The International Business Club (IBC) is a joint initiative of CSD and the Ministry of Trade. It was formally inaugurated on June 17, 1993 by Mr. Valentin Karabashev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, in the presence of ambassadors, diplomats and trade envoys to Bulgaria, along with bankers and managers of local and international companies. The principal objective of IBC is to encourage business contacts, to popularize business opportunities in Bulgaria, and to promote favorable development in trade and foreign investment. IBC organizes regular breakfast meetings to which it invites prominent figures from the government, financial institutions, and private businesses as guest speakers.

The guest speakers and topics of the IBC meetings in 1995 were:

•  Dr. Dimitar Stefanov, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Privatization Agency: "The Privatization Program of the Government";
•  Dr. Roumen Getchev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development: "The Foreign Investment Policy of the Bulgarian Government";
• Mr. Dimitar Kostov, Minister of Finance: "Budgetary and Financial Policy of the Bulgarian Government";
•  Mr. Mladen Tchervenyakov, Minister of Justice: "Legislative Priorities of the Government and the Problem of Law Enforcement";
•  Mr. Atanas Paparizov, Chairman of the National Assembly Economic Committee: "Bulgaria's Current Foreign Trade Policy".

Members of 42 diplomatic and trade missions to Bulgaria, along with 10 international organizations and foreign companies based in Sofia. Bulgarian businessmen and bankers are regular visitors as well.