The Slovenian Business and Research Association - SBRA, established on May 12, 1999, is an international non-profit organisation connecting business and research communities in Slovenia with the EU institutions and other public and private bodies at EU level.

Members of SBRA, both from the private and public sector, represent a wide-spectrum of Slovenian interests, particularly from the fields of business and research.

SBRA puts primary focus on issues common to all its members, such as competitiveness defined by the Lisbon Agenda.  Besides directly representing the interests of its members, at a more general level, SBRA also represents the interests of Slovenian businesses, SMEs and crafts, as well as farmers and their cooperatives.  This is done via their membership in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Chamber of Crafts of Slovenia and the Cooperative Union of Slovenia who are current SBRA members.

All SBRA members are entitled to the regular services offered, moreover, they are also entitled to a quota of consulting hours that can be used for their own individual projects.  Members provide 80 – 85% of the annual SBRA revenues, while the balance is funded by SBRA project work.

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SBRA has been created with the purpose to:

• encourage cooperation between Slovenia, the European Union and its Member States in the domains of business and research
• support members of the association in their smooth integration into the Union and facilitate their full participation in Community programmes and initiatives

SBRA has been incorporated in Brussels as a non-profit association, an ‘aisbl’ according to Belgian law. Founding and associate members of SBRA manage and control their association through the following bodies: Management Board (5 members), Economic Committee and RTD Committee (representatives of all respective members).  In addition, a General Members' Assembly is held annually.