European Builders Confederation EBC

📢Our #construction SMEs & crafts react to the Bruegel - Improving economic policy’s paper on the challenges of meeting the #Energy Performance of #Buildings Directive.   The study estimates an annual investment gap of €149 billion to deliver on the EU #renovation goals by 2030.   Read more ➡ https://lnkd.in/dbs_Rq5t

The #Construction Voice, June 2024   🟦 UNIEP joins EBC as new member 🟨#EPBD: 1st EU Peers Summit on integrated home #renovation services 🟦#EUSEW2024: joint EBC - Efficient Buildings Europe session 🟨Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024 study on an #EU policy for crafts 🟦#Skills: 18 #energy & construction organisations team up to boost skills on the EU agenda 🟨SMEunited sectoral meeting 🟦#ECCREDI discusses the future of European construction research 🟨#Standardisation: Small Business Standards (SBS) & CEN and CENELEC workshop on inclusiveness 🟦#EU projects: Increase survey & SUM4Re kick-off   & more!   ➡️rb.gy/5nhhow

📣 European Builders Confederation EBC welcomes UNIEP as new Member "Together with EBC, we will be able to fight more vigorously for the painting trade in Europe in the future." Mr. Helmut Schulz (UNIEP President)

📢 At its annual General Assembly, the European Builders Confederation EBC unanimously welcomed the International Association of Painting Contractors UNIEP as a new associate member.   The whole EBC family is pleased to reinforce links with UNIEP and looks forward to fostering stronger synergies that will benefit painters and #construction SMEs and crafts across Europe.   Read more ➡ https://rb.gy/vwz2lk

📢EBC Board #2 & General Assembly 2024, hosted by CNA Bruxelles   Topics discussed in the Board: 🟦Social dialogue for #construction 🟨Late Payment 🟦EPBD 🟨EU Taxonomy & #SME reporting 🟦Subcontracting with European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) Secretary General Tom Deleu   Topics discussed in the GA: 🟦EBC Annual Activity report 🟨Presentation by UNIEP President Helmut Schulz

📢 This week the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024 organised an event dedicated to the craft sectors titled “A European policy for the craft sector“.   During the event the results of a dedicated study by the Belgian government were shared, stressing the importance of valuing crafts as an economic sector, establishing supporting policies and making craft companies/trades more attractive, among others.   This overview was followed by a discussion between the OECD - OCDE, SMEunited, the Paris INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DES METIERS and the WCCE  on the added-value of local craft companies to the #EU economy.   Read more➡https://rb.gy/hlsh5u

📢 At the #EUSEW2024, EBC and Efficient Buildings Europe held yesterday a policy session titled “Joining forces to scale up energy #renovation” DG Energy and key stakeholders from the energy, renewables and #construction sectors discussed the potential role of industry partnerships in promoting efficient #buildings. Read more➡ https://rb.gy/ygetl2

📢 Yesterday, EBC intervened in the 1st EU Peers Summit, the LIFE Programme initiative establishing an inclusive European Community of Practice for Integrated Home #Renovation Services (IHRS) providers and supporters. EBC Secretary General Fernando Sigchos Jiménez shared the support of #construction #SMEs and crafts for OSS as a guidance service to accompany #EU citizens in their renovation projects. Together with International Union of Property Owners (UIPI) Secretary General Emmanuelle Causse, he also represented the LIFE_CondoReno project on IHRS for condominiums, which will collaborate with the members of #EUPeers in the future. Read more ➡ https://rb.gy/7r906n

📢The European elections are this week: don't forget to make your vote count these 6-9 June! As part of EBC messages for the #EU 2024-29 legislature (https://rb.gy/gup5e0), this week, our #Construction SMEs & Crafts call for:

The #Construction Voice, May 2024 🟦#EUelections2024: EBC-European Parliament partnership 🟨Our messages for the #EU legislature 2024-29 🟦 #EPBD: events on implementation 🟨 #LatePayment: EU Pilot Project on mediation in Belgium 🟦 Revision of EU #Construction & Demolition #Waste protocol 🟨 #EUSEW2024: EBC/Efficient Buildings Europe policy session 🟦Small Business Standards (SBS) workshop: Inclusiveness in #standardisation 🟨EU projects: BEEYONDERS & Increase ➡️https://shorturl.at/1IAEa