DoorKnock: "Egypt in the
'90s: Building for Peace and Prosperity"
The team discussed the vital role of the private
sector in Egypt and underlined Egypt’s serious
commitment to greater economic prosperity and a
far-reaching peace settlement
Main Guest Speakers
Louis W. Sullivan, U.S. Secretary of Health &
Human Services
Richard Murphy, former Deputy Assistant Secretary
for South Asian & Near Eastern Affairs
Dr. Ronald Roskens, Administrator for the U.S.
Agency for International Development
Ted Turner, Chairman and President of Turner Broadcasting
System
Gala Dinner
Funds maintained the drug-prevention campaign
and the Kasr Al Aini Hospital’s kidney-dialysis
equipment
Special Events
An Egyptian supplement was published in Time
magazine followed up with a promotional trip to
the United States
The objective was to promote trade and investment
between the United States and Egypt. The tour began
in Atlanta, Georgia, then headed to Washington,
D.C.
Main Guest Speakers
Dick Cheney, U.S. Secretary of Defense
Y. Primakov, Special Envoy of President Gorbachev
Michel Camdessus, Executive Board Chairman and
Managing Director of the International Monetary
Fund
Jose Angel Gurria Trevino, Mexican Undersecretary
for International Financial Affairs
Andrew Young, former U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations
John Hinds, President, AT&T International
Gala Dinner
Funds maintained the drug-prevention campaign
and the Kasr Al Aini Hospital’s kidney-dialysis
equipment
Special Events
An Egyptian supplement was published in Time
magazine followed up with a promotional trip to
the United States
Twenty-eight delegates visited Chicago, Washington,
D.C., New York and San Francisco. The aim was to
promote Egypt, attract U.S. investment and give
a candid picture of doing business in Egypt
Main Guest Speakers
Caio Koch-Weser, World Bank Vice President
Henry Bassford, Director, USAID Egypt
Dr. Esmat Abdel Meguid, Secretary-General of the
Arab League
Gala Dinner
Funds maintained the drug-prevention campaign
and the Kasr Al Aini Hospital’s kidney-dialysis
equipment
Special Events
The AmCham Egypt Foundation was founded to act
as the focal point for all charitable contributions
Susan Sullivan was guest star at the gala soiree
The Earthquake Relief charity dinner raised funds
for rebuilding schools affected by the earthquake
The fundraising campaign succeeded in collecting
special donations from members for building 16 schools,
including two in the name of AmCham Egypt
The mission was successful in reinforcing ties
between Egypt and the United States
Main Guest Speakers
President Yasser Arafat, Palestine
Hon. James Baker III, former U.S. Secretary of
State
Richard Jones, Director of Egyptian Affairs,
State Dept., Washington, D.C.
Dr. Richard Lesher, President of the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce
Kirk C. Oliver, Senior Attorney, California Environmental
Protection Agency
George Moose, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State
for African Affairs
Richard Jones, Director of Egyptian Affairs, State
Dept., Washington, D.C.
Frank Wisner, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
Gala Dinner
Proceeds were donated to the Association of the
Friends of Children with Cancer
The performers of the American series "The
Bold & the Beautiful" were hosted
Special Events
A new division, the Business Services Division,
was created to disseminate vital information to
the business community through its three centers:
the Business Studies & Analysis Center, the
Business Information Center and the Business Services
Center
AmCham initiated its business missions to the
region with a trade mission to Turkey. Thirteen
company representatives met with the president of
Turkey, government officials and their business
counterparts
The first AmCham Expo was organized with more
than 40 industrial exhibitors
The Environmental Awareness Committee started
a pilot project for paper recycling
The Tourism Committee produced a commercial on
Egypt that was aired on CNN and other networks
Besides the U.S. capital, the delegation visited
Chicago, Indianapolis, Memphis, Atlanta, New York
City and Orange County
Main Guest Speakers
Hon. Albert Gore, Vice President of the United
States
Dr. Vaclav Klaus, Prime Minister of the Czech
Republic
William Perry, U.S. Secretary of Defense
H.E. Shimon Peres, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Israel
F.W. De Klerk, Deputy President, South Africa
Gala Dinner
Funds were raised for the AmCham Egypt Foundation
Project "Helping the Children of Egypt."
The proceeds sponsored 100 orphans and would help
build an orphanage facility
Special Events
Inauguration of AmCham Egypt Alexandria branch
A plan for AmCham Egypt in the year 2000 and
beyond was initiated
A research document on "Impediments of Doing
Business in Egypt" was developed
The Chamber participated at the Second Middle
East/North Africa Summit held in Amman
The number of AmCham committees reached 19
Monthly surveys to check the pulse of the business
community were implemented
DoorKnock: "Egypt & the
United States: Partnership into the 21st Century"
The mission included business, investment and trade
visits to six U.S. cities, in addition to its traditional
economic and political support mission to Washington,
D.C.
More than 120 meetings were arranged in Washington
with prominent policymakers
In conjunction with the DoorKnock, a road show
to promote tourism in Egypt, "Egypt: Rediscovered,"
toured New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Dallas,
Chicago and Los Angeles
"The Indicator," AmCham Egypt’s
weekly television show, was aired to address important
trade and investment issues
The delegation
spread the message of important new policy developments in
Egypt
The schedule
included over 120 meetings with officials from a wide range of
offices in the administration, Congress and
Washington-based think-tanks
The mission
hosted a well-attended reception at the
Metropolitan Club and a luncheon at the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce
Business
missions to New York and Atlanta focused on the specific
business objectives of the individual companies involved
Main
Guest Speakers
H.E. Timothy
Fisher, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
Hon.
Stuart Eizenstat, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Economic
& Business Affairs
Hon.
George Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State
H.E. Mohy
ElDin ElGhareeb, Minister of Finance
Gala
Dinners
Seven hundred
business leaders and senior government officials celebrated
AmCham Egypt’s 14th anniversary at a benefit
dinner on May 14. The proceeds were donated to the AmCham
Egypt Foundation
More than LE 5 million
was raised at a fundraising dinner organized by the
Chamber in conjunction with the Egyptian Red Crescent Society
featuring Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak as guest of
honor. The money was used for the establishment of blood-transfusion centers for
children
Special
Events
An international two-day business conference was hosted by
AmCham Egypt entitled "Egypt: The Emerging Market".
The event was the nation’s first economic-policy
conference organized by the Egyptian private sector,
and was attended by around 1,000 participants
Another one-day conference, also titled
"Egypt: The Emerging Market," was sponsored
in Bahrain to increase cooperation, develop economic
relations, and encourage direct and indirect investment
in Egypt. The event was addressed by members of the
Egyptian cabinet, Bahraini government officials, as
well as prominent business representatives. Recent
economic developments and investment incentives were
covered during the sessions
AmCham Egypt held a workshop in Cairo on December 1 entitled
"Challenges Facing the Insurance Sector in Egypt".
Minister of Economy Youssef Boutros-Ghali stated that
the Egyptian government was moving towards the deregulation
of the insurance sector
Milestones
The Business
Information Highway project (BIH) was instituted to develop and deploy an
Internet-based communications network to connect AmCham and
other business organizations to the global market
The Business
Studies & Analysis Center was established to provide
investors with comprehensive economic reports and sector
studies on Egypt
The AmCham
Egypt television show "The Indicator" was launched
to build public awareness of Egypt’s fast-paced economic
reform
DoorKnock: "Egypt:
Your Strategic Business Partner"
The 40-member
delegation conveyed the message that after years of aggressive
reform and careful, managed growth, Egypt has earned its place
in the top rank of the world’s emerging markets
The Chamber hosted
an outstandingly successful roundtable discussion with
American policy experts entitled "A Vision for the Middle
East into the 21st Century"
Aside from the
traditional meetings with policymakers, AmCham organized a well-attended reception at the Metropolitan Club, and a
luncheon at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce featuring Chairman of the Egyptian Stock
Exchange Sherif
Raafat as guest speaker
In conjunction
with the DoorKnock, AmCham conducted business missions to the
state of North Carolina and to the city of New York. In the
latter, the delegation met with major financial institutions.
In addition, the Bank of New York and Chase Manhattan Bank
hosted special luncheon events on the occasion of the visit
Main Guest Speakers
Hon.
Albert Gore, Vice President of the United States
Hon.
William Daley, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Hon.
Donna Shalala, U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services
H.E. Habib El
Adly, Minister of Interior
H.E. Maher
Abaza, Minister of Electricity & Energy
H.E. Youssef
Boutros-Ghali, Minister of Economy
Gala
Dinners
The 15th
annual celebration held on June 9 brought in LE 400,000 for
the AmCham Egypt Foundation. Around 900 business
leaders and government officials attended the seated dinner at
the Katameya Heights resort
Former U.S.
president George Bush was the guest speaker at a fundraising
dinner organized by AmCham Egypt for the Future Foundation.
The dinner raised a total of LE 5.5 million to provide
affordable housing for Egypt’s low-income citizens
AmCham Egypt
also organized a gala dinner attended by Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak,
president of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society, to
support the integrated social development of the Greater Cairo
community of Zeinhom
Special
Events
AmCham Egypt,
the Dubai World Trade Center, the Egyptian Center for Economic
Studies and the Federation of Egyptian Industries organized a
two-day conference, "Egypt: The Emerging Market," in
Dubai. Under the patronage of the prime minister of Egypt and
the crown prince of Dubai, the event launched a one-week
exhibition of Egyptian products and highlighted Egypt as the
gateway to the region
The Chamber also
held a one-day workshop in Cairo entitled "Investment
Opportunities in Egypt." The objective of the event was to
promote the activities of 14 companies the government had
decided to offer to strategic investors
To further
enhance the government’s efforts to move towards the
deregulation and expansion of the maritime sector, AmCham Egypt
sponsored a workshop entitled "Egypt: From Comparative
Advantage to Competitive Advantage in the Transshipment and
Maritime Industries" under the auspices of the minister of
transport
President: Dr. Ahmed Shawki
Mr. Mohamed Mansour (from June 1999)
DoorKnock: "The Egyptian-American Partnership into
the New Millennium"
This year
marked the 16th annual AmCham Egypt mission to the
United States. It emphasized Egypt’s importance as a strategic partner with
the strength to transform the relationship from one of
assistance to one of solid alliance
The Washington
schedule included 161 meetings with policymakers and business
associations
The highlight
of the visit was the extremely successful luncheon at the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, with two keynote speakers: Minister of
Education Hussein Bahaa El Din and Minister of
State for Environmental Affairs Nadia Makram Ebeid
The Chamber
sponsored a roundtable discussion, "Egypt’s Strategic
Role in a Changing Middle East," with representatives from policy think-tanks as well as the academic
community
Business
missions visited New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; and
Pennsylvania
Main
Guest Speakers
H.E. Dr. Fathi
Sorour, Speaker of the People’s Assembly
Hon.
William Daley, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Hon.
Benjamin Gilman, Chairman of the House International Relations
Committee
H.E. Dr. Nadia
Makram Ebeid, Minister of State for Environmental Affairs
Gala
Dinner
The annual
fundraising dinner was held on May 8 at the Opera House with a
performance by the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. The event raised
LE 500,000 to help build the AmCham Egypt Orphanage
Special
Events
AmCham
organized the "U.S. Support for Trade and
Investment" conference on May 25-26 featuring three key
U.S. organizations: the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., and the U.S.
Trade Development Agency
A seminar
titled "E-commerce and Banking: Strategic
Directions" was held to promote e-commerce in Egypt and
addressed by prominent speakers
Milestones
On
May 4, 1999, AmCham Egypt inaugurated its new headquarters, a
10-story building uniting all of AmCham Egypt’s activities
under one roof. The new facility, fully equipped with cutting-edge
information technology, also provides space for meetings, training
and media production, thus serving Egypt’s business community
