The Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce is an Association born in 2001 that joins the Chambers of Commerce from the coastal areas of the Adriatic and Ionian basin
The Associations' purpose is to promote the economic development of the Adriatic and Ionian area, to strengthen the relationships among the Chambers of Commerce of transborder Countries, to encourage the juridical and administrative cooperation harmonising the procedures among the Countries, to spread business and entrepreneurial culture through the involvement of all the actors within the territory.
The strategic goal of the Forum is to help a process of growth within the basin through an effective use of public resources, both National and Communitarian and a tangible application of European principles referred to the politics of cohesion and proximity: partnership, sustainability and systematic characterisation of the actions are the key-words of the Associations' strategy.
The Forum was awarded the European Parliament patronage for its 7th Edition (Ancona 2007), an important award as it underlines in the Organism of the Forum an example of “best practices” to help the harmonic growth of the Adriatic macro-region and to strengthen the juridical accrediting path started in Brussels at the Communitarian Bodies and Institutions.
The full juridical acknowledgement of the Association enables the Forum to candidate itself for the Communitarian programmes as an autonomous juridical subject and to take part to transborder planning activities, supporting the potentialities and the excellences of the territory on both sides of the Adriatic sea.
The path started has had the possibility of making use of the cooperation of the Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce with headquarters in Brussels, national representatives of the system of Italian Chambers of Commerce, where the Forum has obtained fiscal domicile that will help the Forum international visibility and the planning and international cooperation activity.

The project aims at coordinating and harmonizing the actions of the Chambers of Commerce of the countries on the Adriatic sea, in order to favour the legal and administrative integration, to develop promotion policies, to create an Adriatic macro-region. "The Forum of the Chambers of Commerce of the Adriatic and Ionian area" is a non-profit voluntary and transnational association with a standing organization. The Forum secretariat office is located at the Chamber of Commerce of Ancona.

• Promoting the economic development of the Adriatic area
• Supporting the Chambers of the crossboarder area
• Promoting the legal and administrative integration
• Harmonizing the legal and administrative frameworks
• Promoting the comparison between the experiences of the different Chambers
• Developing the entrepreneurial spirit
• Organizing periodical meetings of the Member Chambers
• Establishing permanent working tables, each Chamber according to its peculiarities and vocation

FOUNDING MEMBERS

• Ancona Chamber of Commerce - Italy
• Split Chamber of Economy- Croatia

ORDINARY MEMBERS

Croatia

• Šibenik Chamber of Economy
• Pula Chamber of Economy
• Zadar Chamber of Economy
• Rijeka Chamber of Economy
• Dubrovnik Chamber of Economy

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Chamber of Economy of the Federation of the Bosnia and Herzegovina

Montenegro

• Chamber of Economy of Montenegro

Greece

• Chamber of Thesprotia
• Chamber of Ioannina
• Chamber of Kerkyra
• Chamber of Preveza
• Chamber of Achaia
• Chamber of Ileia
• Chamber of Aetoloakarnania
• Ioannina Chamber of Greek Economy

Albania

• Tirana Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Lezhe Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Durres Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Italy

• Pesaro Chamber of Commerce
• Ravenna Chamber of Commerce
• Campobasso Chamber of Commerce
• Brindisi Chamber of Commerce
• Trieste Chamber of Commerce
• Teramo Chamber of Commerce
• L'Aquila Chamber of Commerce
• Pescara Chamber of Commerce
• Rimini Chamber of Commerce
• Bari Chamber of Commerce
• Matera Chamber of Commerce
• Unioncamere Marche
• Unioncamere Veneto
• Unioncamere Calabria

SUPPORTING MEMBERS

• ASSONAUTICA - National Yachting Association
• Ancona Province
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia