Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA)

Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) is rated 3 out of 5 in the category civic & social organization. Read and write reviews about Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA). Founded in 1996, Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) is the most extensively represented organization of Bulgarian employers. It is also the most dynamically developing organization of Bulgarian businesses, which is represented at national level. Members of the Association are over 50 holding and investment companies, 80 branch chambers, operating in more than 65 economic activities, 10 000 enterprises that employ 500 000 workers and employees. BICA has a network of regional chambers in 171 municipalities in the country. Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association has earned itself the reputation of a speaker of the actual manufacturing sector. It protects the interests of its members in front of the executive and legislative authorities at national and European level, influences the preparation of the normative base and the policies in the economic sector, makes systematic efforts for improving the competitiveness of Bulgarian enterprises and for creating favourable business environment and for enhancing the Bulgarian economy in general. Throughout the years the Association has implemented consistent policies and has made systematic actions; it has built on the achieved success and has been equally unbiased and independent of all political parties. Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association is the only organization that incorporates public companies and providers of services of general interests in the country. The Association is permanently committed to the capital markets development and makes constant efforts for the positive perception of issuers’ statute. The Association works in this direction in close collaboration with the investment community and with institutions at national and European level. BICA is the only Bulgarian nationally representative organization of employers that is member of СЕЕР – European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public services (www.ceep.eu).