17 May 2013

European Association Summit

Highlights from the 2013 FAIB

association survey

Adrian Harris

Member of the Board of the FAIB

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

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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