Services
ECCO’s approach ensures a dedicated service offering to each client. With our unique combination of food regulatory expertise and association leadership services, clients trust ECCO to add value to their food/ingredient associations and businesses.
Food regulation and policy
With an extensive EU institutional network and a solution-oriented approach, our services in food regulation and policy range from proactive analysis of food regulatory developments affecting food and food ingredient businesses, to proposing and implementing policy advocacy strategies in line with association goals, including:
- Interpretation and analysis of complex decision-making procedures
- Evaluating impact of food policy on food business sectors
- Advocacy services
- Facilitating stakeholder engagement
- Monitoring EU developments on food policy
- International outreach e.g. Codex Alimentarius
Association leadership
In addition to regular management duties, clients trust our experienced association leaders to provide strategic recommendations to advance the interests of the association, to develop and grow the association, to represent the association before key institutions and to provide proactive support to Board leadership teams.
ECCO services include:
- Association leadership (Director General, Secretary General, Executive/ Technical Managers)
- Strategic guidance for association development
- Governance and compliance, including anti-trust
- Communications strategies (digital engagement, reputation management, media engagement)
- Alliance building
- Events management (public and private)
ECCO also provides leadership replacement services for associations facing long-term absence of their senior secretariat team.
Creation and development of new international associations
Within the framework of Belgian law, ECCO facilitates the creation of new associations in food-related sectors, bringing together interested parties to establish a collective representation of interests. ECCO services include the management of legal, financial and administrative formalities, the development of association statutes and anti-trust guidelines as well as the establishment of digital and communications platforms for the new association.
Regulatory services for food business operators
Our services to food/ingredient companies are designed to be flexible and cost-effective, aimed at supporting business objectives within an environment of trust and confidentiality.
We simplify complex food regulatory initiatives, monitor and analyse legislative developments, provide strategic regulatory guidance and offer intelligence gathering and staff training to navigate the EU regulatory landscape, including providing technical roadmaps for EU market approval and advice on the development of new food ingredient applications.
ECCO also develops corporate platforms to support alliance building, in accordance with anti-trust rules, as well as the organisation of international trade missions and the development of petitions to the Codex Alimentarius.
Financial & administrative support
In addition to association leadership and management, ECCO also provides proactive day-to-day financial and administrative support to association clients. Boosted by our long-standing experience, we offer high quality cost-effective services including:
- Statutory compliance (by-laws)
- Financial administration (budgets, accounts), under the guidance of independent accountants and auditors
- Meeting preparation and reporting
- Transparency Register
Interested?
If you are interested in finding out more about tailored services for your organisation, please contact us.