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17 May 2013
European Association Summit
Highlights from the 2013 FAIB
association survey
Adrian Harris
Member of the Board of the FAIB
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1. PRESENTATION OF THE FAIB
The FAIB is the Federation of European & International
associations (INPAs) established in Belgium in 1949.Objectives:
• To take all possible initiatives to encourage European and
International Associations to be established and remain in Belgium
• To study, further and defend the interests of its members vis-à-vis
third parties, notably public authorities
• To obtain official legal recognition of associations and associative
movement by Belgian, European and international authorities, …
Membership:
• 275 full members: INPAs - operating from Belgium - growing
• 25 associated members: experts (tax, employment, accounting…)
• 5 sponsors: offer business services
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2. THE FAIB 2013 SURVEY - HIGHLIGHTS
Positive trend Points to take into consideration
Constant increase of the number of
INPAs - 2.265 in 2013 vs 1.972 in
2008 (last survey)
A bigger part of the expenses
dedicated to personnel and office
running costs
Growing global estimated income 2.9
billion euro with 84 % coming from
outside Belgium + 5% from the
European institutions
Less overnights per stay (-45%)
94 % of INPAs based in Brussels
(+9%)
Less value for money for hotel rooms
and meeting facilities
Estimated direct employment 25.000
FTE including volunteers
Associations have less office space
More association find their way to a
proper VAT registration (+32%)
Some concerns on environment,
transport and administrative
requirements
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3. CONCLUSIONS
• With the EU institutions based here, Brussels has an enormous
“natural” advantage for attracting INPAs
• The INPA sector in Brussels is growing year by year and is having
an increasing impact on the economy of the region
• Many points make the Brussels region an attractive location for
INPAS, their staff and members, but there are areas where
improvement is needed…
• FAIB is happy to continue acting as the interface with the regional
and national authorities
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Thank you
Website: www.faib.org
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