International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs--Transport & Transit
International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ICIE) was founded on February 21, 1992 by Arkady Vol’sky.
Beginning from 1996 the permanent President of the International Congress has been Victor Glukhikh – the Chairman of the State Committee for Defense Industry of the Russian Federation in the recent past, Doctor of Engineering Science, academician of the Russian and International Engineer Academies, Honored engineering worker of Russia, Member of The Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, whose name is widely known in business circles of Russia and beyond in the sphere of energy and defense industry.
The International Congress – is a union of public associations, working on the principle of voluntarism, self-administration and informational transparency in strict compliance with national legislations and standards of international law, it unites business circles of different countries.
The Congress headquarter is located in Moscow, and its activities are spreading on territories of states, where associations, affiliated to the Congress, function.
The top executive board of the Congress – is the Congress Assembly, which is summoned by the Congress or the Presidium of the Congress Council if necessary, but no less than once per four years or on request of the half of the Congress members. In the period between Assemblies the executive functions are performed by the Congress Council.
At present, the Congress unites national organizations of industrialists and entrepreneurs from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Byelorussia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Estonia. Associations of industrialists and entrepreneurs of China take part in ICIE work as observers, representatives of Vietnam declared their wish to join the Congress. Over a hundred of enterprises, organizations, firms, other undertakings of different property categories and many branches of economy from different countries – are business partners of ICIE.
International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs has an official status at United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Interparliamentary Assembly of Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS), and also official relations of long-term cooperation with the Universal Confederation of Trade Unions, International Center of Scientific and Technical Information, International Union of Commodity Producers. The collaboration with the Executive Secretariat of CIS and its end-effectors is carried out.
Among main directions of ICIE activities are: rendering to its members consultative, legal, scientific assistance, development and implementation of scientific, industrial, investment programs and projects. Possibilities of the International Congress include rendering assistance in establishment and development of enterprises of different property and management categories, in their adaptation to conditions of the market economy, in extending international connections to strengthen economic and industrial potential of regions, where these enterprises work.
