Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry

BECI - Brussels Enterprises Commerce & Industry
Founded 2007
Headquarters Louise Avenue 500, Brussels, Belgium
Key people
Thierry Willemarck (Chairman), Olivier Willocx (CEO), Joëlle Evenepoel (Secretary General)
Website www.beci.be

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).

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 :

UEB

≥ 100 employees

CCIB

1-99 employees

IZEO

Self-employed individuals and SME managers

SOCIAL PARTNER

Acting as a representative for employers in the context of social dialogue.

PUBLIC CO-MANAGER

Acting as a co-manager in many public institutions management organisations. e.g.: Actiris, Bruxelles Formations, Impulse, Citydev, etc.

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PARTNER

Aims to defend and represent the interests of SMEs. Provides information, counsel, assistance and networking for companies.

SOCIAL PARTNER

Aims to defend and represent the interests of self-employed individuals and SME managers in the Brussels Region. Aims to influence the political debate.

Vision, mission, values

Through a regionalisation of fundamental matters resulting from the 6th reform of the State, 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

Services to companies

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.

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