Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Koblenz

Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Koblenz
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Seat	Schlossstrasse 2, 56068 Koblenz
founding year	1833
Homepage	www.ihk-koblenz.de
President	Susanne Szczesny-Oßing
Chief Executive	Arne Rössel
Member companies	~ 95,000
Members of the General Assembly	72
Presidium members	10 (including one president)

The Koblenz Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( IHK Koblenz ) is a public corporation based in Koblenz . It represents - legally legitimized - the overall interests of the economy of its district, the northern Rhineland-Palatinate. It also fulfills sovereign tasks in the form of the acceptance of examinations in training and further education and offers services for its member companies. More than 95,000 traders are members of the Koblenz Chamber of Commerce (as of 2017). In contrast to pure city chambers such as the IHK Berlin or the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce , it is a so-called area chamber and one of the largest of its kind in Germany.

history

The cabinet order signed by King Friedrich Wilhelm

Presidential chronicle of the IHK Koblenz

On July 14, 1833, King Friedrich Wilhelm III signed. from Prussia a corresponding cabinet order, according to which a chamber of commerce was to be set up in Koblenz. The Koblenz merchants had already mobilized in the previous years and formed a board of directors for trade in order to create a joint representation of interests, an official voice of the economy in the government. The chambers of commerce in Cologne and Mainz, which already existed at the time, served as a model.

organization

Building of the headquarters of the IHK Koblenz

As a self-governing organization of the economy, the IHK Koblenz takes care of the interests of the economy in the region with its nine regional offices. The guidelines of the IHK work are set by the plenary assembly and the presidium. The IHK Koblenz is subdivided into a total of seven business areas and is managed by the general manager.

General Assembly

The general assembly consists of 72 voluntary representatives of member companies from the district of the IHK Koblenz. The General Assembly usually meets three times a year and deliberates on issues relating to the regional economy. It determines the principles of the IHK work and determines the budget as well as the contributions and fees. It also elects the executive committee and appoints the general manager. The members of the general assembly work free of charge and do not receive any allowance for their voluntary work.

Bureau

The Presidium consists of the President and currently nine (but at least four, according to the statutes) Vice-Presidents, who are elected by the General Assembly. At the constituent meeting of the General Assembly in January 2017, Susanne Szczesny-Oßing was elected President of the Koblenz Chamber of Commerce for the next five years. She succeeded Manfred Sattler, who had held the office since 2006. The members of the presidium and the president also receive neither wages nor allowances for expenses.

Committees

In addition to the Presidium and the General Assembly, the IHK Koblenz's voluntary work is currently organized in the following committees, which prepare the decisions of the IHK General Assembly in terms of subject matter and content:

Foreign Trade Committee
Vocational training committee
Finance committee
Trade committee
Industry Committee
Transport Committee

Chief Executive

On September 21, 2011, Arne Rössel was appointed General Manager of the Koblenz Chamber of Industry and Commerce. The deputy general managers are Bertram Weirich and Karina Szwede.

Business areas

The IHK Koblenz is divided into three business areas, five staff areas, nine regional offices and an office. Each division is headed by a managing director. The regional offices are managed by regional managers.

Advocacy

The advocacy division brings business interests of the region to the attention of decision-makers in politics and administration at local and state level. Ensuring a needs-oriented infrastructure is a central topic in this discourse. Through the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), the IHK also influences political decisions in Berlin and Brussels.

Corporate service

The corporate service area includes services provided by the IHK Koblenz for its members on the following topics:

Foreign trade
Professional access
Securing skilled workers
Company law, commercial register
trade
Innovation, environment, energy
Law and taxes
Expertise
tourism
Establishing, securing and succession of companies

Initial and continuing education

The business area carries out examinations in training and further education (through the use of exclusively voluntary examiners), advises companies and employees on educational opportunities, offers seminars and represents the interests of the economy in the educational policy discussion.

Staff areas

The five staff areas report directly to the main management:

Finances
IHK-Digital
Communication and marketing
Networks and partnerships
staff

Regional offices

The regional offices of the IHK Koblenz

The IHK Koblenz has nine regional offices and an office in Cochem. The regional offices are contact points for companies on site and represent, on a small scale, the areas that the head office in Koblenz covers nationwide.

Altenkirchen
Bad Kreuznach
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Cochem
Idar-Oberstein
City of Koblenz
Mayen-Koblenz
Montabaur
Neuwied
Simmer

The Chamber of Commerce building

Chamber of Commerce building

The Chamber of Commerce building at Schloßstraße 2 in Koblenz was built between 1954 and 1956 according to plans by the architects Martin Ufer / Igor Grinzoff / Friedhelm Worm. The administrative building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Koblenz is a simple four-story plastered building with a light-flooded entrance hall. It is a listed building .