ROUND TABLES AND BUSINESS DIALOGUES

1. Canada-Europe Round Table for Business (CERT): Dedicated to creating business opportunities between Canada and the European Union. CERT actively develops company-member interests by: Contributing recommendations to government to shape public policy and increase bilateral trade and investment, hosting thematic, high-level meetings focused on developing strategic relationships between company executives and with government officials. The CERT meets on the margins of the EU-Canada Summit.
2. EU-Africa Business Forum: The Forum provides an opportunity for African and European companies to network and exchange views on EU-Africa business and investment relations. It is a high level forum which engage with political leaders in a concrete and constructive dialogue. Recommendations of the Forum are provided to the Heads of State and Government Summit in the form of a declaration.
3. EU-Brazil Business Summit: The EU-Brazil Business Summit is organized in parallel to the annual EU-Brazil Political Summit. The EU-Brazil Business Summit creates new business opportunities through dialogue between Brazilian and European business leaders. The Summit is also an excellent opportunity to present new initiatives to improve the cross-border business environment and to further encourage trade and investments between the EU and Brazil.
4. EU-India Business Dialogue: The Business Summit represents a platform to express the  views and the needs of both sides business communities on interaction with political leaders. The Business Summit/CEOs Roundtable takes place in parallel to the political Summit in order to have a dialogue with political leaders.
5. EU-Indonesia Business Dialogue: The goal  is build synergies among the business communities of the EU and Indonesia and to provide an interface between business and policy-makers of the EU and Indonesia. The central idea is to give business an opportunity to develop its recommendations on the basis of its activities and practical experiences in the respective markets.
6. European-Israeli Business Dialogue: The aim is to facilitate enhanced industrial co-operation, in particular between businesses. The aim of the business to business dialogue is to strengthen EU-Israel economic relations in areas of mutual interest, by creating a strong, sustainable and expanding dialogue of business leaders of both sides. This direct dialogue between EU business people and companies and Israeli business people and companies, and the recommendations to the government and the EU resulting from this direct dialogue fosters relations and creates opportunities to remove barriers of trade and investments and enhance cooperation and joint ventures. The dialogue offers recommendations that can fuel further government-to-government co-operation. Such recommendations are conveyed to the political leaders of both sides and reflected in the political decision making process.
7. EU-Japan Business Round Table: The EU-Japan Business Round Table is a private-led forum that brings together the chief executives of some 40 leading EU and Japanese companies. The Round Table suggests ways in which government action could improve the EU-Japan business environment and facilitate cross investment. The Round Table issues annual recommendations which are formally submitted to the EU and Japanese Authorities (directly to the EU-Japan Summit leaders where possible).
8. MERCOSUR-Europe Business Forum (MEBF): The MEBF aims at fostering trade and business relations between the EU and the Mercosur countries by establishing a permanent dialogue between the business communities and the political leaders of the two regions. For the policy proposals formulated by the MEBF to have the necessary political weight and visibility, the Business Forum is based on the strong commitment and active role of senior executives. These high-ranking entrepreneurs are meeting regularly at the MEBF Plenary Conferences to discuss their recommendations with top Government officials from the European Union and the Mercosur countries.
9. EU-Russia Industrialists’s Round Table (IRT):  Business-driven process to provide a permanent forum for businesspeople to present joint recommendations to the European Commission and the Russian Government with regard to business and investment conditions and promotion of industrial co-operation. The Round Table is the only business forum with Russia with a permanent involvement of the European Commission and the Russian Government. Its conclusions have been presented to and acknowledged at EU-Russia Summits on different occasions, recognising the IRT as an important aspect of economic co-operation between the parties. The IRT is managed by a Council, which is composed of prominent representatives of the EU and Russian business communities. It gives strategic impetus and guidance to the IRT process and prepares the IRT joint recommendations.
10. Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD): The TABD is a business driven process bringing together CEOs to make policy recommendations. The major goal of the TAB is to boost transatlantic trade and investment through the removal of barriers to trade caused by regulatory differences. To achieve its goal, the TABD produces extensive recommendations on a wide range of issues involving numerous industries. Importantly, a recommendation issued by the TABD must be agreed jointly by both the U.S. and EU side. The TABD is co-chaired by a U.S. and an EU CEO, and has a joint U.S.-EU organisation on the working level. The TABD is an executive advisory group within the Trans-Atlantic Business Council. The TABD program is the highest forum within the TABC and brings together chief executive officers and C-Suite executives from leading American and European companies operating in the U.S., Europe, and globally who advocate for a barrier-free transatlantic market that will contribute to growth, employment, innovation and sustainability in the global economy.

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