• Participated in the "How to Do Business with the US" course, organized by these companies: Aveledo Urdaneta & Roth and Rousso, Katsman & Schneider, LLP.
  
  
• Helping Hands Golf Tournament in support of the US Embassy's staff association.
  
  
• Participated in different events organized by Binational Chambers and the American Friendship Association.
  
  
• A presentation was made to VenAmCham's members on visa processing.
  
  
• An ambitious program is prepared to get more sponsors for the Executive Card program, having incorporated by now 7 new insurance and service companies.
  
  
• Jointly with the BIZ AFTER HOURS Committee and those of the respective regions, the following events were organized:
  - May, Quinta La Esmeralda - Caracas, with 14 sponsors and an attendance of more than 600 people (in 2004, there were 10 sponsors and 500 attendees).
  - March, Hotel Margarita Hilton with 12 sponsors and almost 200 attendees, it was organized for the first time in this region.

• In 2005, there was an important variation in membership for different reasons like: mergers, reductions in costs and closing of companies that retired: 47 total. There are 61 new companies that joined and 8 that were recovered. At the same time, 23 were reclassified. The year closed with 1,089 companies.
  
  
• 200 dossiers of potential members were submitted. The account executives visited 112 current member companies and 82 potential ones.
  
  
• The department assumed the responsibility of updating the member company database, reaching a number of 675 companies updated.
  
  
  

• Business Opportunity - Revista Business Venezuela / BV: With the same title, beginning this year, a new section was created in the magazine the Chamber publishes and where, month after month, various business opportunities are listed, from other markets, as well as from ours. At the same time, the most important events are highlighted, those held in the United States, Latin America and the rest of the world.
  
  
• AmChams Business Window: In the electronic section of the InfoCenter: http://www.venamcham.org/infocenter/index.htm and with the scope of circulating the commercial information of interest concerning AmChams and their electronic newsletters. This informative window was created, where this information is listed and updated periodically.
  
  
• Tips of Interest: In the same electronic section of the InfoCenter, we placed a window containing detailed commercial information directly related to economic and commercial activities of the business community.
  
  
• Library: As another added value of the Chamber, a physical space was organized at VenAmCham's headquarters, which is being supplied with bibliographies from the InfoCenter, as well as from other public and private institutions and organisms. Members, students and a special target of the general public will be able to carry out detailed research. Its opening will be announced in due time.
  
  Regarding solid numbers, the InfoCenter has assisted more than 450 companies through its regular services like: International Business Consulting, Distribution Lists, Business Contacts and detailed Economic Information. In parallel, the InfoCenter continues to carry out different periodic informative activities like: updates on the changes suffered at the central and decentralized government through its section called "Who is Who in the Government;" the dissemination of business opportunities; the expansion of strategic associations with national and international organizations; as well as continuous and constant advertising, not only about the InfoCenter, but also about Enterprise Florida Venezuela.
  
  

Enterprise Florida, Inc.

Enterprise Florida Venezuela, the official representative of Enterprise Florida, Inc. in our country, has participated actively in the national business environment through the promotion of Venezuelan business investment towards this state, as well as bilateral trade by providing business-consulting services to more than 150 Venezuelan and American companies.

Enterprise Florida Venezuela establishes detailed business contacts and supplies useful information on Florida's business environment through 30 Venezuelan projects that have shown a high interest in investing in this entity. As a result of this hard work, the official establishment of 4 Venezuelan companies in Florida was achieved, the economic activities of which are related to the following areas: Sales of medical & surgical equipment and materials; E-learning services for professional training and development; Manufacturing and sales of ducts and grilles for ventilation and air conditioning systems; Manufacturing of water pumps.

Regarding bilateral trade, Enterprise Florida Venezuela has managed to identify the needs of providers from both economic sectors, commercially leading more than 100 companies. Another tangible achievement that this representation has produced in 2005 is the official inauguration of the international website of Enterprise Florida Venezuela on September 30.

Details can be found on their website: http://www.eflorida.com/venezuela