Czech Business Today
CEBRE: 10 years in Brussels’ lobby arena
CEBRE – Czech Business Representation to the EU celebrates this year the 10th anniversary of its existence in Brussels. Apart from the celebratory evening held at the premises of Prague House, CEBRE also organized a business breakfast with Czech MEPs together with the top representatives of CEBRE founders’ organizations.
Celebrations were held on 4th and 5th June 2012 in Brussels. The ceremony held on 4th June was opened by the speech of the Czech ambassadress to the EU, Her Excellency Milena Vicenová, who thanked both organizations for cooperation, remembered their early days and wished them a lot of success in the years to come. In the morning of the following day, on 5th June, the representatives met with Czech Members of the European Parliament at working breakfast, which focused on “Competitiveness and growth”, where they discussed current business environment and its future development in relation with EU policies. Mr. Oldřich Vlasák, Vice- president of the European Parliament, opened the debate by expressing his understanding for business sector, which often have a considerable difficulty to follow the flow of the EU legislative proposals. In that regard he stressed the positive contribution of CEBRE – Czech Business Representation to the EU in Brussels, which improves the overall awareness of Czech entrepreneurial public and has become an established and trusted player in the European lobby environment.
According to the MEPs, the Czech Republic also desperately needs the concept of strategic planning for the distribution of European funds, which is still missing. Top representatives of CEBRE founders’ organizations during the debate emphasized business issues related to the internal market, mutual qualifications recognitions, energy efficiency, cohesion policy and support to innovation and technology transfer.
