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In this issue
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- Edito
- FBG Upcoming Events
- FBG in the news
- FBG Gala Dinner
- Abu Dhabi Upcoming Events
- FBC - FBG Survey
- An Eye on our Members
- FBG online
- The look-out
- Looking for an office?
- Contact us
- Ask the FBG
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FBG Upcoming Events
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* 4 May: Conference Lunch "Abu Dhabi Development Vision 2030: Which Opportunities for the French Enterprises?".
Speakers: Denis Balussaud, UAE Delegate SAFRAN; Dr. Jean-Michel Morinière, Legal Consultant (UAE); Jean-Pierre Laurenti, Managing Partner ATEEQ INTERNATIONAL GROUP; Radoine Nachdi, Abu Dhabi Division Manager ALLIED ENTERPRISES LLC.
When: 12:00
Where: Sheraton Corniche
With the participation of the Department for Economic Development
* 18 May: Business After Hours
* 26 May: Gala Dinner
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FBG Gala Dinner 26th May
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Buy your tickets now for FBG GALA DINNER.
Click on the image to download the booking form.
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Abu Dhabi Upcoming Events
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* 9-11 May: Global Space & Satellite Forum 2011 at ADNEC
* 9-11 May: Middle East Communications 2011 at ADNEC
* 30-31 May: The Financial Technology Market (MEFTEC 2011) at ADNEC
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FBG online
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The FBG website www.fbgabudhabi.com has been updated but is still under complete contents’ review to provide you with the latest market information.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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Looking for an office ?
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FBG BUSINESS CENTER
If you are looking for an office in the heart of Abu Dhabi’s business center with all the facilities at hand, the FBG can offer you the perfect solution: a fully-equipped office in a very pleasant work environment and convenient location.
More information: business@fbgabudhabi.com.
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Ask the FBG
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At the FBG we offer tailor-made services to our Members. Upon request we can:
o help find sponsors for your publications or events,
o organize events,
o organize round tables,
o set up business meetings,
o help you find the adequate partners.
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Edito |
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Dear Members, dear Readers,
In a view of the French Business Group’s care for providing its members with information and business activities of interest to them, FBG member’s satisfaction survey has been launched on line this month. The results of this survey will be available soon and we will then undertake actions matching exactly your expectations.
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Our Gala Dinner, scheduled for May 26th will bring you this year also (and thanks to the commitment of the events department) a surprising show from France and I would like to warmly thank here our generous sponsors.
Finally, as spring comes, FBG’s face is changing. Nadine Bardury and Catherine Vincent are leaving us. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I address them my recognition for their efficient involvement in FBG business development activities. Catherine Menet has been appointed new FBG Director and Salma Mansouri new Business Development Manager.
Looking forward to presenting the new FBG “feuille de route” in the Linx May issue.
Yours sincerely.
Jean Pierre Giraud
President - French Business Group
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FBG in the news |
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Abu Dhabi 2030: Opportunities for French Companies
by Denis Balussaud (Safran), Dr Jean Michel Moriniere (Lawyer), Jean-Pierre Laurenti (Ateeq International Group) and Radoine Nachdi (Allied Entreprises LLC).
Conference on May 4th (see FBG Events for details)
Why?
The Abu Dhabi Economic Vision aims to build a sustainable & diversified economy that encourages enterprises & entrepreneurship. This vision is based on a secure society and a dynamic open economy with the objective to foster non-oil GDP growth at a higher rate than the oil sector and reach equilibrium in non-oil trade by 2028. A number of sectors have been assessed based on the ability to achieve a sustainable and competitive advantage.
For who?
There is a real opportunity for French companies to step in and take this opportunity to support their growth on international market places such as UAE. The French Business Group decided to provide their active support to those French companies by involving FBG members as well as French Trade networks.
Agenda
How to foster business links between Emiratis & French communities ?
How to encourage French Companies to invest in UAE ?
How to reach the target?
Benefits
Highlight specific sectors of activities (tourism, Renewable Energy, Aviation & Aerospace and Defense etc.)
Offer French Companies and other French business-oriented institutions a tool kit including : Documentation (PDF @ FBG Website) ; AD vision 2030 brochure; Specific thematic documentation (Transport, Education, Environment, Aeronautic etc.) ; Quarterly News Letter (Follow-up of the specific thematic documentation) ; “How to set up in UAE” brochure
Local Support
What kind of support can French enterprises get from FBG and other French community networks?
Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi Career Forum
Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD) is organizing its first Career Forum on May 11th 2011 on its campus in Reem Island, in cooperation with the French Business Group and the French Business Council : Astrolabe 2011.
By participating in Astrolabe 2011 your company will have the unique opportunity to:
* Come and meet face-to-face with PSUAD Students and Alumni
* Create awareness of your respective industry and professions as well as to communicate about the skills required in your activity sector
* Discover and identify potential future talents from the UAE, the region and from more than fifty different countries
* Fill a particular vacancy in your company
* Fulfill the objectives set by the Federal Authorities to bring more young Nationals into the job market
* Position yourself as a proactive employer and promote your career and training opportunities
To associate your company with Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi means to associate your company and brand with a university that makes excellence a priority in its education.
Please contact:
Sylvie Foss
University-Business Cooperation
Senior Project Manager
Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
Tel : 02 656 91 04
Mob : 050 310 88 16
Email : sylvie.foss@psuad.ac.ae
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An eye on our Members: ERRATUM |
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Please update the general information for Jean-Marc Bocchi - EDF (page 118 of the Directory):
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Jean-Marc BOCCHI
EDF-CIST, Abu Dhabi Branch Office Manager
P.Box 7075, ABU DHABI
Tél. : +971 2 6742844
Fax : +971 2 6742855
jean-marc.bocchi@edf.fr
Visit EDF's website
EDF Engineering and Consultancy Services in the Power Sector.
EDF in the Middle East: a long tradition of co-operation.
EDF S.A., Power System & Transmission Engineering Department provides the local major utilities with widely ranged and state-of-the-art consultancy services, including Network Studies, Design, Supervision and Commissioning activities.
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Cooperation between Abu Dhabi and French Customs |
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Abu Dhabi Customs have recently entered a cooperation agreement with the French Customs.
This agreement addresses a number of issues, including anti-counterfeit.
Within this frame, and upon a specific request from HE Saeed Al Muhairi, the Director General of Abu Dhabi Customs, Mr. Anthony Brelet, the French Customs Attaché organized a one-day training session.
Aimed at custom officers from Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Fujeirah Customs, this workshop allowed French “brands” to introduce those products the most subject to counterfeit in the Emirates, as well as to describe the companies’ manufacturing and distribution policies: Louis Vuitton, Lacoste, Dior, Chanel, Hermès, Legrand, Sanofi-Aventis.
Opening words were also said by the French Ambassador, HE Alain Azouaou.
This event is yet another example of increasing cooperation between French Embassy and Emirati administrations in the area of the protection of French companies’ interest in the area of intellectual property rights.
A further meeting with French companies is to be organized by Dubai Customs on May 17, 2011 at their Headquarters (Ports Rasheed, Dubai). This meeting will focus on new procedures, including the “trademark recordal system”. Precise information about times, hall and agenda will be forwarded in due time.
View invitation letter for 17th May Meeting in Dubai
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The look-out |
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Business activity at 20-month high
UAE output, new orders up, job creation fastest in 15 months
By Reuters Published Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Private sector business activity in the UAE hit a 20-month high in March as new orders rose sharply despite regional unrest, a purchasing managers’ survey showed on Tuesday.
The HSBC UAE Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which measures the performance of the OPEC member’s manufacturing and services sectors, rose to 54.7 points in March, its highest level since the series began in August 2009.
It stood at 54.3 points in February, holding above the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction, the survey of 400 private sector firms showed.
“The readings are positive and continue to point to a recovery that is slowly regaining speed. We’ll need to wait a little longer to gauge the effect of regional unrest on the UAE’s performance, however,” said Simon Williams, Chief Economist for MENA at HSBC Bank in Dubai.
Read more on Emirates 24/7
Vers un nouveau monde arabe
Le Monde - Les débats de la semaine.
| 04.04.11 | 13h07 • Mis à jour le 05.04.11 | 14h00
Après des semaines de soulèvements au Moyen-Orient ainsi qu'au Maghreb, les bouleversements en cours recèlent encore bien des énigmes. Entretien avec Gilles Kepel, politologue et spécialiste de l'islam.
L'intervention occidentale en Libye ne modifie-t-elle pas la donne du "printemps arabe" ?
En Libye, la voie étroite de la coalition militaire est de neutraliser la capacité d'action de l'armée de Kadhafi tout en permettant que les structures de pouvoir libyennes elles-mêmes le fassent partir - comme cela a été le cas pour Ben Ali et Moubarak - sans quoi on change de registre et on bascule dans le schéma d'une intervention occidentale, avec le legs calamiteux de l'Irak et de l'Afghanistan en arrière-plan.
Le problème est que la Libye n'est pas, contrairement à l'Egypte ou à la Tunisie, une société fortement institutionnalisée, où un chef d'état-major peut basculer et être obéi par ses troupes pour chasser le président en lien avec les forces sociales. Seul le lâchage du colonel par les dirigeants des grandes tribus peut assurer ce processus, et s'ils se convainquent que Kadhafi et sa famille sont persona non grata dans le monde et surtout qu'il sera difficile de négocier le pétrole libyen, on peut penser qu'ils le pousseront dehors.
Read full interview on Le Monde
'Vive la France' say Emirati students
Michael Kelley.
The National - Last Updated: Apr 7, 2011
ABU DHABI // For high school students at the Al Mawaheb Model School, a French initiative has taught them that algebra and geometry are not just mundane formulas but verses in a poem.
Read more on The National
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