Italy hosted the 12th EBC Annual General Meeting (AGM)
On 09-10 June 2009 around 250 delegates and guests from 23 OSCE member-states came together for the 12th Annual General Meeting of the European Business Congress e.V., which was held in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy. Subsequent to the Annual General Meeting, chaired by the EBC President Dr. Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of OAO Gazprom, followed a afternoon conference on “Energy Sector and turmoil on the Financial Markets”. The sessions of the seven Working Committees took place on 10 June. more
Working Group Energy
Around 30 representatives of EBC member companies attended the Working Group Meeting on June 10, 2009. Speakers were V. Rusakova, Gazprom, U. Fip, E.ON Ruhrgas; G. Greving, Gasterra; and S. Vilogorac, UN ECE. Agenda items were (i) New Russian Gas Projects; (ii) Actual Development of European Gas Markets; (iii) Impacts of financial turmoil on energy markets; (iv) Energy Cooperation between Russia and Netherlands. Especially the presentation on impacts of the financial crisis on actual developments in the European Gas Markets led to a very lively 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 12th EBC Annual General Meeting was 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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