Applications are now being accepted for four new ICC Advanced Arbitration Academies, equipping arbitration practitioners with the knowledge, skills and know-how needed to pursue a career as an arbitrator. Launched in line with the ICC International Court of Arbitration Centenary programme, the ICC Advanced Arbitration Academies will take place over 12 months from 2023 to 2024, covering  Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and North America. Two more academies for Africa and the Middle East are scheduled for launch in 2024. The academies deliver on ICC’s

ARBITRATION AND ADR DAYS IN ALBANIA (AADA) From 25-28 April 2023, ICC Albania in cooperation with partners and supporters is organizing the Arbitration and ADR Days in Albania. AADA is an initiative that aims to bring together experts and interested parties in arbitration and ADR to discuss recent developments in the world, region, and in domestic market and how the work in these areas could be further intensified in Albania. The purpose of this initiative is to encourage interested parties’ efforts in making Albania a

Document - ICC Principles on Automatic Subscription Renewals These first of their kind ICC principles help to interpret the fundamental global standards of the ICC Marketing Code to offer more specific guidance on issues unique to automatic renewals. This paper highlights five best practices businesses should apply when offering automatic subscription renewals, specifically around disclosure, consent, written confirmation, cancellation and notice. Similarly, countries seeking to establish or enhance marketing self-regulation codes can look to these principles to easily adapt them into their national codes.

ICC Albania is organizing a training session on trade finance instruments 4-5 May 2023. This training session has the ambitious goal of transferring operational skills on letters of credit, stand-by LC and demand guarantees, defining their characteristics and identifying the most peculiar aspects. Ample space will be dedicated to the analysis of the  ICC rules. Finally, numerous practical cases will be analyzed to better understand the operation of the instruments. Targeted audience: Bankers, exporters and importers in SMEs, marketing managers, sales and purchasing managers,

14 December 2022 The substantial involvement of the business fora in decision-making during membership negotiations is recognized as an element that enables a successful process. With the goal of encouraging further transparency and accountability in the public-private consultation process in Albania and specifically in the EU negotiations process, ICC Albania with the support of the Dutch Embassy in Albania has commissioned a study conducted by ACIT Center. This whitepaper aims to identify existing structural problems, as well as formulate some practical recommendations to facilitate

1 December 2022 The pilot study, commissioned by ICC Albania, as part the MATRA Programme in the framework of the Project “Collective Actions to Promote Integrity”, highlights the current practices employed by 50 companies operating in Albania in the social and governance dimensions. The International Chamber of Commerce in Albania (ICC Albania) brings to the Albanian audience the first edition of the Corporate Governance Index 2022 report - A Pathway to Sustainability for Corporations in Albania, as part of its work on sustainable development and