Chamber mission

The chamber's main mission is to represent and promote the private sector's interests at all levels.

Main goals:

1. To represent Ramallah's private sector at all levels

2. To provide a wide range of advanced information services

3. To supply high quality local and international trade services

4. To organize a full range of promotional marketing activities

5. To arrange and organize training courses

6. To organize and support the mediation and arbitration activities  among its members

Chamber's General Assembly:

Ramallah/Albireh chamber of commerce & industry  general assembly consists of the owners of all trade, industrial and service establishments whose business is conducted in the district. These members have the rights, as given by the chamber's laws, to elect and run for the administrative board, and to participate in the activities and committees pertaining to the establishment of the chamber's plans and policies.

Classification basis for the general board

The establishment capital investment is considered the main economical indication for the classification for the members where every classification has a range for the capital investment that fits the projects' sizes and their economical importance. Therefore the members were divided into four different groups or classifications:

The premier level: This class encompasses all the establishments with capital investments exceeding 50,000 Jordanian Dinars. This class represents the largest establishments in the district.
First: This class represents all the establishments with capital investment ranging between 15,000 JD and 50,000 JD. This class represents the middle- sized establishments.
Second: This class represents the establishments with capital investment ranging between 6,000 JD and 15,000 JD. This class represents the small retail and service establishments.
Third: This class represents the individuals and micro entities  whose capital investment is less than 6,000 JD.

Specialization

1. The Chamber's major task is to collect, organize, classify and circulate data and statistics of the industrial and commercial sectors. Moreover, it provides official departments with data, pieces of information and relevant commercial, industrial and economic issues, in general.
2. The Chamber provides general assembly  the ministries and the respective parties with  services suggestions and  opinions in the following matters: -

• The relevant laws and regulations of commerce, industry and agriculture that lead to the development and prosperity of the commercial and industrial actions.

• The customs' Tariff and all the relevant data of import and export.

• All other matters in direct association with the trade and the industry's progress in the Governorate.

• Accrediting and ratifying Certificates of Origin to the articles, and commodities of commercial, industrial and agricultural products; together with all of the certificates that the Minister of Economy and Trade authorizes the Chamber to issue.

• Nominating experts based on the requests of the authority , courts , municipalities or from trade and industry employers in order to study certain commercial and industrial notions ;including the examination of debatable goods and the ratification of the experts certificate in this regard.

• Convening of the economic conferences in Palestine and taking part in the economic conferences outside the country.

• Ratifying the submitted data and documents either from individuals or commercial firms in order to obtain a new, renew or modify a commercial register.

• Conducting arbitration in the submitted commercial disputes to the chamber; this is always carried out with total coordination with the conflicted parties. Following up the protests and complaints of the General Assembly members; wherein it defends their rights in front of both the formal and informal bodies so as to find solutions for these complaints and in order to protect their rights by any possible means.

• Involving the private sector in the establishment of commercial, industrial and agricultural markets and exhibitions.

• Networking and exchanging of knowledge and expertise with other correlated Chambers of Commerce and economic corporations at the local, regional and international levels.

• Building the capacities of the General Assembly members and their employees by offering them a number of training courses in the fields of administration, languages, vocational skills …etc.

• Representing the General Assembly members in front of the official sides, defending their rights and assisting in solving any problems they encounter.

The Chamber enjoys the right to constitute from its professional members certain committees to undertake some of its tasks. It also has the right to form committees to assist in carrying out other assignments that may a rise.