Who we are
Center for International Private Enterprise - Regional Office is the representative office for the Eastern Europe and Caucasus of a non-profit, non-governmental American organization - Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). CIPE Regional Office is based in Bucharest, Romania.
Mission
Strengthening democracy in Eastern Europe and Caucasus through private enterprise and market-oriented reform.
CIPE Regional Office promotes democratic values and economic growth by providing support to business associations, employers' associations and chambers of commerce.
CIPE Regional Office started its activity in 2000 with a project funded by USAID with the aim to support business association development in the information technology, manufacturing, and tourism sectors. CIPE Regional Office also worked with multi-sector and women's associations, as they had members in each of the target sectors. Under this three-year program, CIPE Regional Office was responsible for a number of activities including technical assistance for institutional development, support for public policy advocacy initiatives, information for targeted associations through forums, think tanks, and conferences, grants, creation of investment opportunities, and a volunteer experts program.
USAID Administrator Henrietta H. Fore (center) and Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia Douglas Menarchik with CIPE Regional Office staff.Between 2004 and 2005 with financial support from National Endowment for Democracy, CIPE Regional Office implemented a program dedicated to the creation and the development of the Coalition of Women Business Associations in Romania (CAFA) in order to assist business women in becoming an important player in the public-private dialogue.
In 2005-2007, CIPE Regional Office worked with women's business support organizations from the Balkan region within a project aiming to create a network that can actively promote a legislative agenda in order to improve both the status of women entrepreneurs and the overall business environment.
Since 2007, CIPE Regional Office has set up the Regional Institute for Organization Management, providing training for more than 100 leaders and executives of business associations, chambers of commerce and other membership-based organizations from Romania, Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Azerbaijan.
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is an American organization founded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1983 in the belief that economic freedom and political freedom are intertwined. Over the last 20 years, CIPE has supported more than 800 local initiatives in more than 95 developing countries to organize business associations and involve businesspeople in policy advocacy, institutional reform, and responsible governance. - www.cipe.org
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LATEST
Create a short video completing the phrase "Democracy is..." and you can win an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., New York and Hollywood!
CIPE recently announced the winners of the 2009 International Youth Essay competition. Irina Alionte from Romania is the first-prize winner for the category "Educational Reform and Employment", with an essay dealing with education reforms in Romania. Read more
The CIPE Development Institute is a joint effort with CIPE partners and distinguished global scholars. It features multimedia presentations, lesson plans and study materials on the topics of democracy, market economy and international development, geared to students and professors in developing countries. But the curriculum is also free to any person or organization interested in these topics. CIPE's goal is simple: help students worldwide become positive agents of change.
PROGRAM UPDATES
CIPE Regional Office Director Facilitates Serbian Association of Managers' Board Retreat
RCOM Invited to Provide Advocacy Training to the Macedonian Chamber for Information and Communication Technology (MASIT)
Romanian ICT Coalition’ Efforts in Advancing Public Policies Promoted as Best Practices in the Eastern Europe Region
CIPE IN ROMANIA & THE REGION
Strengthen Business Support Organizations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Romania Program (2007-2008)
KEY RESOURCES
- CIPE Development Institute
- Business Fighting Corruption Portal
- National Business Agenda Handbook (English)
- National Business Agenda Handbook (Romanian)
- National Business Agenda Handbook (Russian)
- Advocacy Guidebook (English)
- Advocacy Guidebook (Armenian)
- Advocacy Guidebook (Russian)
- Corporate Governance Handbook
- A Practical Guide to Advocacy Campaigns: The Romanian Experience
- Guide for Business Associations - Montenegro: How to Advocate Effectively (Serbian)