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The Belgian-Luxembourg

Chamber of Commerce for Russia and Belarus

www.ccblr.org

500 avenue Louise1050 Brussels

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The CCBLR – our missionSince 1974 we help companies to develop their business in Russia and Belarus, for matters related to

• business intelligence• search for business partners• local contacts and events • legal questions, customs regulations, banking,… We enhance knowledge and networking by organizing

• seminar and conferences• business missions in selected regions• events for incoming missionsFebruary 3, 2011

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CCBLR - Honorary Members

• AGC• ASTRON Buildings / LINDAB• BEKAERT • BNP PARIBAS FORTIS• INFORMACORP• FIB Belgium • SCR –SIBELCO • SGS Belgium• SOLVAY

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CCBLR - 151 members

• Industry/Hi-tech/Pharma/subcontracting 29% 44• Consultants 11% 17• Engineering 9% 13• Construction 8% 12• Oil & Gas 7,5% 11• Agro / mining 7,5% 11• Transport Logistics & Maritime Activities 7% 10• Lawyers 7% 10• Other 5% 8• Banking 3% 5• Human Resources 3% 5• Textile 2% 3• Holdings 1% 2

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CCBLR - key partners

• Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Embassies and Consulates of Belgium, Luxembourg, Russia & Belarus

• ABH/ACE Belgian Foreign Trade Agency• FIT Flanders Investment and Trade • AWEX Agence Wallonne à l’Exportation• Brussels export• Russian CCI and Belarusian Chamber of Commerce & Industry,

Russian local Chambers of Commerce – BECI – VOKA – FCCIB – CCLU

• Agoria (International department)• Essenscia• Industrialist Round table Russia-EU• Universities (geographically specialized departments)

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Some events CCBLR in 2010• New Year Reception CCBLR• Presentation of Ulyanovsk Region• CC Luxembourg Mission to Russia (Moscow and Saint-Petersburg) led

by HRH Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg• FIT Mission to Russia (Yekaterinburg – Novosibirsk)• General Assembly with presentation of Perm region• Exhibition “Oil, Gas & chemistry” in Perm • AWEX mission to Russia (Nizhniy Novgorod)• Seminar: “Communication in Russia”• “Belgian Luxembourg Economic Days in Perm”• International Forum of High Technologies and Innovations with

Technopol and Gorodissky• Presentation of the Russian Special Economic Zones

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Some Belgian & Luxembourg events in Russia in 2010

• Visit of President Medvedev to Bekaert in Lipetsk, Russia

• Solvay + Sibur started the building of the Rusvinyl’s integrated complex for PVC production in Kstovo, Russia

• AGC Glass Europe has inaugurated the world's largest flat glass production line in Klin, Russia

• Severstal - Metiz + FIB Belgium inaugurated a high speed galvanizing line in Volgograd, Russia

• Gazprom + Fluxys (gas storage project)

• SCR-SIBELCO invested in the second unit of production in the Region of Novgorod

• Astron – Lindab created an unique A-class storage terminal of 17.000 m2 in Moscow

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Program CCBLR 2011• New Year Reception CCBLR• Conference “Russia and Belarus today”• Seminar “Language and business communication, your strategy in

Russia & Belarus” in collaboration with VOKA• Belgian Economic Mission, led by HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium• Official and business delegation from Nizhniy Novgorod and Saratov• General Assembly of CCBLR• Seminar “Russia – Belarus – Kazakhstan” (customs union)• Belarusian delegation in Belgium• Economic Mission to Moscow• Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Mission to Nizhniy Novgorod • Brussels International Forum on High Technologies and Innovations• Forum “Technology Transfer from Belgium to Russia” in Moscow• Hosting a delegation from Kaluga

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February

February, 3rd: New Year Reception

• Mr. Jacques van Rijckevorsel, President, Member of the Executive Committee of SOLVAY• H.E. Alexander Romanov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Belgium• H.E. Guy Trouveroy, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Russian Federation• Mr. Alexander Aleksandrovich, Counsellor / Chief of the Trade and Economic Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus• Mr. Iskander Ioussoupov, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tatarstan to France, Belgium and Luxembourg• Mr. Freddy Van De Spiegel, Chief Economist BNP Paribas Fortis• Mr. Rudy Collin, Head of Corp. & Transaction Bkg Europe (CTBE)

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March• March, 23th: Seminar “Russia and Belarus today:

opportunities, challenges and hurdles” Organization in cooperation with Chamber of Commerce

and Industry Walloon- Brabant (CCIBW) • March, 24th: Seminar and Round Table: “Language and business communication, your

strategy in Russia & Belarus” In collaboration with ELAN languages and VOKA Ghent

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April

April, 3rd - 8th: Belgian Economic Mission, led by HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium (Moscow and Saint-Petersburg)

Our contribution:• Seminar “Oil and Gas” in collaboration with Lukoil and Agoria• Workshop “Modernisation of the Russian Industry” in collaboration with Industrialist Round table EU-Russia, RCCI & ESSENSCIA• Exhibition “Belgium seen by a Russian photographer”

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May

• Hosting an official and business delegation from Nizhniy Novgorod and Saratov

• Hosting a delegation of Kaluga

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June• June, 7th from 17:00 till 20:30

General Assembly of CCBLR

• Seminar about Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan(customs union)in collaboration with the Customs of the Russian Federation, WCO (World Customs Organisation) and the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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September

• Hosting of a Belarusian delegation in Belgium (TBC)

• September, 13 - 16th : Our Economic Mission to MoscowProgram: “XI Moscow International Fair & Forum”; Moscow International Salon of Innovations and Investments;

Visit of Skolkovo (“The Russian Silicone Valley”) Organisers: Ministry of Education and Science of theRussian Federation, Technopol, CCBLR

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October

• Our Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Mission to Nizhniy Novgorod in collaboration with the Administration of NNOV, Essenscia and Agoria Programme: Forum “Cluster Plastics” (in collaboration with Essenscia) Seminar and B2B (in collaboration with Lukoil) Exhibition “United Russia”

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November• November, 16th: Brussels International Forum on High Technologies and Innovations In cooperation with Technopol Moscow, Gorodissky & Partners and Agoria Sector: “Ecology”, “Energy”, “Nano & Bio Technologies”

December• Forum “Technology Transfer from Belgium to Russia” Sector: “Aviation and Aerospace Technologies” in

collaboration with Centre of Russian Business in Europe

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Thank you very muchfor your attention!

CCBLRArkady Arianoff500 avenue Louise 1050 Brussels

BelgiumHot Line 7/7: +32 473 94 86 55Tel: +32.473.94.86.55 Fax: +32.2.353.13.11 ccblr@belgacom.netwww.ccblr.org