The Confederation of European Business (BUSINESSEUROPE)
Since 1987, TÜSİAD is a member of The Confederation of European Business (BUSINESSEUROPE), the umbrella organisation accepted as the representative of the European private sector. TÜSİAD represents Turkey in BUSINESSEUROPE together with TİSK. TÜSİAD EU-Brussels Representative Office is a permanent delegation of BUSINESSEUROPE in which a total of forty industrialist and employer federations from thirty four European countries are represented.
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Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC)
TÜSİAD has been a member of the “Business and Industry Advisory Committee” (BIAC) active within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 1 August 1999. BIAC is an independent organisation founded in March 1962 in order to represent the business world on a voluntary basis and is officially recognised by the OECD. BIAC, to which the leading industrialist and employer organisations from twenty eight countries are members, conveys the policy recommendations it forms along the direction of its members’ views to the OECD and OECD member states. Tuncay ÖZİLHAN, former Chair of the Board of Directors of TÜSİAD and a Council Member of the Higher Advisory Council, currently acts as an Executive Board Vice Chair of BIAC.
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Union of Mediterranean Confederation of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED)
The Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED) was established during the 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Private Sector Summit held in İstanbul in March 2002. A founder member of the Union, TÜSİAD is an observer member since the year 2009. BUSINESSMED is formed by the industrial federations of the 11 Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Morocco, Palestinian Autonomous Territories, Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon, Malta, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Tunisia) that take part in the European-Mediterranean cooperation process. The federations of Turkey, Italy, France, Spain and Greece are observer members of BUSINESSMED and the Mauritanian Federation is an associate member.
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Union of Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of Enterprises (UBCCE)
Founded in 2006 under the leadership of TÜSİAD, the Union of Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of Enterprises (UBCCE) is an international union composed of the central, voluntary and independent business world organisations from the countries that neighbour or have strong geographical ties to the Black Sea and the Caspian. The main aim of the Union is to contribute to the economic and social development of the region by establishing an institutionalised cooperation amongst its members and provide an opportunity for its members to hold collective actions before their governments and business circles for the adaptation of policies that will enable the market economy to flourish and function in the best way possible. The UBCCE aims to become a reliable partner in the region for the international business world and especially for the representative organisation of the European private sector, BUSINESSEUROPE.
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