Memberships
The Belt and Road Industrial and Commercial Alliance (BRICA)
The Belt & Road Industrial and Commercial Alliance (BRICA) is a multilateral cooperation mechanism established by China Federation of Industrial Economics (CFIE) in May, 2015 in Beijing, to vigorously advance the Belt and Road Initiative of China on the Ancient Silk Road. BRICA currently has 25 industrial and commercial organizations from 23 countries of Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
As the only business organization representing Turkey, TÜSİAD is a founding member of BRICA. Erol Bilecik, President of TÜSİAD, acts as Co-Chairman of BRICA while Korhan Kurdoğlu, President of TÜSİAD China Network is the Council Member of BRICA and Murat Kolbaşı, Member of TÜSİAD China Network, is BRICA Think-Tank Representative of TÜSİAD.
TÜRKONFED
TÜSİAD is a firm believer in the primary role of local, regional and national voluntary business organizations in the development of an aware and participatory society. In this context, TÜSİAD works towards building closer and more continuous relations with these organizations gathered under the confederation TURKONFED. Relations starting with the visits to Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Associations 20 years ago, today, continue with memberships of the federations under TÜRKONFED. TÜSİAD is member of the Sectoral Associations Federation and 20 regional federations under TÜRKONFED.
Global Business Coalition
B20 Coalition, of which TÜSİAD has been one of the founding members since 2012, has decided to rebrand itself in November 2016 into The Global Business Coalition (GBC).
The Global Business Coalition (GBC), based in Paris, brings together leading independent business associations from the major world economies and advocates on behalf of more than 6.8 million small, medium and large companies. GBC operates as a worldwide platform of exchanges between national business communities, and aims at building consensus and developing common positions on issues critical for enterprises.
GBC MEMBERS: Ai Group, Australia — BDI, Germany — BUSA, South Africa BusinessEurope, Europe — CBI, United Kingdom — CCC, Canada CEOE, Spain — CII, India — CNI, Brazil — Confindustria, Italy — FKI, South Korea MEDEF, France — TÜSİAD, Turkey — UIA, Argentina — US Chamber, USA
Union of Mediterranean Confederation of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED)
The Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED) was established during the Second Euro-Mediterranean Private Sector Summit held in İstanbul in March 2002. A founding member of the Union, TÜSİAD has been an observing member since 2009. BUSINESSMED is formed by the industrial federations of the 11 Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Morocco, the Palestinian Autonomous Territories, Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon, Malta, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Tunisia) that take part in the European-Mediterranean cooperation process. The federations of Turkey, Italy, France, Spain and Greece are observer members of BUSINESSMED and the Mauritanian Federation is an associate member.
Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC)
TÜSİAD has been a member of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC), which operates within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), since 1 August 1999. BIAC, an independent organization founded in March 1962 to represent the business world on a voluntary basis, is officially recognised by the OECD. The membership of BIAC is comprised of leading industrialist and employer organizations from twenty eight countries. It conveys its policy recommendations in line with its members’ views to the OECD and OECD member states. Murat ÖZYEĞİN, TÜSİAD Member, currently acts as Executive Board Vice Chairman of BIAC.
The Confederation of European Business (BusinessEurope)
TÜSİAD has been a member of the Confederation of European Business (BusinessEurope), the umbrella organization representing the European private sector, since 1987. TÜSİAD represents Turkey in BusinessEurope together with the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK). The TÜSİAD EU-Brussels Representative Office serves as a permanent delegation of BusinessEurope, in which a total of 41 industrialists and employer federations from 35 European countries are represented.