EBC

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 August 2008 the EBC has 110 members from 21 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 6 Working Committees have been formed.