13th EBC Annual General Meeting will be held this year in Cannes (France)
On June 10-11 2010. The delegates and guests of the AGM representing over 80 companies, banks and organisations in the OSCE area will get together under the chairamship of Dr. Alexey Miller, Chairman of OAO «Gazprom» Management Committee and the EBC President. They will take stock of the work done by the Congress in 2009 and will adress the pressing topic of a global scale: «Natural Gas- the Energy of the 21st Century».
On June 11th, 2010, the sessions of all the EBC working committees will be held. more
Working Group Energy
More than 30 representatives of EBC member companies got together for the Working Group Meeting on November 20, 2009. Presentations were given by U. Fip, E.ON Ruhrgas; D. von Ameln, Nord Stream; J. Tumat, Latvijas Gaaze; U. Bariss, Latvenergo, T. O’Gallagher, Schlumberger and S. Vilogorac, UN ECE. Agenda items were (i) Update on Nordstream; (ii) Gas and power business in the Baltics; (iii) Hydrocarbon field development; (iv) Connection between energy industry and the financial markets. The last presentation in particular was followed by a very active discussion. more
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The EBC European Business Congress e.V. is an International non-governmental- non-profit Organisation (NGNPO), founded in December 1997 in Bonn, Germany. As of April 2009 the EBC has 117 members from 23 OSCE states. Statutory bodies of the EBC are the General Assembly, the Presiding Committee, the Board of Directors and the Secretariat. The President of the EBC is Dr. Alexey Miller, OAO Gazprom. Vicepresident is Dr. Tessen von Heydebreck, Deutsche Bank AG.
The EBC-Objectives are:
- Supporting the development of economic co-operation between and in OSCE-countries
- Promoting economic development in OSCE-countries
- Promoting a sustainable dialogue between politics and private business
These objectives will be achieved and especially implemented by
- open and trustful discussion of actual challenges and problems of common interest in the various Working Committees and subsequent formulation of practical solutions
- passing such results as recommendations on to governments and responsible authorities in OSCE-countries as well as to other NGOs
- promoting an efficient exchange of information between EBC and international organisations and fostering contacts inside the EBC and externally
- promoting co-operation between companies and international organisations
- organising and supporting conferences and seminars on actual entrepreneurial topics
The core activity of the EBC, which creates its high attractiveness for the members and which distinguishes the EBC as something unique, is to offer a platform for open discussion in the various Working Committees and Sub-Working Groups which convene approx. four times a year. To date 7 Working Committees have been formed.
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The 13th Аnnual General Meeting will be held in Cannes, France on June 10-11, 2010.
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About the EBC
Some of you may wonder what the EBC is actually about. The answer is quite simple: The EBC is a down-to-earth organisation that brings together pragmatists from the business community of the OSCE countries as well as political representatives to discuss concrete entrepreneurial questions and topics of current economic relevance.
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