Faced with economic wasteland and the few business opportunities between Sweden and the countries of North Africa, diplomats, actors of the North African diaspora in Sweden and Swedish officials have decided to create the North African'' Swedish Chamber of Commerce'' (SWENACC). Trade, business, economic partnership will be in front of the goals of the new entity set up last Wednesday in Stockholm.
This room, which opened in the middle of a crowd of officials and presidents of Swedish industrial groups,'' must serve commercial bridge between North Africa and Sweden'' indicate its initiators. To the Director General of Foreign Trade with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ms Eva Walder,'' SWENACC launch represents an important step in the development of a commercial partnership between the two parties and meets the requirements of export growth and investment both in North Africa and in Sweden,'' said a statement from the chamber reached Maghrebemrgent.info. Furthermore Swedish officials, including the Department of Trade and Foreign Affairs, SWENACC was initiated by diplomats and businessmen Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan.
In addition to the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, the SWENACC among its initiators Swedish industrial groups, including Volvo, Ericsson and Nasdaq OMX. According to Mathias Mossberg, President of the Chamber, former Ambassador of Sweden in the Maghreb countries, the objective of SWENACC'' is used as a commercial bridge between Sweden and North Africa to create a new dynamic between trade trade and thereby strengthen cooperation. "Meanwhile, Yacine Slamti (Morocco), SG of the room, one of the initiators of the project, believes that'' the Chamber will strive to make available to entrepreneurs ( Maghreb) a range of services to support companies seeking to strengthen their presence and establish themselves on the Swedish and North African''. Saad Benatallah (Algeria), a member of the Executive Council SWENACC and co-initiator of project has meanwhile highlighted during the installation ceremony of the Chamber of Commerce'' the importance of economic cooperation between Sweden and Algeria, as well as investment opportunities for both companies sides.''
A commercial bridge between Sweden and North Africa
For many Swedish companies present at the launch of SWENACC,'' Algeria is a market more attractive for Sweden''. For many business leaders and industry groups Swedish implementation of the'' SWENACC contribute to strengthening economic cooperation and open new opportunities for business in the context of strengthening the partnership between Sweden and North Africa.'' '' The goal (of the Chamber of Commerce) is closer to Sweden and Swedish companies and organizations of North Africa, and allow them to have new perceptions of business opportunities in the region,'' a Saad told Maghrebemergent.info Benatallah. '' It is for us to present new perspectives with the countries of North Africa today, with human and natural wealth, and Sweden with experiences in different sectors such as education, research scientist, environmental protection and sustainable development, medicine, and overall technology transfer,'' he adds. Apart from transport, telecoms and engineering, Swedish companies are not very present in the Maghreb.