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The Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry, in abbreviated form ASCAME, is an organisation of international scope, of a voluntary, non-profit making nature. It unites the Chambers of Commerce and Industry and other similar institutions of the countries of the Mediterranean basin, and works on the assumption that the Black Sea is a natural extension of the Mediterranean Sea.〔(ASCAME Statute )〕 ASCAME was formed on 1 October 1982. The Constitutive General Assembly was held in Barcelona, hosted by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation. It is an Organization with a potential membership of 500 Chambers of Commerce, and other associated entities, from the 23 countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Today, ASCAME is the most important representative of the Mediterranean private sector with over 250 Chambers of Commerce from the 23 countries of the Mediterranean basin. ASCAME is a well-consolidated entity that represents the interest of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and the Private Sector, also being accredited as an economic partner of the EU and international organizations in carrying out economic cooperation projects. ASCAME represents all North and South chambers and business regardless of their size and sector of activity. ==History== The Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry – ASCAME – was founded on the 1st of October 1982, as an initiative of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with its counterparts from different Mediterranean countries, and in 1994 it was transformed in an International Association, on the initiative of the Chamber of Commerce of Marseille. From the about ten founding member of 1982, today ASCAME brings together over two hundred Chambers of Commerce and similar institutions, from twenty-two Mediterranean countries: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Serbia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey.〔(What is ASCAME )〕 ASCAME was created with the primary goal of furthering economic cooperation throughout the Mediterranean region, showing a strategic vision of North-South cooperation and integration. This vision was confirmed by the establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in 1995 and is validated today by the Union for the Mediterranean. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ASCAME」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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