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The Federation of Enterprises in Belgium ( nl, Verbond van Belgische Ondernemingen, VBO, french: Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique, FEB) is the only
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representing companies in all three regions of Belgium. Its members, the different Belgian
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s, represent companies in key industrial and service sectors. All in all, it represents more than 30,000 businesses, of which 25,000 are small or medium-sized enterprises. Since May 2012, Pieter Timmermans is CEO of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises, and since March 2017, Bernard Gilliot of
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is the President. The VBO/FEB aims to help create jobs for the future and ensure that these jobs complement each other, especially in the service, industrial and construction sectors. In terms of jobs, the VBO/FEB represents approximately 1.5 million workers in the private sector.


History

It was founded in 1973 after a merger of the ''Federation of Belgian Industries'' and the ''Federation of Non Industrial Enterprises of Belgium''. The VBO/FEB is the voice of business in Belgium. It aims to: work towards creating an optimum business environment, promote business interests at federal, European and international level (in 150 bodies) and to ensure consistency in the message entrepreneurs deliver and the actions they take.


Regional federations

* BECI (''Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry'') *
VOKA The Vlaams Economisch Verbond (VEV) is a Flemish employers' organization and lobbying group. The main objectives of the organization were the development of the Flemish economy and to improve the status of Flemish as a business language in Fla ...
(''Vlaams Economisch Verbond'') *
Walloon Union of Companies The Walloon Union of Companies or Union Wallonne des Entreprises (UWE) is the Walloon employers organization. History About 1965, when economic decentralization was becoming more pronounced in Belgium, Walloon business leaders felt the need for mo ...
(''UWE'')


See also

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Agoria Agoria, previously known as Fabrimetal, is a Belgian employers' organization and member of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises. Description Agoria connects over 1900 technologically inspired companies active in Belgium (2019) that strive ...
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Cercle de Lorraine The Cercle de Lorraine or Club van Lotharingen is a Belgian business club, located in Brussels, Belgium. The club was founded in 1998, and it wants to bring together, distinguished and representative personalities from the Belgian financial communi ...
* Cercle Gaulois * De Warande (Club) *
Economy of Belgium The economy of Belgium is a modern, capitalist economy that has capitalised on the country's central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base. Belgium was the first country to under ...
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European Business Summit European Business Summit (EBS) is an events and conference organiser, and the creator of one of the largest networking and debating events in Brussels – the annual European Business Summit. Description EBS was founded in 2000 by the FEB ( Feder ...
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Fedustria Fedustria is the Belgian non profit federation of the textile, wood and furniture industry. It was founded on 20 December 2006 in Ghent and is the successor of ''Febeltex'' and ''Febelhout''. The organization represents a turnover of 12 billion Eu ...
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League of Christian Employers The League of Christian Employers (Dutch: Verbond van Kristelijke Werkgevers, VKW) is a Flemish Christian employers organization. Herman Van de Velde is the president of the organization. Notable members * François-Xavier van der Straten-Waille ...
(VKW) *
Mouvement des Entreprises de France The Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF), or the Movement of the Enterprises of France, is the largest employer federation in France. Established in 1998, it replaced the Conseil national du patronat Français ( CNPF), or the "National Cou ...
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Prince Albert Fund The Prince Albert Fund is a Belgian non-profit organization (fund) which provides a scholarship to young Belgian professionals to give them the opportunity to carry out a project for a Belgian company in international business development, outsi ...
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Science and technology in Belgium Science and technology in Belgium is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes. As Belgium is a federal state, science is organized at several levels. At the national level, there is the Belgian Federal Scien ...
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Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe The Confederation of European Business, shortened BusinessEurope, is a lobby group representing enterprises of all sizes in the European Union (EU) and seven non-EU European countries. Members of the confederation are 40 national industry and emplo ...
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UNIZO {{unreferenced, date=February 2012 UNIZO ( nl, Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers) is a Belgian association of entrepreneurs, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises ( SME); it is mainly situated in the Flemish region of the Kingdom of Belgium. The Uni ...


External links

* Labour in Belgium Trade associations based in Belgium Economy of Belgium Employers' organizations Organizations established in 1973 {{Belgium-stub