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 a favorable development of trade and
foreign investment. Since its conception in 1993, IBC has organized
26 breakfast meetings to which it has invited cabinet ministers,
MPs, managers of financial institutions and private businesses as
guest speakers.
The speakers of the IBC meetings in 1996 were:
- Mr. Lyubomir Filipov, Governor of the Bulgarian
National Bank, on February 22;
- Mr. Stefan Sofyanski, Mayor of Sofia on April
5;
- Dr. Luybomir Dachev, Deputy Minister of Education,
Science and Technology, on April 14;
- Professor Zakhari Karamfilov, Chairman of the
National Statistical Institute, on June 6;
- Mr. Vesselin Blagoev, Executive Director,
Privatization Agency, on October 18.
Members of 42 diplomatic and trade missions to
Bulgaria, along with 10 international organizations and foreign
companies based in Sofia have attended the International Business
Club to date. Bulgarian businessmen and bankers are regular
visitors too.
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