Founded 2009 Location Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Type Advocacy group | |
Focus Business advocacy, PR Activities, Promoting Members Area served United States industry, Foreign Investors Method Media attention, direct-appeal campaigns
Political lobbying | ||
AmCham is an independent, non-profit, and non-governmental Tajikistan business association, composed of 35 companies united by a will to develop the Tajik business environment.
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The organization’s mission is to promote the business interests of its members. AmCham facilitates connections, shapes public policy, and produces and delivers business information for members.
While AmCham is short for the American Chamber of Commerce, AmCham Tajikistan is more than a bilateral chamber of commerce between Tajikistan, United States and developed countries. It is a community working to increase foreign direct investment from all interested partner countries, and to improve Tajikistan’s market visibility and help improve its external economic policies.
Amcham Tajikistan [1] consists of its members and is chaired by Mahmadnazir Sharipov, director of the representative office of Tethys Tajikistan. Ilkhom Makhkambaev has been C.E.O. of AmCham Tajikistan since September 2011.
Membership dues fund eighty percent of AmCham's activities. Sponsorship agreements and event participation fees also support the organization. AmCham does not receive any government funding.
History
AmCham Tajikistan was founded in 2009, with the help of Ken Gross, US Ambassador in Tajikistan.
Membership
Membership of AmCham Tajikistan can be categorized as follows:
Affiliate organizations
Given Tajikistan’s location within the Central Asia, AmCham Tajikistan collaborates with the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
The 115 AmChams around the world create an influential network, accredited by the largest business association in the world: The 3-million-member-strong US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC.