The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) is the voice of Europe’s national energy regulators at EU and international level. It seeks to facilitate the creation of a single, competitive, efficient and sustainable EU internal energy market. CEER's work includes international cooperation, smart grids, sustainability, Demand Side Operators and customer issues.

Objectives and Functions

ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators, represents 41 electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) from 34 countries across Europe. ENTSO-E was established and given legal mandates by the EU’s Third Legislative Package for the Internal Energy Market in 2009, which aims at further liberalising the gas and electricity markets in the EU.

On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly said she will stand up to big banks, drug companies and other special interests. But in fact Clinton campaign has been fueled by millions from a network of well-connected Washington lobbyists, Wall Street bundlers and billionaire donors. Out of all the presidential candidates, Republican or Democrat, Clinton has raised the most money from lobbyist bundlers. But at the same time she says that "lobbyists should be exposed and publicly called out..... that we’ve got to go after them and have tougher laws.

A lot of Americans are viscerally angry at their political system. They hate Washington, they don’t trust politicians. Over the past decades, the mood has turned from healthy skepticism to outright distrust. Confidence in the US Congress has fallen precipitously. But voters also put less trust in other branches of government, like the Supreme Court and the presidency. More broadly,  fewer than one in five Americans now believe that "you can trust government in Washington to do what is right."

The EU-Japan Business Round Table (BRT) was created in 1999 and is made up of around 50 CEOs/senior executives from leading EU and Japanese firms and meets once a year to review the factors affecting all aspects of business cooperation between the EU and Japan, and to make policy Recommendations to the European Commission and Japanese Government.

The Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE) is the leading European organisation representing the interests of almost 70 multinational companies of Japanese parentage active in Europe. JBCE works closely with the EU Institutions to strengthen both the political and trade relationship between the EU and Japan and develop a policy framework that supports fruitful andf responsible business conduct.

The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA's mission is to facilitate cooperation within the European zoo and aquarium community towards the goals of education, reserach and conservation. It operates the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP). The organisation is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Activities 

Participants: the European Commission, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden  

Though its 23 Member Societies- representing over 80 000 professionals, ECCO is the only multidisciplinary organisation that connects and responds to all stakeholders in oncology Europe-wide.

The European Golf Course Owners Association (EGCOA) is a trade association for golf course owners and operators across Europe. The EGCOA protects and nurtures the interests of owners and operators throughout Europe, from 9-hole facilities to the owners of multiple golf courses. With the growing role of the European Union (EU) and the shift of decision making from a national to a European level, the role of the EGCOA as Europe’s leading authority on the business of golf course ownership is increasing rapidly. 

Education and Professional Development