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EuroCham’s Sectorial Committees provide an effective advocacy forum for its members to address common affairs through the promotion of business interests to theCambodian government. They are an integral part of EuroCham’s lobbying activities. Their work includes the drafting of EuroCham’s position papers and subsequently forms the basis of EuroCham’s Whitebook and advocacy mandate.

Sectorial Committees are not legal entities, but internal working groups of EuroCham, and as such are subject to Sectorial Committee rules and regulations; and the provisions of the Statute and the laws of Cambodia.

While EuroCham supports the Sectorial Committees and their activities, the initiative has to come from the private sector both at a founding and operational level.

Along these lines, once officially approved and established, although Sectorial Committees work under the EuroCham umbrella, they are essentially autonomous. Each Committee independently sets its advocacy goals, defines its membership fee and decides on its internal working procedure. In addition to issuing an annual position paper on the main issues affecting the Sectorial Committees’ business in Cambodia, the Committees are also encouraged to generate events (luncheons, seminars and dialogues) and other public affairs initiatives on behalf of EuroCham.

 

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Eurocham Committee Rules

• Goal & objectives

Composed of professionals from the European private sector, Eurocham committees aim at strengthening and developing a favorable investment environment in Cambodia.

On behalf and also for the benefit of members and in the form of position papers, Committees’ participants identify business issues, drive analysis and provide recommendations.

This critical task of advocacy will be achieved in a “white book”, the backbone of Eurocham active support to the Cambodian government, agencies and institutions.

• Committees rules

The Committees are not legal entities. The Committees are internal working groups of Eurocham, and as such subject only to these Committee rules or the provisions of the Eurocham Statutes.

Establishment and termination

• Define goal & objectives, to be approved by Eurocham Board.
• Eurocham Board will officially open the committee to its members’ applications through usual communication means.
• Eurocham Board shall have the power to terminate the operation of a Committee that has failed to comply with these Committee rules, the Statutes of Eurocham or the laws of Cambodia.

Eligibility

• Any professional of a company member of Eurocham can apply for participation in the committees; a limitation of three committees per company is advised in order to enforce participants’ professionalism and integrity.
• Those who are not members of Eurocham may be allowed to attend meetings of the Committees subject to invitation and as may be agreed by the Chairperson of the relevant Committee and by the Eurocham Board, but shall not be entitled to vote on matters to be decided by the Committees.
• From three to eight participants per committee.
• Participants must justify business activities or direct professional links with the goal and objectives of the committee.
• Based on these criteria and applications received, the Eurocham Board will settle and confirm the initial participants of the Committees.
• The termination/replacement of a participant must be approved by Eurocham board upon request from a majority of the committee participants.
• In the event of dispute within committees, case shall be raised to the Eurocham Board for resolution.

Operations

• On a yearly basis, participants determine committees’ objectives and elaborate a road map.
• Committees’ chairpersons ensure that a report is sent by email to the Eurocham Committees’ Coordinator and the Managing Director on a monthly basis, in the form of minutes or indicating "no activity".
• Given that the Eurocham lobbies the Cambodian Government on its members’ behalf, committees report to the Board any lobbying initiatives that it would consider worth to take beyond traditional position papers and the white book. It would be up to the Board to determine the manner or forum in which such lobbying concerns are to be conducted and presented.
• All information, reports and position papers are confidential; Eurocham reserves the exclusive right to distribute, publish, use or commercialize this content.

Specific rules

• Each Committee may regulate its own internal proceedings as it sees fit in accordance with these Committee Rules and the provisions of the Eurocham Statutes.
• Specific rules may apply to one committee after approval from the Eurocham board.
• In case of conflict between internal proceedings rules and these Committee rules or the provisions of the Eurocham Statutes, the latter will prevail at all times.

Rights and duties of participants

• Each participant of a Committee is entitled to vote at meetings of the Committee. Decisions shall be passed by a simple majority of those participants present in person or by proxy at a meeting of the Committee.
• Each Committee elects from among its members a Chairperson by majority vote. The quorum for such election consists of not less than 75% of the Committee participants as approved by Eurocham board. The Chairperson will chair each meeting of the Committee or appoint another participant of the Committee to chair the meeting.
• The Chairperson will chair each meeting of the Sector Committee or, if the Chairperson is not available, appoint another member of the Sector Committee to chair the meeting.
• Each Sector Committee shall regulate its own finances as it sees fit, and may impose a membership fee subject to approval of the Executive Committee.