Our Mandate

Key Accomplishments

• Augmented visibility of India Inc through regular delegations – as part of inter governmental joint commission meetings, Destination India roadshows with Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India; Exhibitions and trade shows, Buyer Seller Meets.
• High level CEOs Roundtables and interactions.
• Highlighted the immense potential of cooperation between Indian mid-size companies and European SMEs by spearheading SME-SME interactive platforms through successful missions to and from Italy, France, Germany, and the UK.
• Brought regional and sectoral interaction to the fore by mobilizing delegations to states and clusters.
• Close cooperation with policy institutes, think-tanks, universities and multilateral institutions across EU to spark the thought processes on critical issues.
• Facilitating investment.
• Forum of Parliamentarians with various EU member states to broad-base and accelerate bilateral dialogue by providing a mechanism for debate and discussions between Indian and EU parliamentary counterparts, senior government officials, thinks-tanks and political foundations and the business community in Germany with the main objective to give further impetus to this dynamic relationship.
• Strong partnerships across Europe with employers’ federations, business associations, trade promotion bodies, leading Chambers of Commerce, government and other apex organizations including policy institutes and universities.
• Diverse & rich body of knowledge on various aspects of India-EU bilateral and multilateral relationship. Reports and studies are acknowledged at the highest levels of government and industry.

Key objectives

• Business and Investment Facilitation :through business delegations covering:
  • New Product Markets
  • Technology Transfer
  • Skill Development
  • Investments
  • Buyer-Seller meets & Exhibitions
    
• Identify bottlenecks and barriers that hinder the free flow of trade and investment.
• Sensitize all stakeholders including the Government of India to policy changes that must be made so that the investment environment becomes less cumbersome for foreign investors.
• Explore virgin territory: identify and nurture development of high potential areas for long term commercial cooperation between India and the EU.
• Contribute to major issues of greater global concern through research and participation in stakeholder meetings.

Publications/ Occasional papers /Reports

• India and Germany – Two great countries engaging to take economic relations to a new level ( with KPMG)
• India and Sweden- Two great countries engaging to take economic relations to a new level ( with Evalueserve)
• India and Scotland : Facing the future together ( with Grant Thornton)
• Strategic Knowledge & Economic Partnerships for SMEs : India and France ( with YES Bank)

UKIBC Annual Summit   Useful source of informationfor companies looking for partnerships in Germany and with German companies in India.