Founded 2007 | Website www.beci.be | |
Headquarters Louise Avenue 500, Brussels, Belgium Key people Thierry Willemarck (Chairman), Olivier Willocx (CEO), Joëlle Evenepoel (Secretary General) |
BECI-Brussels Enterprises Commerce & Industry is the acronym for the organisation regrouping the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIB) and the Union of Enterprises in Brussels (UEB).
Contents
- Vision mission values
- Vision of BECI
- Mission of BECI
- Values of BECI
- Counsel and support
- Facilitating administrative procedures
- Supporting businesses
- Opening the doors to international trade
- Training members and their teams
- Solving disputes
- Encouraging sustainable development
- Helping to raise awareness
- References
This joint identity was adopted in May 2007, through a Cooperation Agreement signed on 11 September 2006 in order to consolidate their skills. In 2012, the CCIB and the UEB were joined by IZEO, the organisation for the representation of self-employed individuals, liberal professions and Brussels SME managers.
As a fully private and independent, neutral and bilingual employer organisation, BECI represents 35,000 companies with economic activities in Brussels, as well as self-employed individuals, company managers and liberal professions, and twice as many through its strategic partnership with IZEO.
Three structures :
Vision, mission, values
Through a regionalisation of fundamental matters resulting from the Sixth Belgian state reform, BECI is committed to be a leading player active in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of plans and projects (joint management of public interest organisations and Brussels global management committee). Its ambition is to make Brussels the 1st metropolis in terms of production value. (BAKBASEL 2013 :) 1. London, 2. Brussels, 3. Paris, is losing ground behind 8 other cities)
Vision of BECI
"Bringing the most to businesses and members, every day.” BECI aims to:
Mission of BECI
BECI aims to:
Values of BECI
Counsel and support
BECI advises companies on tax, social and commercial legislation, international trade, and accompanies them during the creation, transfer of businesses, as well as when difficulties arise. BECI puts businesses in touch with external consultants and offers customized coaching programs.
Facilitating administrative procedures
The Enterprise desk carries out all mandatory administrative procedures related to businesses ; VAT, articles of incorporation (publication in the Moniteur, filing of annual accounts), registration of leases, formalities linked to ASBL's, etc. BECI also takes care of formalities linked to export by granting certificates of origin, ATA carnets, etc.
Supporting businesses
BECI supports companies in the search for financial partners; facilitates their commercial prospecting using business directories; multiplies business opportunities thanks to its events, clubs, breakfast conferences, business meetings, etc.
Opening the doors to international trade
European funding, tenders, import/export: BECI offers simplified and direct access to the European and international markets. It allows companies to meet visiting foreign delegations in Brussels and to participate in economic missions abroad.
Training members and their teams
BECI organizes many intra and inter-company seminars (social, tax) and training (HR, management, strategy, organisation, management/finance, sales...) to help entrepreneurs do their work in an optimal way.
Solving disputes
BECI encourages entrepreneurs to optimize the management of their disputes using alternative methods to courts and tribunals: mediation and arbitration
Encouraging sustainable development
BECI develops solutions and expertise through its Knowledge Centre, in various subject matters such as mobility, employment, urban planning, education or diversity management, and supports companies to participate and to commit to the future.
Helping to raise awareness
BECI offers visibility through its business magazine Brussels Metropolis, circulated to 14,000 companies in Brussels.