Conseillers du Commerce Exterieur de la France
The French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCE's) are a network of 3,800 French corporate executives, involved in international business.
For more than a hundred years, this network of private business people has shared on a voluntary basis the experience of its members:
- In providing government with their recommendations;
- In sponsoring small companies in their international expansion;
- In educating and informing young people about international trade careers.
CCE's worldwide
2,200 French senior executives established in 105 countries.
They deal daily with business opportunities and risks in major world markets.
CCE's in France
1,600 CCE’s with international expertise are present all over France. As managers of exporting companies as well as executives in major multinational groups, they share their experience of international markets with smaller firms and with students.
Objectives:
- Information: Experts in their own area, the CCE’s are at the heart of international markets and aware of the full range of international business risks. Their opinion helps shape the French trade policy. CCE’s organise conferences all over the world to compare and exchange their views with French and international decision-makers, their analysis of international trade and their experience of specific markets.
- Advisory role: CCE's voluntarily advise French small and medium-size companies on their international development. This allows them to understand all aspects of their export strategy and use CCE's assistance to enhance their international expansion.
- Education: CCE’s advise students involved in international courses. As such, they are able to inform them on the opportunities of international trade careers. They share their professional experience with schools and universities and promote contacts between schools and business. Since 1988, they have sponsored several hundred “young voluntary workers” (V.I.E) abroad and have been involved in the re-thinking of the French national service.
More about CCE's: http://www.cnccef.org |
