Upcoming Events

Upcoming Women in Business lunchtime event

VCCI would like to invite you to a ‘women in business’ lunchtime event next Wednesday 23rd October, kindly sponsored by BSP. When: 12pm – 2pm, Wednesday, 23rd October 2019 Where: Chantillys on the Bay Restaurant *light lunch provided Our aim is to bring together women from all business backgrounds to meet, share experiences and to inspire one another. We want to learn from you what you would like to see VCCI offer you, as women in business, and how we can support you better. We are excited to announce that our key note speaker is Julia Malas King, Women’s Group representative on VCCI’s council. Julia is a director and co-owner of Kava House, chair for Women in Sports for Vanuatu, founder and coordinator of H4F…

Opportunity to display your products at Expo Dubai 2020

Vanuatu has been invited to be a part of Expo 2020 Dubai and will have a pavilion representing Vanuatu. Expo 2020 Dubai will run for the 173 days. Participants are encouraged to leverage these opportunities to create commercial activities that enhance a positive visitor experience in their pavilion and across the Expo site. Expo’s World Market Initiative The World Market initiative will allow participants an additional retail opportunity for products that are in line with the initiative. This is a great opportunity for participants to showcase their talents, culture and resources on a global platform and increase engagement with their visitors. It will also allow participants to highlight their innovativeness and design capabilities, providing visitors with a tangible object to take home as a ‘connection’…

Chef, Baristas and Bar Tender Competition on the 17th of September 2019

The Vanuatu Chefs and Food Handlers Association is organising a Chef, Baristas and Bar Tender Competition, on the 17th of September 2019 at the Seafront. The competition is open to all Ni Vanuatu citizens working in the food and beverage industry. There will be seven different competitions on the day, listed below: 9.00am (45-minute class) Live Entrée using Local Teouma Prawns – 2 plates of each Using our local prawns, create a special entrée that will leave the judges wanting more. 10.00am (1-hour class) Live main course using local fish – 2 plates of each Using local fresh fish, cook it how you feel is right 11.15am (1-hour class) Live main using Local beef – 2plates of each Using any local beef cut, let us see what…

Overarching Productive Sector Policy (OPSP) Renewal Briefing for VCCI members and guests

Friday 6th of September 2019

You are invited to VCCI for a morning of consultation on the new Overarching Productive Sector Policy (OPSP) this FRIDAY 6th September 2019 at the Chamber of Commerce. The consultation will begin at 9am and finish by 12. Morning tea and lunch is provided. The Overarching Productive Sector Policy covers primary production and processing from the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. The original policy was written in 2012 and included emphasis on private sector-led development, and strategies to increase production, increase market access, improve food safety, increase value adding and build skills for the sectors. The Overarching Productive Sector Policy, along with the Trade Policy Framework, covers the productive sector of Vanuatu and contributes to achieving the National Sustainable Development Plan. The Ministry of Agriculture,…

VCCI delivers ‘Business Plan’ training and performs follow up impact study in Santo

14 small businesses in Luganville have completed an intensive 3 day training workshop on Business Planning and participated in a monitoring and evaluation tour to assess the impact to their businesses of previous training facilitated by VCCI in the last quarter of 2018. VCCI Business Trainer Irene Titek and Yvonne Leo Taiki, Business Link Pacific Program Manager travelled to Luganville in the second week of July to deliver the workshop and undertake the assessment. ‘The purpose of the workshop in Santo was to provide training in an area that had been identified as a need by our participants at our previous trainings in Luganville’ says Irene, VCCI’s Business Training Officer and workshop facilitator. ‘The purpose of the impact study was to check on the progress…

Free Business Capability and Investment Workshop – Tuesday 17th September

Tuesday 17th of September 2019

Pacific Trade and Invest (New Zealand) in partnership with the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be conducting a free one-day workshop as part of its “Path to Market Programme” to assist business owners to grow their business and to attract investors to help fund their growth. Running a business requires many skills and much knowledge and this workshop is aimed at increasing the knowledge and skills of business owners so that they can be successful in the Vanuatu and in the export market in the future. This workshop can provide selected company’s the opportunity to participate in a 5-day Trade Mission to Auckland, NZ in 2020 to look at export opportunities for themselves. The Trade Mission will be subsidised by PTI(NZ) who will…

You are invited to a business networking event, hosted by VCCI and Business Link Pacific!

Business Link Pacific is officially launching the Business Link Pacific Portal across the Pacific on the 1st and 2nd of August, with FREE special events in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea for growing businesses and business advisory service providers. The Portal will be launched in Vanuatu on Thursday 1 August at the Vanuatu Convention Centre, 3pm-5pm (VUT) with Guest of Honour: His Excellency, Mr. Jonathan Schwass, New Zealand High Commissioner to Vanuatu and presentations from: Mr. Shaun Gilchrist – President, Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry A round up of Vanuatu’s “hot button” issues & impact on Vanuatu’s SMEs Mr. Jack Loughman, General Manager, Vanuatu Cooperative Business Network Innovative SME business models: cooperatives & public private partnerships Mrs. Votausi Mckenzie-Reur, Managing Director, Lapita…