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Sunday 6th March |
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Setting up a business in Dubai and
the Northern Emirates: the Free Zone opportunity Breakfast Seminar.
If you would like to know whether the Free Trade zone would be
the right decision for your company and learn about the legal
aspects, the incentives & advantages, the choice of licence and the
range of facilities & services.
Venue :
Fairmont Hotel, Gulf Auditorium 33th Floor - 8:30 am |
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French Expertise in
Large Projects Symposium is bringing to Dubai the very best of
French companies in construction, energy, environment,
communication, consultancy and finance sectors, with unrivalled
experience in large projects.
More
info & registration
Venue :
Emirates Towers Hotel Godolphin Ballroom - 8:30 am to 5pm |
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Sunday 27th March |
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Business Luncheon
sponsored by AXA, - Innovative Insurance products for companies
Venue
: to be confirmed |
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Saturday 5th February |
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FBC Monthly Get
Together New Formula ! - Come and
join us to the Blue Bar at the Novotel Hotel, every first
tuesday of the month.
Venue
: Novotel, Blue Bar from 7pm |
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Evolution of the Media Scene
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Following the
successful experience of partnership with CCI Limoges, the FBC is
pleased to announce a similar project with CCI Moselle and
Meurthe & Moselle. Mr. Laurent, Managing Director of the Chamber
and Mr. Georges, Director International Affairs approached the FBC a
few months ago and after fruitful exchanges, the project is about to
emerge.
Mr. Bontemps, the selected candidate to represent selected companies
from this region, visited Dubai first week of February, together
with his wife in order to prepare their installation. The FBC
will lend an office to CCI Moselle and Meurthe & Moselle from April
1st onwards. For more information, you can consult
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Your
free copies of the
FBC new directory 2005 will be sent to you by post
imminently. More copies can be collected from our
office after the 15th of March. We hope that you
will enjoy the new look professionalism
of your directory... |
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PLANET FINANCE Breakfast
Seminar - 7th February |
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Claire Cabanel-Rey,
Chief of Mission for Planet Finance in the UAE,
gave a presentation on microfinance around the world at an event
sponsored by Natexis Banques Populaires,
at the Fairmont Hotel Dubai on February 7th.
Claire explained how microfinance contributed to help very poor
people with self-employment projects through a system of programs
extending small loans, and other financial services, such as savings.
Claire then introduced Planet Finance:‘an international non profit
organization, which aims to alleviate poverty by contributing to the
development of the microfinance sector.” PlaNet Finance’s aim is to
support these efforts by federating Microfinance Institutions (MFIs),
and providing them with operational services in terms of capacity
building and financing to facilitate their growth.
Claire is currently setting up the UAE office for Planet Finance in
Dubai. It will be a coordination and leading office for PlaNet
Finance actions in MENA, and will raise funds for PlaNet Finance
programs abroad and build awareness of microfinance in the United
Arab Emirates and in the Middle East. Claire concluded her
presentation by highlighting the fact that the MENA region was a
young and very dynamic sector where the demand for microfinance
products was growing quickly, although micro finance reached only a
very small number of people in the region.
If you would like to learn more about micro-finance, and how your
company can contribute, you can contact:
Claire Cabanel Rey - Chief of Mission
PlaNet Finance UAE
Tel. + 971 50 347 0175 E-mail:
ccabanel@planetfinance.org /
www.planetfinance.org
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EVOLUTION OF THE
MEDIA SCENE IN THE MIDDLE EAST |
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 Pierre
Soued,
Regional General Manager of
EURO RSCG Middle
East gave an
interesting presentation on the new developments in the regional
media environment to a 30 people-audience of FBC members and guests
at the Fairmont hotel on 22nd February. After a general introduction
to the Media Scene in the Middle East, in which Pierre highlighted
the changing face of ME countries in development, focus and power,
and thus of the consumers, he gave telling statistics on ad spending
and impact of the various media (TV, Radio, Cinema, Print, Internet,
Outdoor) in the region. He added that, although there were exciting
media opportunities coming our way, the Middle East market was also
subject to cluttered media and creative restrictions.
Pierre illustrated some basic regional censorship constraints by
showing a a selection of famous international ad campaigns, which
had to be adapted to the regional markets (KSA, Kuwait, UAE…), in
order to meet the censorship requirements. He concluded by saying
that media creativity was the most effective way to break the
clutter.
Therefore think big, think differently, think innovative, and make
the impact with your targeted audience!
The presentation of Pierre Soued is available at the French Business
Council.
Call Marie-Christine Amestoy on 04 335 23 62 for further
information.
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FRENCH DELEGATION (CGPME)
- 28th February |
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the morning of the 28th February, the FBC went to meet a delegation
of 26 French businessmen from 17 companies based in the Rhone Alpes
region at the Rotana Towers on Sheikh Zayed Road. The regional trade
mission was organized by SAS France Export and its local relay,
the Churchill Group, under the
umbrella of CGPME. After a short presentation of the FBC by France
Crespin, the delegation learnt about the exceptional development of
Dubai, and the opportunities offered to investors in the Emirate,
thanks to a detailled presentation by Dr Abdulaziz Istaitieh,
from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The participants were then given a talk on the various options
available to set up a business in Dubai by one of our active members,
Dina Founes, legal Consultant, from Molinari Legal
Consultancy.
Dina explained in detail the case of the free trade zones, and also
drew the attention of the participants on the special features of
the agency and distribution contract in Dubai. The breakfast seminar
ended with an invitation to join our FBC Get Together at the Blue
Bar in the evening, in order to start networking.
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New staff at the FBC
Organizations don’t like changes, but this one is for the
best. This month, I would like to draw your attention on our
new organization. I would like to ask you to warmly welcome
Marie-Christine Amestoy
as our new Events & Marketing Manager.
Marie Christine joined the FBC last week and will take over
the position of Veronique Philippe, assumed by
Soizic Hourdin
during her pregnancy leave. We wish her much success in her
new assignment and we look forward to an efficient and
professional working together.
Soizic is now in charge of our Employment Department and
will be available on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. She
will closely work with
Dominique Fabrer
and Isabelle Audion.
We would like to thank her for her avaibility and commitment
in the past months. At the employment department, she will
go back to her original field of expertise and we wish her
many successes.
Now the team is complete and ready for new challenges.
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Press Luncheons,
a FBC new initiative...
 Every
month, a prominent journalist or media executive is invited
for a lunch with 3 FBC committee members. The main objective
is to increase the awareness among key players on the Dubai/Regional
media scene around FBC members and activities. The first
lunch took place on
20th February at café Chic
restaurant
where
Francois Dao, Patrice Douce
and
France Crespin
welcomed
Madeleine Sarah, Business Producer at MBC/Al Arabiya news
channel.
She showed great interest in the relationship between the
FBC and local and French authorities. She explained that
although MBC main focus is regional information, they will
be interested by the coverage of large event such as FBC
symposium of 19th March 2005.
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Formation aux premiers secours
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Madame
Corinne ADAM
(Infirmière DE ayant une longue expérience de la
Réanimation),
Docteur Jacqueline GROSMANGIN
(Médecin du travail, ayant participé à la formation aux
premiers secours dans les entreprises) et
Docteur Pascale TROUILHAT
(Médecin Anesthésiste-Réanimateur, ayant une expérience de
SAMU de plusieurs années) présente cette nouvelle formation
qu'ils mettent en place à Dubai
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Real
Estate Opportunities
Attend these seminars and gain latest information on Dubai Property
Market
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Business Opportunities |
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Jordan Industrial
Estates Corporation (JIEC)
is pleased to announce a tender for the rights to develop, market,
maintenance and commercially operate for profit the Ma'an Industrial
Estate (MIE) – Phase 1(A+B)
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Profile of a FBC Member |
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 Stephane
Demare joined
the FBC on January 2004 and is the Business Development Director for
The Big Tree Concepts LLC which operates throughout the Middle East
with 5 business activities (Construction, Energy saving, Oilfield
equipment, Real Estate, Marketing)
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