FEACO European Federation of Management Consultancies - Associations Fédération Européenne des associations de conseils en organisation

  • Feaco Survey 2010-2011 - 02/01/2012

     

    A complimentary copy of the FEACO Survey of the European Management Consultancy Market 2010/2011 (about 35 pages) is now available on the feaco website along with previous versions of the Survey. They can be downloaded free of charge from the Industry >, market Information section on this site.


  • Launch event for the new European Standard for Management Consultancy Services, 9 November 2011, Brussels - 09/11/2011

     

    The launch event for the new European Standard for Management Consultancy Services took place on Wednesday 9 November 2011 at 15:00h at the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre (Av. Marnix 17, 7th floor, 1000 Brussels).

    The invitation and programme of the event are available here.
     
    More information on the event can be found in the press release.
     
    The presentations of the event are available on the CEN website


  • Launch event for the new European Standard for Management Consultancy Services, 9 November 2011, Brussels - 13/10/2011

     

    The launch event for the new European Standard for Management Consultancy Services will take place on Wednesday 9 November 2011 at 15:00h at the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre (Av. Marnix 17, 7th floor, 1000 Brussels).  
     
    More information regarding the event and the programme are available here.


  • Feaco General Assembly, 9 November 2011, Brussels - 12/10/2011

     

    The next General Assembly meeting will take place on Wednesday 9 November 2011, from 10.00 to 13.00 at the Feaco office (Avenue des Arts 3-5, B-1210 Brussels)
     
    Please find attached the registration form.


  • First Constantinus International Award - 07/10/2011

     

    We are happy to inform you that the winners of the first Constantinus International Award were announced on October 6, 2011 at the festive occasion of the 2011 ICMCI Biennial Congress in Taipei. In front of international representatives of the management consulting branch, the prizes were awarded to the following management consultancies:
     
    The Gold Medal went to FLUIDTIME DATA SERVICES from Austria and was awarded to the representative of the Austrian Association of Management Consultancy by Mrs. Caroline Cheng, Business Manager of Swarovski Taiwan.
     
    The Silver Medal for VIALTO CONSULTING Ltd. was presented to the representative of the Hungarian national institute by Dr. Walter Höfle, Austrian Trade Commissioner in Taipei.
     
    Another Silver Medal was bestowed upon the CHINA CONSULTANTS OF ADVISORY AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT co.ltd (CCAFM) by Aneeta Madhok, Phd, CMC, Chairperson of ICMCI.
     
    You may find photos of this event please click here! on the website of Constantinus International Award. For further information on the submitted projects and national nominees,
     
    The press release regarding the bestowal of the Constantinus International Award is available here.
     
    The outstanding projects submitted to the Constantinus International Award were presented to an international jury of professionals in the branch and demonstrate that the services and know-how provided by management consultants all around the world deserve international reputation and attention. Therefore, we are looking forward to the next Constantinus International Award and invite you cordially to participate in this great project.
     
    For further information, please contact the ICMCI office (info@icmci.org) or Constantinus Club (office@constantinus.net).


  • FEACO - ECIC Position Paper: Rethinking tendering procedures for service contracts with the European Commission (DEVCO) - 16/05/2011

     

    Position Paper
     
    Rethinking tendering procedures for service contracts with the European Commission (DEVCO)
     
    The publication of a new SOEA in December 2010 already had a considerable detrimental impact on the way the companies we represent work with DEVCO. It underlines the problem of the current tendering procedure which gives undue importance to individual expertise against firms/companies knowledge and experience.
     
    This expert-oriented selection procedure has led over the past years to a large development of “bodyshopping companies” which are not equipped to deliver quality control and backstopping services. Additionally, the current procurement system tends to develop and encourage the “subcontracting in cascade” which does not favor the capitalization of expertise and experience.
     
    Our consulting companies/firms bring to their clients their own technical know-how from their specific expertise or the capitalization of the know-how accumulated by the permanent staff throughout the years. Moreover, large investments are made to motivate, train and growth the expertise and knowledge of the permanent staff. Lastly our consulting companies/firms provide substantial social protection and personal development perspectives to their staff.
     
    Conversely the “bodyshopping companies” have little organization costs, no industrial environment (methods, tools, control, quality, etc.), no qualifications (ISO certification, etc.) and no recurrent permanent staff costs (training, inter-contract period, paid leaves etc.). 
     
    In FEACO opinion, the time has come for a reassessment of the tendering procedures for service contracts.
     
    ECIC-FEACO is proposing a clear set of seven measures that it would like to bring to the attention of DEVCO and all DGs or institutions that use the PRAG in their daily work.
     
    These immediate and easily implementable measures aim at reflecting an approach that recognizes European companies/firms experience and knowledge and at the same time, eases the work of the contracting authorities so they can focus on technical and quality delivery issues rather than on tendering contractual aspects.


     
    ECIC- FEACO set of seven (7) measures for improving tendering procedures for service contracts with the European Commission (DEVCO)
     
    1.    Remove the last sentence of the new SOEA: “the consequence is that the tender, for which this SOEA is submitted, shall be rejected”;
     
    2.    Allow company/firm to replace a key expert in the event s/he is not available any longer having a confirmed engagement for another EU/EDF funded project. Indeed, a company/firm cannot be held responsible for a key expert receiving another confirmed engagement from the European Commission;
     
    3.    Shorten the period during which key experts are on hold and informing all tenderers as soon as the evaluation committee has completed the technical evaluation so that tenderers below the technical threshold of 80 pts can release their experts;
     
    4.    Set the emphasis on firm/company capacity and methodology and not on key experts; it means that methodology should have 70% of the marks and experts 30%; Amongst experts the TL should have the majority (20 %) and the rest should be for other key experts;
     
    5.    Limit the number of key experts and limit the use of the SOEA to the key expert 1 (Team leader);
     
    6.    Have only Statement of Exclusivity for other key experts;
     
    7.    Give a clear weight in the methodology to (i) non key experts and to (ii) company/firm expertise and past experience since they represent the capacity of the company to implement the project.
     
     
    European Communities Institutions Committee of FEACO
    Contact ECIC-FEACO: Eric Tourrès – Chairperson (+32-496-87-58-55) and Etienne Matton – Vice Chair (+32-475-97-94-85)
     
     
     


  • A task force for the promotion of the Standard prEN 16114 «Management Consultancy Services». - 15/02/2011

     

    A task force led by Laura Arsenis (FEACO) and Brian Ing (ICMCI) has been established to work on the marketing plan for the promotion of the Standard prEN 16114 «Management Consultancy Services».
     
    The purpose of the task force is to consider and propose methods and activities to increase the awareness and the usefulness of the standard, to facilitate the understanding of the benefits of the standard, to encourage the profession and its institutions to use the standard, to support a professional image of management consultancy in Europe and to establish relationships to relevant stakeholders.
     
    The first meeting of the group took place on January 27th in Brussels. During the meeting three categories of stakeholders were identified: institutions, buyers and the Management Consultancy Services Providers. Furthermore, the interests and objectives of the stakeholders were identified.
     
    It was decided that the group will elaborate the necessary marketing materials for the promotion of the standard on the European level. National associations will be free to use the material as they see fit. In collaboration with CEN the group will also organize a launching event in Brussels by the by the end of 2011.
     
     



  • FEACO upcoming events and activities - 15/01/2011

     

    • ExCo meeting – Brussels, 19 January 2011
    • FEACO – ICMCI kick off meeting for Standard of Management Consultancy Services – Brussels, 27 January 2011
    • ECIC Lunch meeting with Mr. Laurent Sarazin, Head of Contract and Finances Unit – Brussels, 1 February 2011
    • ECIC Lunch meeting with Mr. Stefan Kerpen, Head of Technical Assistance Unit, EIB – Brussels, 15 February 2011
    • ExCo meeting – Brussels, 7 April 2011
    • ExCo meeting – Helsinki, 20 June 2011
    • General Assembly meeting –Helsinki, 20 June 2011
    • Feaco 2011 International Consulting Conference – Helsinki, Finland, 21 & 22, June 2011 www.future2020helsinki.org


  • FEACO Newsletter January 2011 - 01/01/2011

    To downlowd our newsletter of January 2011 please click on here



  • Good summer reading from the Spanish Association!! - 30/07/2010

    Dear members,

    The Spanish Association of Consulting firms has publiched two reports which may be of your interest:

    The Impact of Innovation Consultancy on the Spanish Market

    Consultancy in Spain: Key Figures for the Industry 2009

    You can download them free.

      



FEACO European Federation of Management Consultancies - Associations Fédération Européenne des associations de conseils en organisation