The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Latvia Connecting Northern Europe to Canada The bridge between the EU, North America, and Russia/Central Asia/Ukraine/Belarus Located in Riga, Latvia | |
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Welcome to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Latvia (CanCham). | |
Contact Information - Legal and Mailing Address: Vienības gatve 109, Rīga, Latvija, LV-1058
- Contact e-mail address: info@cancham.lv
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How to become a member: | |
The CanCham was established in 2000 to: - strengthen the bonds between Canada and Latvia through promoting mutual business interests;
- increase awareness in the Latvian business community of Canadian economic and business interests, and commercial capabilities;
- support economic and business initiatives by Canadian and Latvian interests in each other's country, including outreach to companies operating in both markets;
- work with the Canadian Embassy in Latvia and other organizations, and the Latvian Embassy in Canada, in identifying business opportunities and expanding business linkages between Canada and Latvia;
- provide a social forum for the Canadian business community and to facilitate social contacts between representatives of Canadian and Latvian businesses;
- advocate at all levels in Latvia support for the continued development of principles of fair business practice.
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What the CanCham does for its members: The CanCham actively promotes the business interests of its members in Latvia and Canada through the Partnership for Profit program and Governance program by using a cluster organizational approach. Clusters are special topic/interest groups that focus on promoting the interests of each group. To participate in a cluster, one must be a CanCham member, but members may invite guests to meetings. Meetings are held in Riga and Toronto, but accommodations will also be made for those not able to attend meetings to be involved in these activities. | |
The CanCham is not a commercial organization and does not participate in commercial activity itself. CanCham members offer B2B services directly. CanCham members can: - Provide
vital services to foreign companies wishing to do business in Latvia including:
- representing
their interests in winning contracts and developing opportunities,
- providing
legal representation,
- setting up
new companies or joint ventures,
- assisting
with networking and partnering with reliable contacts in the region,
- developing
web sites in Latvian and Russian,
- developing
sales organizations in Latvia and the Baltic region,
- using our
experiences to help foreigners better understand the culture and traditions
they are dealing with.
- Provide reliable services for Latvian companies wishing to do business abroad including:
- sourcing
strategic partners,
- developing
export opportunities
- seeking
investment capital.
- using our
experiences to help Latvians to better understand the culture and business
environment they wish to do business with,
- providing
opportunities to work with foreign companies wishing to do business in Latvia.
Par CanCham latviešu valodā We want to know what members expect from the CanCham. Please fill in the survey information at http://cancham.lv/input. | |
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The CanCham periodically reviews its approach
to serving its members and updates its strategy. See
Strategy 2019, http://cancham.lv/about-cancham/strategy-2019 for the latest version. | |
- Partnership for
Profit: Partnership
for Profit is the approach used to develop business opportunities for CanCham
members. We believe in the importance of effective networking and consider
effective networking to be a foundation for creating business opportunities. We
respect business owners and managers time, and use our experience to ensure
that they get as much out of events as possible and have the opportunity to
connect with people who could be useful. We use networking meetings involving
panel discussions and guest speakers, and business after hours networking
opportunities where members promote their organizations. The CanCham Web site
and Face Book are used for communication and promotional purposes. Members are
divided into work groups each with a work group leader to enhance communication
and working together.
- Governance: The Governance program considers actions to be taken to deal with troublesome government laws, regulations and/or practices. We offer those companies and individuals who have had bad experiences with the bureaucracy to share their experiences and work with the CanCham to seek solutions, and have an established method to use to deal with such issues.
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The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
The CanCham intends to optimize the expected
benefits from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the
Canada/European Union free trade agreement that removes most tariffs and
bureaucracy between the EU and Canada and will greatly impact small and medium
sized business. See http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/. This provides major export opportunities for EU and Canadian companies. The agreement has been approved by both EU and Canadian parliaments and entered into force provisionally on 21 September 2017, meaning most of the agreement now applies. National parliaments in EU countries and in some cases regional ones too will then need to approve CETA before it can take full effect.
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Privacy and Personal Data Policy: See http://cancham.lv/about-cancham/privacy-and-personal-data-policy | |
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