chambers along with stakeholders of the Cooperation Council for the Arab
States of the Gulf – Secretariat General, Dubai, Bahrain, Kuwait, Amman, Qatar
Chambers and the Council of Saudi Chambers.
The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry is located in
the city of Manama. The nonprofit group was founded in 1939 to advocate for
private sector business.
