The Chamber does not operate in isolation but rather works in partnership with all the key stakeholders in the region. Below you will find details of a number of organisations we are currently engaging with on issues such as Infrastructure, Economic Development, Telecoms, Cross Border Co-operation, Education, Skills Development, Communications and many more.

Business in the Community represents a unique movement of companies committed to continually improving their positive impact within the communities in which they operate. This is a growing and powerful movement which recognises that social and economic responsibilites are central to business competitiveness.

City Centre Initiative was established in April 2000 with a revised purpose, aims and roles endorsed by the key stakeholders. the new partnership has a different remit, structure and ethos to its predecessor Town Centre Management. City Centre Initiative is a public-private partnership focused on improving the city centre. The key stakeholders are Derry City Council, Londonderry Development Office and the private sector.

Derry City Council employs 550 staff who work for the betterment of the city and district Council area.

The EURES (EURopean Employment Services) Cross-border Partnership has been established to make things easier for those who wish to commute daily or weekly across the border in order to earn a living.

Common Purpose is an independent educational organisation which aims to improve the way society works.

Foyle Skills & Education Cluster (FOSEC) is an exciting and innovative initiative which was set up in November 1999. It is an employer led, activity driven partnership. This organisation works with key partners to improve the co-ordination and delivery of business education links in the Derry City Council area.

Ilex - the Urban Regeneration Company for the Derry City Council Area

Ilex Urban Regeneration Company Ltd (Ilex) has been established by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) and the Department for Social Development (DSD) in Northern Ireland to promote the social and economic regeneration of the Derry City Council area.

The Company works at 'arms length' from our parent Government Departments, operating like a private sector concern, yet we have the ability to call upon the Departments for endorsement of regeneration projects and their statutory powers to aid this work.

Ilex is responsible for creating imaginative, dynamic and achievable strategic objectives

Northern Ireland is a small region with unique educational, cultural and environmental strengths.

We aim to harness those strengths by encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship to create an environment in which companies - whether home grown or from overseas - will flourish. It is only in this way, we believe, by stimulating sustainable demand for new employment and services, that new levels of wealth will be created for the benefit of all who live here.

In this mission, we aim to encourage existing businesses to widen their horizons, develop external markets and to embrace the ethos of business improvement. We also offer a warm welcome to globally orientated overseas companies.

We look forward to working with you to accelerate economic development in Northern Ireland.

The District Partnership for the Derry City Council area was formed in March 1996 to deliver £8.3m under the Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation. To date over 204 projects have been supported over the four measures of Social Inclusion, Employment, Urban/Rural Regeneration and productive Investment.

The new chairman of Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners, Mary Breslin says the port has the opportunity to grow substantially over the next few years.

The mission of the University of Ulster is to support the social, cultural and economic development of Northern Ireland by being an outstanding model of a regional university with a national and international reputation for quality.

The North West Institute of Further and Higher Education is the largest education and training provider in the greater North West, offering excellent opportunities in education and training. The portfolio of provision ranges from basic education to postgraduate levels, offering in excess of 600 programmes. The Institute is a major employer in the region , with some 800 professionally qualified staff.

The North West Region Cross Border Group comprises Derry City Council, Donegal County Council, Limavady Borough Council and Strabane District Council and represents a population in excess of 300,000 constituents. The Group has been in existence for over twenty-five years and, since 1993, has had a full time secretariat funded by the INTERREG Programme.

The work of the Peace and Reconciliation group is to build bridges between communities who have been polarised by the historical and political events that have occurred.

Women in Enterprise are a bona fide women's group addressing the needs and barriers facing women in society in the areas of business ownership. The group has successfully placed itself amongst the key agencies and players in local and regional economic development and is both a legally constituted committee and a non profit making Company Limited by Guarantee.