The Czech Dutch Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 5th anniversary

On 13 June 2019, the Czech Dutch Chamber of Commerce (CDCC) with the support of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in the Netherlands hosted a reception on the occasion of its 5th anniversary.

The reception was opened by H.E. Jana Reinišová, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in The Hague followed by Vladimíra van Aarle, chairperson of the CDCC who summarized the past five years of the CDCC’s existence and thanked Mrs. Reinišová for her support. The main part of the official programme was dedicated to a presentation of a newly published book The Amazing Women from the Heart of Europe (in the Czech original: Velké ženy z malé země). Kateřina Velíšková, Executive Director of the CDCC interviewed the author of the book, Renata Mrázová. The book offers 33 stories of great Czech women who are or were very successful and impactful in their fields, stretching from a Czech queen, through a famous cook, a writer, Czech first president’s wife, a car racer, sport women, scientists to artists and business women. “It is amazing to read these wonderful stories. Each of them is so different but they all have something in common. All these women achieved a lot regardless sometimes very unfavourable conditions which they had to face. They were highly determined, often had to fight hard and never gave up on achieving their dreams,” commented Kateřina Velíšková.

The book is currently available in a Czech version and an English version will be published in August. Both versions can be ordered on www.velkezenyzmalezeme.cz.

The reception was attended by several members of the CDCC, entrepreneurs and leaders from the Dutch and Czech business community as well representatives of various governmental and non-governmental organizations.

“We are very proud of the progress that the Chamber has made during the first five years of its existence. I would like to thank our members for their active involvement and we look forward to our future cooperation,” said Vladimíra van Aarle.

For more information please contact: info@cdcc.nl