Partnerships

The Alliance for a Competitive European Industry (ACEI) was formed in 2004 by 11 major European industry sector associations and BUSINESSEUROPE. The common objective of its Members is to promote the competitiveness of European industry on a global scale. The Alliance therefore encourages a policy and regulatory framework that supports that objective, reinforcing and complementing BUSINESSEUROPE’s work in this respect by providing a sectoral perspective.

European Mineral Day is a joint initiative by the European mineral raw materials industries

The Sustainable Energy Europe 2009-2011 Campaign is a European Commission initiative in the framework of the Intelligent Energy – European Programme, which aims to raise public awareness and promote sustainable energy production and use among individuals and organisations, private companies and public authorities, professional and energy agencies, industry associations and NGOs across Europe.

The European Network for Silica (NEPSI) is formed by the Employee and Employer European sectoral associations which signed the Social Dialogue "Agreement on Workers' Health Protection Through the Good Handling and Use of Crystalline Silica and Products Containing it" on 25 April 2006.

The REACH Alliance was formed in 2005 to address the formidable challenge of the REACH proposal for industry sectors not traditionally considered as chemicals producers and, thus, the issues not dealt with by the chemicals sector.

Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries

The Council of European Producers of Materials for Construction is a European confederation of national "umbrella" organisations. A typical CEPMC Member federates a large number of national associations, which, together, cover all kinds of construction materials and building products, be they mineral, wood, plastic or metal-based. Founded in 1988, CEPMC is constituted as an AISBL, a non-profit making organisation under Belgian law.

The European Construction Forum is a platform for cooperation on issues of common interest between independent organisations representing key players in the construction sector and participating on a voluntary basis.

The European Concrete Platform ASBL (ECP), is a European association incorporated as a non-profit association under Belgian law.

The European Energy Forum (EEF), a non-profit making association, was founded in the beginning of the 1980’s, on the initiative of MEPs who wished to avoid energy decisions being based on inadequate technological, economic and geopolitical considerations or born of ideological prejudices.