Economic Development agencies, government departments, trade associations and the like most often have at least one major goal: to bring focus and attention to a certain region or industry group.  Associated with that is the intent to increase export/trade exposure of their business members, along with attracting more investment. A secondary but still important goal is to have clearly defined venues for Small and Midsize Enterprise (SME) commerce, with common, fair 'level-playing field' rules and tools.

The World Chambers can make this possible via Private Public sector Partnerships (P3), employing a combinations of its select trust programs and global chamber and business database hub listings, to deliver unsurpassed global business attention to your economic development initiative. The P3s the WCN is involved in often also include individual chambers of commerce or chamber clusters, and sometimes corporate sponsors brought to the table by P3 partners.  

At any one point in time, P3s the WCN is involved in range from simple custom clusters of chambers and business (i.e. by industry and geography) highlighted at the global portal for 14,000+ chambers and their 40 million + business members, to the "Discover..." program which include extra economic development content provided by P3 partners (i.e. investment and other regional program links). Please visit :: here  to see real P3 Cluster and 'Discover..." examples. Other P3 projects the WCN can range from special business verification projects, to SME export promotions by a province/state, region or nation, or cluster of nations (i.e. by loading exporter file data into systems such as ChamberTrust). In addition, there are also special bi-lateral partnering projects for certain regions or countries. Together with our trust programs for business, this allows for near infinite permutations and combinations of P3 projects.		Discover...
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Bottom line: A WCN P3 offers its partners unsurpassed regional, national and global exposure in their economic development endeavors, along with a lot of flexibility for customization and budgets. Beyond economic development and export promotion applications, WCN P3 projects also embed trusted international trade venues and tools. As an example, there is a current project underway that creates a secure e-contract room for SMEs in three European and three Asian partnering nations, with 'auto-notarization' certificates held by the World Chambers for each and every upload by an SME (i.e. source code for joint ventures, or versioning of contracts). This is a very strong 'element of proof' service. Most SMEs know that they should try to expand into foreign markets, but without the right trusted (and affordable) venues for them, that can be risky business -- especially for a young SME operating outside its national jurisdiction. WCN's global trust and e-business protection tools help minimize the risks
  

  
In summary, our projects help P3 partners can build on:

  
:::. The Chamber brand, one of the most recognized and trusted global brands with a history measured in centuries... an important consideration when the public sector tries to promote its SMEs (i.e. for exports) which are often young, small or at least not well known ('anonymous') outside their immediate locale, and on the web.
  
  
:::. Neutrality and 'level playing field' approach... exports by one country become imports of another. The International chamber issue INCO Trade Terms,  offers ATA Carnets custom documents and Certificates of Origin, and the ICC is the parent of the International Court of Arbitration.
  
  
:::. The sheer size of the global chamber network ...over 14,000 offices that represent over 40 million businesses in our core systems. Together with our trust programs for business, this allows for near infinite permutations and combinations of P3 projects. 
  
  
:::. Productivity Gains  The venues we have created and use in P3s, such as Chamber e-Vault and ChamberTrust, also have the pleasant 'side-effect' of increasing an SME's productivity
  
  
Please do not hesitate to :: contact us if you would like to discuss how we can assist with your Private Public sector partnership projects.
  
  
   
  
  
   

  
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