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National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce
THE NATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF HELLENIC COMMERCE The National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce represents the Hellenic Commerce world at all levels and on every Trade related aspects. Partecipates in all National and International fora that formulate policies related to Trade. The National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce has a membership of 14 Commercial Federations and 185 Commercial Associations, reaching out to the entire territory of Greece even in small towns. The goals include lending support to the interests of its members, the promotion of the immense contribution and the significance of commerce to the national economy and the role commerce plays as the basic pillar of the productive process in the advent of the new internationalized economy. Beyond its aspiration for increased economic cooperation, it also works towards the transfer of know-how, the dissemination of a culture of representative collective organizations as well as the development of the structures enhancing social dialog. The National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce plays an institutional role in the Greek economy and society. It participates as an equal social partner in the National General Collective Labor Agreement and other separate professional branch agreements. It also sits on the EU Economic and Social Committee as well as on numerous other institutional agencies. It also helps in the formation of a business environment with its participation in special agencies and institutions. The NCHC aims at: • The creation and the consolidation of trade unionism throughout the commercial world. • The promotion and the coordination of the actions of its members and the development of a single unified non-partisan commercial trade union body. • The systematic study of commercial issues to the benefit of commercial enterprises and the national economy in general. • The continuous adjustment of Greek commerce to the European and international economic reality. • The rationalization and the modernization of commercial activity. • The vocational training of employees in the commercial sector. • The networking and the adjustment of commercial business to the digitized economy. THE EUROPEAN PRESENCE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION The National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce holds the Vice Presidential seat on the Confederation of European Commerce EuroCommerce board. It has been operating an office in Brussels since 1997, which monitors various European Union issues directly or indirectly related to commerce. It participates through a representative in the EU Economic and Social Committee. It works towards the development of economic cooperation in the developing economies in the Balkans, the Black Sea and Eastern Europe, as well in the transfer of technical know-how, the dissemination of trade unionism, the founding of representative collective organizations and the establishment of social dialog structures. NCHC INFRASTRUCTURE Research – Studies – Documentation The NCHC Research Division focuses its activities on the studies of the commercial and business sector active in this field within the general framework of the studies into the Greek and European economy and society. The Division specializes in, monitors and analyzes economic developments in the relation to the cooperative action and the results that may come about in the planning of commercial policy. The NCHC Research Division database of about 2500 businesses is renewed on a regular basis. It is thus able to conduct primary vertical or horizontal research. It has been publishing the Annual Report on Greek Commerce since 2000. This Report aims at regularly updating the documentation on developments in the economic and social environment, involving the commercial sector. It publishes a monthly bulletin on Retail Sales Volume. This bulletin presents retail sales by branch of activity and comparisons among various EuroZone and EU member states. THE WEB SITE OF THE NCHC The National Commerce Infrastructure is the implementation of the proposal made by the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce for the dissemination of eCommerce throughout the commercial world in Greece. It is a system based on the open architecture logic of the Internet. The system is planned in such a way that it allows the effective communication and the electronic cooperation among all parties involved active in the Greek commercial environment: the Commercial Federations and the local Commercial Associations shall participate in the on-going updating of the system with data related to the local economic and commercial activity. The NCHC web portal • The site provides up-to-date information to Greek trades people and foreign business concerning the dynamics, the trends and the prospects of Greek commerce in addition to the presentation of its various problems. • Possibilities for the cooperation among Greek commercial businesses and business partners abroad. • Continuous, reliable and updated information on international developments in the fields of commerce and the economy. • Convenient access to the system for any commercial business, especially small- and medium-businesses. • It is visited by a great number of users.