VNO-NCW & MKB-Nederland  Since 31 August 2009: merge of secretariats  Two boards  Two Presidents  Separate but coordinated communication with media

VNO-NCW  Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers  150 branch associations ( companies)  Almost all companies >500 workers  92% of companies 100 – 500 workers  80% of companies 10 – 100 workers

MKB-Nederland  Confederation of small and medium sized enterprises  120 branch associations  sme’s

Goal Achieving a good business environment and investment climate to boost the competitiveness of Dutch companies

Activities towards:  Political market: promotion of the interests of NL business  Members: services  Society as a whole: social acceptance

SER/Labour Foundation  Social Economic Council and Labour Foundation play important role in our lobby  Agreement in SER or LF creates broad support for policy  Examples: SER Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth Labour Foundation: Social Agreement

Social Partners negotiations  National Level: SER Labour Foundation  Sector/Branch Level ± 200 sector CLA’s  Company level ± 500 company CLA’s Information and consultation: works councils