Italy is to host the 12th EBC Annual General Meeting (AGM)
On 10-11 June 2009 around 250 delegates and guests from 23 OSCE member-states will come together for the 12th Annual General Meeting of the European Business Congress e.V., which will be held in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy. Subsequent to the Presiding Committee Meeting and the Plenary Session, to be chaired by the EBC President Dr. Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of OAO Gazprom, there will be held an afternoon conference on “Energy Sector and Turmoil on Financial Markets: Implications for Investments and Supply / Demand Balance”. The sessions of the seven Working Committees will take place on 11 June. more
Working Group Energy
Around 40 representatives of EBC member companies attended the Working Group Meeting on October 24, 2008. Speakers were U. Fip, E.ON Ruhrgas; Dr. H.-G.Hillenbrand, Europipe; Dr. D. von Ameln Nord Stream; H. Horlings, Gasunie; S. Vilogorac, UN ECE. A special focus of the lively discussions was put on Nord Stream, its challenges as a transboundary project, and its technical challenges in course of the construction works; as well as the impacts of the financial turmoil on energy markets. 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 12th EBC Annual General Meeting will be held in Sardinia, Italy on June 10–11, 2009, hosted by ENI.
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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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