Our story and our missions

Founded in 1998 at the instigation of 8 French entrepreneurs, the Franco-Cambodian Business Club is in the first instance a place for meetings and exchanges, an opportunity to share resources and experiences. The enthusiasm and dynamism of the Club quickly spread to the entire French-speaking business community. In November 2000, with already 50 members after only two years of activity, the Club changes its name to “the Franco-Cambodian Chamber of Commerce”. It is by becoming a bi-national structure five years later that it took the name of the France Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Our members (companies, NGOs, and other international organisations) reflect Cambodia's entire social and economic landscape in multiple sectors of activity such as the hotel industry, computer science, automobile industry, and the medical sector. Thus, the France Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has quickly committed itself to employment with the "Annual Career Forum" whose objectives are to bring together companies, recruiters, and job seekers until the local economic environment meets the needs of employers (2013-2014).

Since 2002, the The France Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been part of the Union of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry Abroad (CCI France International). This worldwide network, composed of 119 Chambers in 94 countries, represents more than 35,000 member companies (50% of which are foreigners) and is the leading private network of French companies worldwide.

In 2011, the France Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Industry chose to co-found, with its German and British peers, the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, also known as EuroCham, and to reformulate its governance principles in order to pool and coordinate resources and actions within EuroCham, notably in the field of business support services. The France Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Industry is also active in the EuroCham committees to help connect the private sector with the Government and thus encourage business development in Cambodia.

The France Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Industry aims to promote economic relations and develop commercial and industrial exchanges between France and the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Thanks to its 15 years of existence, the France Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has an in-depth knowledge of the French and Cambodian markets. It has established privileged relationships with the main economic actors, which makes it a key hub for small and medium-sized companies interested in Cambodia and France.

The France Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Industry is engaged in several missions:

1. Promote bilateral trade and investment between France and Cambodia
2. Fostering relations between the European, French, and Cambodian business communities by hosting/organising events (National Day, Gala, Networking, round tables...).
3. Facilitating access to the Cambodian market for French entrepreneurs, commercial companies, and industrialists, and promoting their interests with the Cambodian authorities
4. Promote relations between the members of the France Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the various business associations, and the Chamber of Commerce.  
5. Increase the visibility of its members while making them benefit from exclusive and privileged services.  
6. Animate, organise, and develop specialised committees for members (SME-SMI, Training-Employment-Research) and facilitate their integration within the sectorial committees of the European Chamber of Commerce EuroCham (Automotive, Sustainable Development, Health, Digital & New Technologies, Human Resources, Construction & Urbanism, Taxes, Tourism, Transport & Logistics
7. Implementing cooperation with the economic services of the French Embassy in Cambodia, the Union of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry Abroad ("UCCIFE"), the chambers of commerce affiliated with the "CCI International" network, as well as with the representative bodies of French institutions abroad or French people living abroad.