The Federation of Gulf Cooperation Council Chambers of Commerce (FGCCC) announced that preparations to launch the GCC Electronic Market Place are now at their final stage, with the project scheduled for an official launch in October 2002 under the name of SouqAlKhaleej.
This project has been developed as one of the resolutions announced during the Gulf E-Business International Conference (GEBIC) that was held in Dubai, April 2000, in order to support GCC countries’ digital economy and bridge the technological divide between the region and other developed areas of the world.
The project, which was undertaken in collaboration with several international technology partners, consists of delivering four primary services: Authentication Services providing electronic certification to companies, Electronic Document Transfer Services giving users the mechanism to transfer trade documents electronically and complete trade cycles online, Information Services creating of a unified GCC commercial database, and creating a Business Opportunities platform.
The new service is to be delivered to 500,000 companies in 30 different regional chambers under, under the official umbrella of the Federation. “We are also convinced that this initiative will play an important role in helping the region faces the challenges posed by GATT for example and giving the region an improved competitive edge in the future,” commented FGCCC Secretary General Mohammed Abdulla Al-Mulla . — (menareport.com)
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