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The Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (, VBO, , FEB) is the only Belgian
non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...
representing companies in all three regions of Belgium. Its members, the different Belgian
sector Sector may refer to: Places * Sector, West Virginia, U.S. Geometry * Circular sector, the portion of a disc enclosed by two radii and a circular arc * Hyperbolic sector, a region enclosed by two radii and a hyperbolic arc * Spherical sector, a po ...
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employers' organization An employers' organization or employers' association is a collective organization of manufacturers, retailers, or other employers of wage labor. Employers' organizations seek to coordinate the behavior of their member companies in matters of mutu ...
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 Pieter, Baron Timmermans (born 14 June 1964 in Ninove) is a Belgian businessman and the CEO of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises. Education He obtained a master's degree in business economics from the KU Leuven. Career Since May 2012, Pie ...
is CEO of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises, and since March 2017, Bernard Gilliot of Tractebel 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 The private sector is the part of the economy which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government. Employment The private sector employs most of the workfo ...
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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 Fl ...
(''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 striv ...
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Cercle de Lorraine The ''Cercle de Lorraine'' ( French) or ''Club van Lotharingen'' ( Dutch) was a Belgian business club, located in Brussels. The club was founded in 1998 to bring together distinguished and representative personalities from the Belgian financial ...
* Cercle Gaulois * De Warande (Club) *
Economy of Belgium The economy of Belgium is a highly developed, high-income, mixed economy. Belgium's economy has capitalised on the country's central geographic location, and has a well-developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercia ...
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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 (Federa ...
* Fedustria *
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 *
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, out ...
*
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 two levels. At the national level, there is the Belgian Federal Science ...
*
Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe The Confederation of European Business, shortened as BusinessEurope, is a lobby group representing enterprises of all sizes in the European Union (EU) and seven non-EU European countries. It is made up of 40 national industry and employers' organi ...
* UNIZO


External links

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