Advisory Committees to the OECD

Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD

BIAC was created in March 1962 as an independent organisation officially recognised by the OECD as being representative of the OECD business community. BIAC’s members are the major industrial and employers’ organisations in the 30 OECD member countries and it has observer organisations from three non-members (India, Latvia and Russia). Via its 34 standing Committees and Policy Groups, BIAC mirrors all economic policy issues the OECD covers, and their impacts on both member and an increasing number of non-member countries like the Russian Federation and China. BIAC’s main objectives are to: (i) positively influence the direction of OECD policy initiatives; (ii) ensure business and industry needs are adequately addressed in OECD policy decision instruments; (iii) provide members with timely information on OECD policies and their implications for business and industry. More than 1 500 business representatives are actively involved in the work of the OECD through BIAC.

Trade Union Advisory Committee

The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD is an interface for trade unions with the OECD. It is an international trade union organisation which has consultative status with the OECD and its various Committees. TUAC’s role is to help ensure that global markets are balanced by an effective social dimension. Through regular consultations with various OECD Committees, the Secretariat, and member governments TUAC co-ordinates and represents the views of the trade union movement in the industrialised countries. It is also responsible for co-ordinating the trade union input to the annual G8 economic summits and employment conferences.