Dear European providers of facilities and facility services,

On May 16th 2012 bringFM!, the European Union Centre for Facility Management based in Brussels, was founded. 25 Years after its European introduction EU Facility Management (FM) produces 7% of GDP. FM is the largest business service and despite economic crisis our sector is growing. With the publication of the EN15221 our horizontal profession has matured and this has enabled us to be actively engaged with the European Union. Now is the time to take responsibility and make our voice heard in Brussels on behalf of European providers of facilities and facility services.

bringFM! organizes issue-driven collaboration and will represent the interest of the sector towards EU politicians and policy makers, it serves as a centre of knowledge for its members, helps the public sector implement the EN15221, develops the FMIndex.eu cooperative and starts the EUFM Foundation and EUFM Investment Trust.

bringFM!’s mission is to promote the social and economical benefits of including providers of facilities and facility services in achieving smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Being successful in today’s global market starts with developing a strong pan-European base and creating convergence with horizontal and vertical peers. Together with the European Union, business services peers and built environment stakeholders, we aim to stimulate policies that facilitate and integrate European people, places and processes. We strengthen the competitiveness of your organisation and help you facilitate your clients, costumers and end-users. We invite you to become a member of bringFM! to liberate the power of European providers of facilities and facility services.

Jos Duchamps, Chairman

The aims of theassociation are ...a. Supporting European providers of facilities and facility

services, defi ned as ‘facility products’ in EN15221, to enforce their competitive strength and growth by:■ Providing them in a proactive way with information

about development of EU policy in the area of: Work and working environment Public procurement and outsourcing Internal market Competitive strength Productivity and competences Real estate and cities Sustainability and CSR Labour legislation Digital information Business services

■ Enabling them to exercise infl uence on that policy;■ Representing them in an objective and non-obtrusive

way at the EU institutes with the aim of adjusting that policy in the desired way;

b. Implementing the EN15221 norm series by supporting the European public sector;

c. Founding a FMIndex.eu cooperative which has accrediting powers;

d. Setting up a EUFM Foundation and EUFM Investment funds.

The association aspires to achieve its aims by:a. Working together pro-actively with the European

Commission, members of the European Parliament and other relevant EU organisations, and also with similar associations and by taking part in their call for ‘proposals’, ‘consultations’, ‘hearings’, seminars, etc.

b. Offering online and offl ine services:■ Organising meetings with the organisations mentioned

under a.■ Organising study groups and round tables.■ Publishing whitepapers, websites, weblogs and online

newsletters■ Publishing a 6-monthly magazine about the work of the

association and its members■ Offering training courses, workshops and seminars.

c. Using all other legal means which are considered useful or necessary to achieve the intended aims.

The importance of the EU is ever increasing. There are around 15,000 lobbyists in Brussels but the European FM sector is not adequately represented. Currently, there is no organisation that defends the common interest of the FM sector. bringFM! is about to change that.

To this end bringFM! will raise awareness with EU policymakers to the importance of the sector, monitor relevant policy developments and voice the position of the sector on new EU initiatives. We have established our headquarters in the European area in Brussels. In order to achieve its goals, bringFM! will act reactive and proactive.

bringFM! will react by identifying relevant policy developments and alerting its members of the impact of changes in the regulatory framework. We will facilitate our members in drafting sector positions. We then will defend these positions by disseminating position papers, taking part in consultations and hearings, and organising events.

bringFM! will also proactively set the EU-agenda. We will strive for changes in regulation where it is outdate or constraining. For our fi rst year, the focus lies on:

1. Connecting FMIS, CAFM, BIM and NWoW with the Digital Agenda 2. Public procurement and the EN15221, DBFMO and FM

outsourcing 3. Internal Market, Service Directive, Competitiveness and growth 4. Real estate, architecture, cities, workspace and workplace 5. Sustainability, cleantech, CSR and fair labour markets.

Through this dual approach we aim to contribute to smart regulation that strengthens the competitiveness of the European FM sector.

The secretariat of bringFM! is run by the public affairs consultancy Bureau Brussels. Their expertise in the fi eld of public affairs will ensure effective and effi cient communication towards policymakers.

bringFM! organises an annual general meeting in combination with a public conference presenting its objectives and task force results. bringFM! organises itself on the basis of community management principles focused on interaction. An Advisory Council will be made of country representatives and members from peer organisations. The Advisory Council will monitor the activities of bringFM! and act as a sounding board. bringFM! will have two websites (www.eucfm.org and www.fmindex.eu), a Wordpress weblog, LinkedIn Group, Twitter account, monthly online newsletter and a six monthly magazine.

Organisational structure

Members (legal persons)

Reader-members (natural/legal persons - subscribers)

Board of Directors (executives) Advisory Council Jos Duchamps Fred Kloet Lodewijk Buschkens Josef Tesarik

Ian Fielder Rinus Vader Michael May Richard Harris

GENERAL MEETING

Countryrepresentatives

Peer organisations

The centre will be developed following these steps: 1. July: select council members and start membership campaign 2. September: General Meeting and strategy 3. January 1, 2013: start delivery membership services.

Join us in liberating the power of European providers of facilities and facility services. Download a copy of our constitution and become member. By joining now you can help develop our strategy, participate in our 2012 activities in Brussels and receive 18 months of services for the price of one year.

MembershipMembers are Europe-based providers of facilities and/or facility services in the fields of space, infrastructure, people and organisation as defined in EN15221 and registered with a European chamber of commerce. Members can come from (examples only):

catering furniture multi-service

cleaning hospitality procurement

construction human resources real estate

consultancy integrated FM security

document management maintenance software

Membership types and annual fees are based on organisation size:

< 10 FTE, € 500 250 < 1.000 FTE, € 7.500

10 < 100 FTE, € 2.500 1.000 < 10.000 FTE, € 15.000

100 < 250 FTE, € 5.000 10.000+ FTE, € 30.000

Rond-Point Robert Schuman 91040 Brussels, Belgium info@eucfm.org www.eucfm.org T. +32 2 230 92 22

Individuals are offered a reader-membership (€ 75 per year) without voting rights. Reader-members are entitled to discounts on products and services. The European Union Centre for Facility Management is a not-for-profit association focussed on the interests of the European FM sector.

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