ATCC at a Glance

One of Albania’s oldest non-profit business organizations, ATCC was established in 2012 with the mission to contribute to international trade and investment by bridging businesses in Albania with counterparts in the Turkey and beyond.

DHTSHT

Dhoma e Tregtise Shqiptaro - Turke

ATTO

Arnavut - Türk Ticaret Odası

ATCC

Albanian - Turkish Chamber of Commerce

ATCC the leading actor in the Albanian and Turkish business.

Since its founding in 2012, the Albanian Turkish Chamber of Commerce (ATCC) is a not-for-profit organization independent of any government financial support. ATCC has become the most important private organization for promoting trade and investment between the Albania and Turkey. ATCC mission is to foster and develop increased communication, coordination and investment between businesses in the Albania and Turkey.


The ATCC is an association of companies, individuals and private organizations. Its main aims are to:

Advance industrial and trade relations between the Albania and Turkey. Provide possibilities for promotion and marketing of goods and services in Albania and the Turkey, and throughout Europe through partners in a European network of Chambers. Introduce members to a wide range of professional management expertise and best practice through talks by carefully selected speakers and visits to companies. Provide effective opportunities for promoting goods and services on the recently re-designed website.

Offer sponsorship and strategic partnership opportunities. Provide practical assistance to members activities. Open access between the Albanian and Turkish Chambers to the their events and networks.

Central to this goal is providing a forum for information, advice and lobbying to allow the flow of business and investment between these two nations to run as smoothly as possible. In this age of increased globalization, and with Albania's ever-increasing dominance in Balkans, increased business cooperation is of great value to both nations and their corporations.

ATCC looks both to develop and improve the strength of Albanian businesses and decrease the barriers to entry of Turkish businesses seeking to establish themselves in Albania. In turn, the sustained fluidity of trans-national business operations is at the heart of ATCC's work. In order to achieve this goal, ATCC has adopted strategic plans and services that it seeks to implement. Such plans and services include:

  • Conducting research to determine relevant investment projects in line with expectations of both the Albanian and Turkish companies and to create an environment of open communication.
  • Giving advice to Albanian and Turkish business circles on commercial, economical, financial, industrial undertakings and to prepare proposals for implementation.
  • Advisory services for bilateral trade relations for investments in Albania and Turkey. This consultancy which makes available business bridge between the two countries Albania and Turkey.
  • Taking part in joint efforts with other non-governmental organizations and public authorities in order to attract investors to Albania, and to discover solutions to eliminate legal and institutional bottlenecks faced by Turkish companies investing in Albania.
  • Organizing meetings, conferences, seminars, fairs and workshops about social topics and contents, which will help to facilitate the exchange of information and opinions.
  • Organizing protocol services to related government official visits or other non-governmental organizations and also higher business VIP visits, which serve the cooperation between the two countries in economic development.
  • Working in cooperation with other Chambers of Commerce domestic & abroad and professional organizations to eliminate the problems encountered during the application of regulations on the protection of intellectual property rights, international arbitration, competition, standards in bookkeeping and reporting, as well as corporate mergers and dissolutions.

    A fast reforming country with focus on the ease of doing business, with its excellent strategic location, free market access, low taxes and great incentives, as well as a motivated, educated and cost competitive work force, Albania is an excellent investment destination.

Objectives of ATCC

Objectives are the cornerstones of a strong business.


The primary objectives of the ATCC are to:

promote the development of Albanian and Turkish economic relations;

provide a platform for the Albanian and Turkish business communities to network and develop their business and common interests;

promote awareness of the business, commercial, industrial and professional expertise of its members;

provide business and professional guidance or support, where applicable, to its members or Albanian companies considering doing business in the Turkish companies looking to invest in the Albania.



Proposed Chamber activities and initiatives


it is anticipated that a wide range of activities will be initiated in order to meet the above objectives. These will include the following activities:

holding meetings, seminars, conferences and networking events;

building a network of individuals and companies that facilitates and encourages advice, support and the sharing of knowledge;

collecting and distributing relevant business information;

affiliation with or representation on other bodies that would further the interests of the Chamber and its members, both at national and international levels;

discussions with relevant Turkey and Albania authorities on any issues affecting the development of trading and investment between the two countries;

referral of enquiries to Albanian and Turkish official bodies, businesses and professionals, as appropriate;

development of a link that supports communication and networking for all members.

President's Message

A sincere message to the friends, members and co-workers of ATCC

Dear ATCC Members, Associates, and Friends, the Albanian Turkish Chamber of Commerce (ATCC) after two years of intensive work was founded in 2012 as a non-profit making organization to provide its members with a wide range of services targeted at promoting bilateral trade, investment and joint ventures between the Albania and Turkey. As known, Turkey is one of the main actors in the global economy. Turkey is a gigantic economic generator with a capacity of about 1 billion consumers in the world. Its presence in the Balkans primarily in Albania carries a especial importance. The friendship between the two countries has been stable for five centuries and today the strategic bridges between the two countries are growing even more.

As President of ATCC, I am pleased to have the task of promoting the expansion and strengthening of commercial relations between Albania and Turkey. Albania is a member of NATO and will soon be a member of the EU. This has brought security in investments, and an increase in continuous demand for foreign investments. Over the last ten years, investor confidence and foreign investment in Albania have soared and Albania has become an increasingly important economic player in Balkan and Europe region. Being at the crossroads of Europe, Middle East and the Asia, Albania represents tremendous potential for foreign investment.

Further strengthened by a young population with higher education, Albania is an excellent candidate to become a preferred place for Turkish companies to do business in a excellent country as Albania. Seeing that today Albania is turning into a regional strategic factor and our priority as ATCC is the expansion of Turkish investments in Albania. With alternation of new policies and structure to a European country and being a developing country, Albania offers excellent investment climate in many fields. Our main commitment is to guide business in the two countries in the right direction in the economic development of both countries.


Our organization is committed to help Turkish companies expand their businesses into Albania and vice versa. As part of this commitment, we take on the role of an active lobbyist for Turkish companies that have established branches in Albania and for Albanian companies that have commercial relations and interests in the Turkey. We also actively promote new business relationships between Turkish and Albanian companies. I would personally like to thank all of our members for their support, and will ensure that ATCC will continue to actively represent the interest of its members by promoting their individual and common interests and providing the best support and service.


Yours sincerely.


Bledar Qevani
President

Board of Directors

Board of Directors by Committees

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Strategic Planning

Vision of Strategy is the development of Economic Relations and Trade.

Planning "2030" includes a broad strategic plan in various sectors ranging from construction, infrastructure, real estate, energy, petroleum, mining, tourism, automotive, transportation, textile, agriculture, food, health, finance, banking, military, defense, security, industrial machinery, vs.

Some of the highlights of our strategic plan are:

  • Providing new jobs in new investments in various sectors.
  • Establishing a common strategic groups in the organization of inter-business between Albania and Turkey.
  • Provide large Turkish investments in Albania in strategic areas for increasing economic cooperation between the two countries.
  • Provision and Selection of serious companies in commercial relations which the two countries.
The ATCC has recently adopted its new Strategy for the years 2023-2030.


This strategic plan for the ATCC has the following objectives:
  • To re-establish a healthy all-encompassing member organisation, based on a platform of Albanian and Turkish SME's, MNC's and large professional companies.
  • To become partner and the organization of choice for the Albanian and the Turkish Government in their efforts to promote and increase trade and investment between both countries.
  • To continue being a leading provider of commercial support services for its members, in particular SME's looking to develop reciprocal business in both countries.
  • To support small start-up and innovative companies in export and inward investment.
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