16 April 2020 ICC and Mind the Bridge are organising the first global edition of the Corporate Startup Stars Awards, now in their 5th year. Applications now open ICC and the international advisory firm Mind the Bridge have announced a partnership to scale the prestigious Awards for Open Innovation – now in their  5th year – at global level. Taking place under the European Commission’s Startup Europe Partnership initiative since 2016, the Awards aim at recognising the most active corporates in open innovation. The 2020 edition will

15 April 2020 ICC – the institutional representative of 45 million member companies – has welcomed a pledge from G20 Finance Ministers to suspend debt service payments for the poorest countries that request forbearance. In a communiqué issued earlier today, the world’s 20 largest economies agreed on a coordinated approach to provide immediate debt relief in the context of the COVID-19 crisis – with all bilateral official creditors participating in the initiative. Commenting on the announcement, ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO said: “We commend G20

10 April 2020 ICC, ITUC and Global Citizen call for World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings to take debt out of the COVID-19 equation. In an open letter issued today, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the institutional representative of over 45 million businesses, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the global voice of the world’s working people, and Global Citizen, a movement of engaged citizens who use their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030, have urged Finance Ministers to use next week’s

9 prill 2020 ICC dhe OBSH prezantojnë anketën botërore për biznesin, për të përmirësuar rrjedhën e informacionit mbi COVID-19. Dhoma Ndërkombëtare e Tregtisë (ICC) dhe Organizata Botërore e Shëndetësisë (OBSH) prezantojnë një anketim në të gjithë botën për të raportuar mbi sfidat me të cilat po përballet sektori privat nga COVID-19. Si përgjigje ndaj COVID-19, ICC dhe OBSH po anketojnë sektorin privat për të mbledhur më shumë informacion mbi përgjigjet e bizneseve në rang botërore dhe për të gjetur zgjidhje, të cilat do të adresojnë

9 April 2020 The ICC International Court of Arbitration has released a Guidance Note outlining a range of measures to help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on arbitral proceedings. The Guidance Note provides support to parties, counsel and arbitral tribunals in ICC Arbitrations on the challenges currently faced in ensuring fair, timely and efficient resolution of disputes. It was prepared by a working group comprising Vice-President of the ICC Court Marnix Leijten (Working Group Chair), ICC Court President Alexis Mourre and other Vice-Presidents,

28 March 2020 In an open letter issued today, John W.H. Denton AO, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), has urged G20 trade ministers to seize the opportunity to fully utilise trade policy tools to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and limit its economic effects. In the open letter, Mr Denton wrote: “While we understand why many countries have limited their exports of medical necessities, this is not an effective response to the fundamental problem – a supply shortfall, which can only be