{"id":402,"date":"2023-06-09T13:39:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T13:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infotechdemos.co.in\/esf\/?page_id=402"},"modified":"2024-09-02T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T13:47:21","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esf.be\/new\/about-us\/what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"heading-title\"><strong>The European Services Forum represents the European services sectors\u2019 interests towards international stakeholders and decision makers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, ESF has been recognised by relevant stakeholders active in international trade policy as the voice of the European service industries.&nbsp;Initially, ESF\u2019s&nbsp;mandate was&nbsp;to support the WTO\u2019s services negotiations&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esf.be\/new\/multi-plurilateral-negotiations\/wto\/wto-negotiations-2\/\">(GATS negotiations)<\/a>. Now, it also&nbsp;covers&nbsp;the negotiations on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esf.be\/new\/bilateral-negotiations\/eu-ongoing-bilateral-negotiations\/\">EU bilateral agreements<\/a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;EU&nbsp;trading partners in third countries. To promote the organisation\u2019s goals, ESF\u2019s activities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list cstm-list\">\n<li><strong>Engaging in direct dialogue with key decision makers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To achieve its objectives, the European Services Forum&nbsp;closely collaborates with&nbsp;international organisations that represent service industries in the developed and the developing world.&nbsp;The Forum is a member of the&nbsp;Global Services Coalition. Therefore, it is not only able to speak as a single voice for the European services industries but also to promote its views on a broader international basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ESF is a member of the European Commission DG Trade\u2019s Civil Society Contact Group. This enables the organisation to engage on a regular basis in a well-regulated&nbsp;dialogue with key decision makers in Brussels, and to&nbsp;discuss concerns and issues at stake with&nbsp;further EU&nbsp;trade policy stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ESF is involved in the Market Access Advisory Committee work, participates&nbsp;in the European Commission\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/trade.ec.europa.eu\/civilsoc\/index.cfm\">Civil Society Dialogue&nbsp;<\/a>Meetings, and is a member of the DG Trade\u2019s Contact Group.&nbsp;ESF has also developed links with the WTO secretariat, and increasingly monitors the European Parliament\u2019s work&nbsp;related to trade policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list cstm-list\">\n<li><strong>Issuing position papers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To highlight the European services sectors\u2019 stakes in international trade in services, ESF adopted a large number&nbsp;of&nbsp;position papers.&nbsp;ESF adopted&nbsp;a policy statement for each of the WTO Ministerial conferences, and&nbsp;called&nbsp;only recently for a rapid conclusion of the EU-Korea FTA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recipients of ESF\u2019s position papers&nbsp;include, if appropriate,&nbsp;the&nbsp;European Commissioner for Trade, the European Commission\u2019s DG Trade and other relevant Directorates, the EU trade Ministers and their representatives&nbsp;to the EU\u2019s 133 Committee, the WTO Director-General and the relevant divisions in the WTO Secretariat,&nbsp;many WTO members, trade ministers and their delegations&nbsp;to the WTO. In other words,&nbsp;these papers address the major European interlocutors involved in international trade policy-making. Moreover, they are&nbsp;directly sent to the members of the Global Services Coalition (GSC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ESF\u2019s\u00a0position papers are\u00a0usually made publicly accessible\u00a0on the ESF website (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esf.be\/new\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=450&amp;action=edit\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list cstm-list\">\n<li class=\"cstm-list\"><strong>Issuing press releases<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To raise public awareness,&nbsp;ESF issues press releases on topics related to its activities whenever appropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list cstm-list\">\n<li><strong>Participating in conferences<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To present the views of the European services sector, ESF participates in various conferences&nbsp;in and outside of Brussels. Presentations and speeches are mainly&nbsp;held&nbsp;during conferences including&nbsp;each&nbsp;WTO Ministerial conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Services Forum was a registered NGO at the WTO Ministerial Conferences in Seattle (USA) in December 1999, Doha (Qatar) in November 2001, Cancun (Mexico) in September 2003 and Hong Kong (Hong Kong -China) in December 2005, and was also an official member of the European Union delegation during these conferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Services Forum represents the European services sectors\u2019 interests towards international stakeholders and decision makers. Over the years, ESF has been recognised by relevant stakeholders active in international trade policy as the voice of the European service industries.&nbsp;Initially, ESF\u2019s&nbsp;mandate was&nbsp;to support the WTO\u2019s services negotiations&nbsp;(GATS negotiations). 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