Partners in Czech Republic

In the Czech Republic, there are a variety of institutions created to support trade through business support programs and initiatives to bring foreign partners onto the Czech market. The agencies briefly introduced here offer information and support for business in the Czech Republic.

Institutions supporting trade

CzechTrade – Czech state agency supporting business - http://www.czechtrade.cz/

CzechTrade is a state agency supporting business that was established by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The agency's main goal is to provide support to companies during expansion of mutual trade relations and cooperation. Through its foreign and domestic representations, the agency provides information, practical assistance to exporters and foreign purchasers, consultations and training programs and assists companies during trade fairs. On its websites it also publishes information for foreign companies that would like to enter the Czech market and seek a partner there. The CzechTrade agency has 33 international offices in 30 countries around the world. The list of offices can be found on the webpages of CzechTrade.

Economic Chamber – www.komora.cz

The Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic (HK CR) represents the interests of its members – small, medium and large enterprises, associating in the regional network of chambers and in trade corporations. The main mission of the chamber is to support provisions that contribute to the expansion of business in the Czech Republic and thus to the entire economic stability of the state. The chamber also workds with a long list partner organizations in the Czech Republic and also all over the world, which is testament to the Economic Chamber's position as a traditional and internationally respected institution.

Currently, HK CR has 14 regional economic chambers in the competence of regions, together with tens of area-based chambers that actively operate in individual areas of the Czech Republic, and more than 80 trade associations. Thank to this regional and business network, HK CR is able to provide the following services to a broad business-oriented public (to members and also non-members) that correspond with the standards of the economic chambers in EU countries:

  • Organization of international and bilateral company contact events (outgoing and incoming mission)
  • Organization of accompanying business missions of Czech state representatives on official visits abroad
  • Visiting missions of entrepreneurs on the opportunity of official Czech attendance at trade fairs and exhibitions in abroad
  • Missions of foreign investors for small- and midsize Czech enterprises
  • Procuration of contacts with partner economic chambers and other business institutions abroad
  • Providing full services for foreign companies for their presentation in the Czech Republic
  • Organizing seminars, workshops and similar events with a technical and territorial focus
  • Representing the Czech Business Representation (CEBRE) at the EU in Brussels

Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic -  www.spcr.cz

The Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic is a voluntary organization associating employers and entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic in the area of industry and transport. The Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic is a non-state organization, independent of the government, political parties and unions.

It is a member of:

  • IOE - International Organization of Employers
  • UNICE - Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe
  • BIAC - Business and Industry Advisory Committee to OECD

Association for Foreign Investments - http://www.afi.cz/

The Association for Foreign Investments  – AFI – represents a group of Czech companies that support the entry of foreign investors into the Czech Republic and provides a broad choice of professional services for foreign investors coming to the Czech market.  

The ain goal of the AFI is to ensure that the entry of foreign investors onto the Czech market is as simple and fast as possible. The consultants of AFI are experts in the sphere of consulting, project and audit services with varied specializations.

International Chamber of Commerce – Czech Republic http://www.icc-cr.cz/eng.html

ICC - The International Chamber of Commerce is the sole worldwide trade organization that represents enterprises of all sectors all over the world. It provides a large scale of principal services of which the most important is accomplishing arbitration proceedings within a permanent arbitration court – the ICC International Arbitration Court. This arbitration court is the most significant worldwide arbitration institution. On top of that, ICC has top-level advisory status in many global trade, governmental and international organizations – especially the OSN, the EU, the OECD, the WTO and others.

Foreign chambers of commerce operating in the Czech Republic

Trade and professional organizations

Business opportunities

Your Czech Supplier - http://www.supplier.cz/

The project of the CzechTrade agency called “Your Czech Supplier" is a service offered for free to all foreign tradesmen who seek for a new supplier in the Czech Republic.

WLW -  http://cz.wlw.de/start/CZ/cs/index.html

WLW explores products and services in the business-to-business area. WLW offers up-to-date and verified infomation on companies, their products and services. The company has operated in the Czech Republic since 1994.

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