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The development of independent Iraqi business associations is an integral component of a healthy and vibrant society. The Iraqi Virtual Business Association Network (IVBAN) is providing democratic institutions with online resources and communication tools to assist the promotion of successful governance to their associations and their countries, governmental and private sector transparency, governmental accountability, and an economic environment that will foster and enhance efficiency and productivity.
Through the creation of a strong and stable business association in Iraq, IVBAN is contributing to the free flow of ideas and opportunity that can provide a template for private sector success in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East.
FEATURES:
The Website contains:
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A comprehensive and searchable (directory of Iraqi business associations link) with an on-line registration feature. The directory includes basic information about each organization, its membership base, major activities and services.
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Links to relevant online resources, articles, magazines, and other information.
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Communication tools, including an email-based Listserv that allows CIPE to share its wealth of business association management training materials.
BENEFITS
Through the directory of business associations and the increased scope of inter-business communication, IVBAN provides associations with an expanding forum for sharing information with their members and with a wider audience. This helps foster partnership opportunities between business associates and their members, promising an active future.
Through the exchange and evolution of proper governance and practice, Iraqi business associations will build an institutional capacity and framework to better serve their members, both through improved service delivery and economic policy advocacy.
By actively participating in the technological revolution and creating an Iraqi presence on the Web, business associations can take advantage of new technologies that can improve grassroots business participation in the democratic process and will help propagate the free flow of ideas.
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