Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association

SGI Europe https://sgieurope.org/
As a member of SGI Europe - an official partner in the social dialogue of the European Commission, BICA maintains regular contacts with the institutions and advisory authorities of the EU, participates in the preparation and modification of regulations, directives and other legislative acts that define the European business climate. BICA representatives participate actively in the consultations on the European semester, on the Annual growth survey in the EU, on the negotiations in the field of social issues, competitiveness and other important areas. Since 2011 Dr Milena Angelova (Secretary-General of BICA) is executive Vice-President of SGI Europe.
International Organization of Employers (IОЕ) - www.ioe-emp.org
BICA is a member of the IOE and therefore of the International Labour Organization-ILO. The IOE protects the interests of the business at international forums as it strives to strike the right balance between the labour and social policy and the accelerated economic growth. The membership in the IOE improves BICA’s expertise in the national social dialogue.
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) - www.eesc.europa.eu
The Association has representatives in the EESC and that opens a possibility to express an opinion on issues related to the economic and social policy of the EU and to participate in the political life of the Community.
European Social Fund (ESF) – www.ec.europa.eu/esf
Representatives of BICA participate in the sessions of the ESF and the Ad Hoc group at the ESF in support of the social partners thus providing better information about the opportunities for utilizing funds from the ESF.
International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ICIE) - www.ic-ie.com
In 2009 BICA joined the ICIE which has an official statute in the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS), as well as official relations and long-term cooperation with the International Center of Scientific and Technical Information, the International Union of Commodity Producers thus expanding its international contacts. Via its representative in the presidium of ICIE, BICA participates in the decision-making process at the highest level concerning the protection of industrialists and entrepreneurs’ interests, the coordination of their activities towards market-oriented reforms and etc.
International coordinating council of employers’ unions (ICCEU) www.mksor.org
In 2010 BICA became one of the organization-founders of the ICCEU that was joined by employers’ organizations represented at national level from fifteen states of Eastern and Central Europe. The council is an advisory authority. Its goal is to cooperate in establishing sustainable relations and mutually beneficial cooperation between the national unions of employers and entrepreneurs, in exchanging experience in the field of regulating the social labour and the related economic relations, as well as on other issues of mutual interest, in account of the similar economic problems the states in the region are facing. Mr Vasil Velev was rotating chairman of the ICCEU in 2016.
ASSOCIATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OF BULGARIAN EMPLOYERS (AOBE) www.aobe.bg
As permanent member and rotating chairperson of the AOBE that unites the employers organizations represented at national level in the country for 2017, BICA successfully coordinates the common positions of the Bulgarian business on important issues for improving the social-economic environment and established itself as useful moderator during the negotiations between the social partners. The role of AOBE is of great significance as it represents the Bulgarian employers in the IOE and participates in the formation of the employers’ quota in the International Labour conference where international labour standards are formulated and verified. BICA is a rotating chair of AOBE for 2021.

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Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

200,000€ - 299,999€

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200,000€ - 299,999€

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BICA works actively for improving the competitiveness of the Bulgarian business and to create favourable business climate. To achieve this, BICA works actively to provide sustainable tax policy, to enhance the economic growth and to improve the labour market balance. Annually the Association organizes training sessions for employers in the area of healthy and safe labour conditions and vocational trainings for unemployed on demand of BICA’s members; and also, provides active cooperation for improving the quality of jobs and ensuring labour conditions. Addressing skills mismatches today and in the future, is the main objective of BICA in the policy of human resource development. BICA provides information and technical assistance to its members to prepare, apply with and implement projects that are aimed at improving the competitiveness of enterprises and human resource qualification, development of innovations, environmental protection, etc. Among the more significant achievements of the Association are the successfully implemented projects at national and international level in fighting informal economy and corruption, in the field of corporate management and corporate social responsibility, improvement of human resources qualification, enrichment of Bulgarian labour market and facilitation of the immigrants integration, social dialogue development and participation of the civil society in the development and implementation of policies and others.
The largest-scale project that BICA has already successfully implemented was "Restriction and Prevention of the Informal Economy" project (2009-2015), funded by ESF through Bulgarian Human Resources development operational program. The main objectives of the project were to combat and prevent informal economy in Bulgaria (with special attention to pilot sectors: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, information technology, infrastructure construction, light industry, perfumery and cosmetics, dairying, tourism, non-bank financial services, shipbuilding and repair, furniture, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture and services of general interest and to create public intolerance towards all its types and forms. Some of the main outputs of the project were: Composite Index “Business to the Rules”, which consists of 2 components: statistical (quantitative data from Bulgarian National Bank, National Statistical Institute, Eurostat, Ministry of Finance) and sociological component (data from questionnaire surveys among a sustainable panel of representatives of employers, workers and employees; Establishment of the Public Council for Restriction and Prevention of the Informal Economy and Establishment of The National Centre “Business to the Rules”. Proposal packages for normative changes are developed and presented to the competent authorities (2011: measures for stimulation of “light” economy; sanctions and an environment of intolerance toward informal economy. 2012: Proposal packages for normative changes in the field of administrative and financial law, labor and insurance law and contract law, the development of a more favorable business environment and restriction of informal economy in different branches. 2013 and 2014: proposal packages for normative changes in the field of specific branches. A proposal for a System of income negotiation and remuneration for work aimed at restricting and preventing informal economy through reducing incentives for engaging in gray practices was presented to the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy). In the period of implementation of the project, the “Business to the Rules” awards were established which are first of their kind in recognizing achievements in the fight against informal economy in Bulgaria. The aim of the competition is to pick out encouraging examples of success in the fight against informal economy and to award leading institutions and individuals with an active position and contribution to the restriction of gray practices.

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The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.

• Date	27 Feb 2024	Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
  Subject	Energy transition and markets Also present: Monbat Group, Thracian Industrial Zone and the Bulgarian Association of the Metallurgical Industry
  DG	Energy
  Attending	Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
  Other Lobbyists	Solvay SA

• Date	21 Jun 2022	Location	Sofia (BG)
  Subject	EU response to the conflict with Ukraine, Labour & skills shortages, social reforms, platform work, Individual Learning Accounts.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) Fabien Dell (Cabinet member) Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Dobri Mitrev SMEunited aisbl

• Date	19 Dec 2017	Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
  Subject	Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU
  DG	Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
  Attending	Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
  Other Lobbyists	Dobri Mitrev