European Indo-Pacific Business Council

EU Legislative Interests

An EU initiative to grant support to the Indo-Pacific and its population in the areas of innovation, research, structural funds, competition policy, trade negotiations, energy union, economic governance, internal market, defence, external action; Influencing the full and correct implementation of the Global Gateway Initiative, the EU-Indo Pacific Strategy and the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly decisions; Influencing the policymakers to make sure the EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific adheres to a principled approach, ensuring the strategy effectiveness and delivery process; Legislation deriving from the EU-Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Partnership Agreement and the application of its Regional Protocols; The implementation of the EU support to the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent; Influencing the EU-Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Partnership in the areas of security, defence, economic cooperation and international cooperation; The EU Development Assistance actions and legislation for the Indo-Pacific region and individual countries.

Communication Activities

Regulatory explainers: EIPBC will track and post explainers of EU policies regarding individual Indo-Pacific countries and, more widely, the Indo-Pacific region. Conceptual analysis: EIPBC will post explainers of policy concepts, including advocating for policymakers to consider emerging issues. Events: EIPBC plans to attend and track panels and conferences taking place across the EU, concerning the Pacific region and related EU foreign policy topics, also partnering with local organisers. Lobbying: EIPBC will advise policymakers from the European Commission, European Parliament, and EU Council on Indo-Pacific related policies, including for the EU Council decisions, the EU-Indo Pacific Strategy, the EU-Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement and Parliament's own-initiative reports on the Pacific through the Delegation to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary Assembly (DPAC), the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (DANZ) and the Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP) urging the EU to recognise the growing importance and risks in the Indo-Pacific region.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

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Organisation Members

The membership of the organisation is of a mixed public-private nature. We act on behalf of public authorities as well as private organisations. The public members are countries of the Indo-Pacific regional organisations: Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS); Pacific Islands Forum (PIF); Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); Pacific Community (PC); Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP); Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific (CROP); Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); Indo-Pacific Four (IP4). The private members are companies that are part of a national or regional Chamber of Commerce based in each of the countries of the Indo-Pacific region: Servcorp; Fiji Airways; Reddy Group; Speyside: Asia Pacific International Wines and Spirit Alliance; Vriens & Partners; Frequentis; Paradise Beverages.

Additional Information

We have no paid staff.