Membership Benefits
How does membership with the Armenia-Canada Chamber of Commerce help members compete?
A membership with the ACCC gives:
Credibility
The ACCC serves as a credible business association in Canada and Armenia. Through consultation and research, and in collaboration with its members, the ACCC speaks for thousands of Canadian and Armenian business people. Because of who it represents, it is seen as the authoritative voice on all business matters.
Advocacy
The ACCC interprets federal issues and communicates members’ views to policymakers in Ottawa and Yerevan. Our expert policy staff works directly with our members on issues that matter most to Canadian and Armenian businesses; this means that members are steering the debate.
Information
For members, the ACCC provides up-to-date information on policy and legislative changes that affect businesses. Members receive informed analysis by the ACCC’s economists and policy experts. The Chamber’s "intelligence network" – the best in the business – gives members an early warning system of upcoming federal developments.
Influence
Representing different businesses of all sizes, in all sectors, in all regions, the ACCC’s membership network forms the basis for its authoritative voice. Given its size, constituencies, history, and track record, becoming an ACCC member is a sound business investment. Members can count on the ACCC’s network of qualified staff, corporate volunteers, and Board of Directors to act as credible voices on issues that matter most to Canadian and Armenian businesses.
By becoming a corporate member of the ACCC, you step ahead of the competition with up-to-the moment market intelligence, services, and opportunities. Once you join, you will have the nation’s largest business federation representing your interests in Canada and Armenia and on the world stage.
Benefits
- Contacts: with government officials and reps of the public and private sectors of Armenia and Canada, with Armenian and Canadian business communities, with trade missions from and to Canada and Armenia
- Business opportunities: Identify and establish business contacts and/or representations, initiate contacts with relevant sectors within the Armenian and Canadian business communities
- Access to information: about Armenian companies; about Canadian companies; about Armenia-Canada trade agreements; State regulations
- Business networking - the ACCC's prime mission is to provide a networking forum for companies and individuals engaged in trade and commerce involving Canada and Armenia.
- Business referrals - priority referral from the ACCC to non members
- Trade queries - priority assistance with Canadian and Armenian trade queries
- The opportunity to listen to and question senior figures from Armenia and Canada whose remarks are relevant to members' interests
- Free entry to various ACCC events and privileged access to others depending on membership type
- Use of the ACCC's website to keep abreast of the ACCC's events and to promote your own company's interests
- Receipt of the ACCC's newsletter
- Receipt of material disseminated by the ACCC involving trade and commerce between Canada and Armenia
- Assistance in establishing business and other contacts within the business community of Canada
- Receipt of annual ACCC Membership Directory
- Opportunity to purchase corporate lists of Canadian organizations in Armenia
- Opportunity to purchase corporate lists of Armenian organizations in Canada
As a corporate member, here’s what you’ll receive:
Policy Advocacy
The ACCC’s strength is its consultative process. Members have the opportunity to be closely involved with the work of the ACCC’s policy staff through membership in committees, which interface directly with key government officials. Alternatively, members may rely on the ACCC’s team of policy staff to provide them with expertise on issues ranging from taxation and economic policy to technology, transportation, and the environment.
Networking opportunities
Throughout the year, the ACCC offers its members various networking opportunities with peers, government officials, and business leaders. Through participation in policy committees, the annual general meeting, business leader roundtables and other seminars and special events, corporate members have the opportunity to meet and discuss issues that are important to them. Corporate members also have the first option on developing sponsorship opportunities which offer high business and networking profile.
Timely, relevant information and publications
Through various communication vehicles, such as policy reports and submissions, news releases and the Web site, the ACCC ensures that its members get timely and relevant information so that they may be kept informed of the ACCC’s work on their behalf and so that members may continue the advocacy work within their communities.
Member benefit programs
The ACCC is pleased to offer its corporate members several value-added programs.