News article about Colombia’s boom town on Chicago Tribune

We would like to share this article we found on Chicago Tribune about Colombia’s boom town. Enjoy the reading!

Christmas Cocktail on December 17

The Executive Board of the Swedish-Colombian Chamber of Commerce
invites you to participate in the Introduction of the New Board and
Christmas Cocktail.

Friday, December 17th, 2010 between 18.30-21.00

Venue: Embassy of Colombia, Östermalmsgatan 46 3rd. Fl.

Appetizers & glögg will be served.

RSVP: December 10th, 2010  E-mail: info@svenskcolombianska.com

Mery Christmas and Happy New year 2011!

Doing Business in Colombia 2011

Access to the report by The World Bank regarding Doing Business in Colombia 2011.

Country Strategy for Development Cooperation between Sweden and Colombia January 2009 – December 2013

The overall objective of the strategy between 2009 and 2013 is to raise the living standards of the poor, with greater economic and social equity and democratic development as especially relevant associated objectives.
The document is prepared mainly by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Samarbetsstrategi för utvecklingssamarbetet med Colombia (Swedish)
Estrategia de la cooperación para el desarrollo con Colombia (Español)

New Board

The Colombian-Swedish Chamber of Commerce (CCCS) would like to share with you the results of the vote in respect of the 26 October and 2 November 2010 Annual and Extraordinary Meetings.

We are happy to inform you that the members voted unanimously “YES”. This means that the CCCS from now on has a new board and honorary members as presented below:

Board Members
Jonas Löttiger (Chairman)
Erik Belfrage
Lars-Erik Alm
José Namén

Honorary Members
Colombian Ambassador: His Excellency Mr. Rafael Nieto Navia
Jan Öhrvall
Alfred Svenson
Tatiana Caldas-Löttiger

Colombia on the Swedish magazine DI Weekend

DI Weekend, a supplement of Dagens Industri, one of the major Swedish financial newspaper, published an article (Svenskar i Colombia) about the growth of Colombia and how  multinational companies now flow to Colombia where security has improved dramatically.

The article is written in Swedish originally, but here an English translation.

Membership fee 2010-2011

Invoices regarding membership fee 2010-2011 were sent out. The due payment is 31 December 2010.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have not received yours yet.