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EFAPCO CONGRESS BRUSSELS - 7-9 January 2010

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Home BAPCO stands for ‘Belgian Association of
Professional Conference Organisers’. It is a not-for-profit association representing its members in institutional, legal, ethical and associative matters.

BAPCO full members fulfil the following criteria
  1. The member has as main activity the management of meetings.
  2. The member runs its activities under a commercial form.
  3. The member takes on the role of coordinator between:
    • Client
    • Suppliers
    • Participants.
  4. Following the requirements of the client, the PCO's mission includes:
    • General coordination of planning, budgeting, supervision and sponsorship if any.
    • Administrative management incl. registration of delegates and secretariat.
    • Operations: on site organisation.
  5. The member 's specific tasks and responsibilities are determined with the client prior to the start of the mission.
  6. Remuneration of the PCO is the object of an agreement with the client prior to the start of the mission. Ideally this will be a fixed amount or a fee per capita or a combination of both.
  7. Financial management of the event is held in a transparent and "wise" way.
  8. Any amount collected in name of the event and/or the client (registration fees, sponsorships) is done on a specific account with a separate accountancy being held. Copy of the accountancy of the project and bank statements are given to the client on request.
  9. The member always acts in a respectful and loyal manner in its relation with other members and refrains from any unfair competition.
  10. At the request of a client, the member accepts to submit any conflict which might arise in the management of a meeting to the arbitration of the the association.
  11. The member commits itself to communicate the complete charter when submitting a tender or offer to a client.
All present BAPCO members have committed themselves to these 11 points by signing this charter. New members will be invited to do the same.