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Dear Members and friends,

In Dubai more than elsewhere, the year is seasonal instead of calendar and at the moment of the year that the city is emptying, it feels like time to look back to the past months.
Specialized topics of seminaries, high profile speakers, symposium on French Expertise on Large Projects, increased contacts with French CCI, the FBC has taken a new dimension: from business club to French Chamber of Commerce and Industry Abroad. These developments were initiated to respond your expectations and we are committed to carry them even further on.
Our Annual General Assembly on 19th October 2005 will be the opportunity to present you new initiatives and new projects for the period 2005/2006.
But let set our first appointment on 25th September for our back to business cocktail.
I look forward to meeting you again then and the entire FBC team joins me to wish you a fabulous summer time.

France Crespin-Van Duinen,Director

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Agenda

After a very active first 6 months of the year, packed with various publications,conferences, seminars, visits, a symposium on French expertise in Large projects, a prestigious Gala Dinner and the popular monthly get togethers, we are breaking up for August. Our activities will resume in September, with innovative and informative networking opportunities.
Tuesday 6th September		FBC Monthly Special Get Together - Come and meet at the Blue Bar, and get back into the swing of things with the first networking opportunity after the quieter summer months. Venue: Blue Bar, Novotel- from 6:30pm onwards
Sunday 25th September		MARHABA COCKTAIL - The evening will be the occasion to welcome the newcomers to Dubai and introduce the French Business Council, and the business platform it provides to its members for the UAE and the region. It will also be the opportunity to visit a new landmark in Dubai, as the Al Murooj Rotana hotel, ideally situated in Financial City, behind Sheikh Zayed road, will have just opened its doors Venue: Al Murooj Rotana Hotel - 6:30pm
24-25-26 September		MEDEF delegation- - Lunch-Conference Exact date, venue and speakers will be announced later

Upcoming events dates for your calendar...
Wednesday 19, October	FBC General Assembly & IFTAR with H.E the Ambassador of France Venue: to be announced - 6pm onwards
Wednesday 26, October	AL NABOODAH SOUHOUR Dinner Venue: Park Hyatt Dubai, by the Creek
November	November: –CONFERENCE LUNCHEON With Mr De Lajugie- Head of Economic Services for the Middle East Venue: the Fairmont Hotel, Dubai - Auditorium, 33rd Floor

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Committees Update

FBC EMPLOYMENT

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The FBC recruitment service is at your disposal to assist you in building a strong and competent team for your business. Since its creation, the Recruitment Service has continued to develop every year placing more and more French and French speaking in firms already established in the UAE market or in the setting up phase.
Over the last year, The French Business Council has received a growing number of demands from both candidates and firms.
With its database of more than 700 CVs, the recruitment service is in a position to offer effective solutions to firm’s precise recruitment needs. For French candidates looking to build their careers, the Service offers a unique bridge in terms of advices and orientation.

Soizic HOURDIN
Mission Consulaire pour l’Emploi et la Formation Professionnelle
French Business Council
+971 4 337 25 90 or soizic.hourdin@fbcdubai.com
Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 8.00 AM to 1.00 PM

This month in our Employment Service 19 job offers

Last month activities

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MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE GCC - 12th June 2005

Major Projects in the GCC, including the UAE - A $500 billion business opportunity with guest speaker: Edmund O'Sullivan, Editorial Director MEED.

This presentation by a specialist of the Middle East gave the participants a well-documented and exhaustive synthesis of all the current major projects in the Middle East, including the UAE, as well as their development stage. The presentation included the following projects:
Oil projects: Saudi Aramco; ADNOC, KPC, QP, PDO
Gas projects: latest stage of Qatar gas projects; the Saudi gas initiative; Kuwait’ gas programme; developments in Oman; Dolphin Energy
Petrochemicals: developments in the region, focusing on Saudi Arabia
Minerals: Saudi Arabia’s $15,000 million minerals development programme

Transport: regional airports. A review of Dubai, Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Kuwait and Saudi projects
ports. Special focus on Dubai and Kuwait’s Bubiyan port
rail and light rail (Dubai Light Rail and associate projects including DIFC, Kuwait Light rail, Riyadh Light Rail, The Saudi landbridge, Saudi minerals railway, The Makkah-Medina passenger railway, The GCC rail plan, The Bubiyan Umm Qasr line, Major road projects
Urban development
Dubai overview: Palms 1, 2, 3, Dubai Waterfront, Dubai Downtown, Dubai Properties, Dubailand etc
Abu Dhabi projects,Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman

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LE MARCHé IRANIEN BUSINESS LUNCH - 26th June 2005

Le Marche Iranien – Realites et perspectives de developpement pour les investisseurs etrangers. Guest Speakers : E. Rashidzadeh, Managing Director, Bank Melli Iran Dubai. Henri Zoleyn, Partner, Rycx Legal Consultants - This extremely interesting conference took place two days after the second round of the Iranian elections and the surprise election of an ultra- conservatist and first non-cleric president. Mr Rashidzadeh’s well documented presentation on Iran’s macroeconomic data and current infrastructure was completed by Henri Zoleyn’s legal perspective. Mr Zoleyn spoke about the special status granted to foreign investors by the law of 2002. In fact, foreign investors benefit from specific measures, which protect their investments and guarantees repatriation of their capital (including initial capital)- an important measure in a country where exchange control applies. Mr Zoleyn described the different conditions to set up a company in Iran (direct implantation or joint venture) , and confirmed the preferential fiscal terms that apply to foreign investors in Iran (10% tax on corporate net profit and a flat 25% income tax).

Although expressing some reserves as to the impact of this election on the individual freedoms and overall internal social policy, both speakers agreed to say that the President’s powers were limited by the 4th ‘Plan quinquenal “ and that the pursuit of the economy’s international development and the opening of the country to foreign investors were the only options available to the new president.

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CRM BREAKFAST SEMINAR - 2nd July 2005

CRM (customer relationship management) - presentation by M. Mounir Ariss Managing Director - Peppers & Rogers Group (Middle East) - 20 FBC members and guests came to listen to Mr Ariss’ presentation on how companies can benefit from implementing an integrated CRM program and what CRM truly meant for businesses and indivuals,in terms of gains and set up. The key address was as follows:

• Treat different customers differently
• Identify- Differentiate-Interact- Customize

Things to remember

You can’t do any of this if you don’t have relationships
LTV( life time value) is the number you want, and there are lots of ways to estimate it besides sophisticated modeling
Customers don’t care about their value to you; they only care about what they need from you
Customer Centricity is a Journey and not a destination
First rule of customer centricity: Do No Harm
Second rule: Use customer centricity to leverage your own core competencies
Third Rule: You can’t take customer-specific action without assigning customer-specific responsibility
Finally and most important: A customer-first perspective must be in the DNA of your corporate culture

The CRM presentation is available at the FBC. Please contact us if you are interested

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BACHELOR GET TOGETHER and SUMMER BREAK DINNER - 5th July

The last get together on Tuesday 5th July, proved very popular as over 60 people met at the Blue Bar, Novotel, with quite a few new faces . The good crowd and great atmosphere contributed to the success of the evening, which carried on with a Scandinavian buffet.
The next get together will take place on 6th September - (no get together in August).

FBC News

Summer break

The FBC office will be closed from Saturday 30th July to 12th August 2005. It will reopen on Saturday, 13th August at 8am.

Congratulations to our member TRANE!

The FBC team and the Executive committee would like to congratulate TRANE for winning the airconditioning equipment supply of villas on the Palm !

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