Name of Association:

Institut de l’entreprise

Headquarters:

6, rue Clément Marot § 75008 Paris , France

Tel:

33(0) 1 53 23 05 40

Fax:

33(0) 1 47 23 79 01

E-mail:

mcgw@idep.net

Web Addresses:

www.institut-entreprise.fr

Foundation:

1975

Start-up of the Scheme:

N/A

Composition of the legislature:

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Number of MPs in the Scheme:

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Purpose:

Institut de l’entreprise was created in 1975 as a private, independent, non-profit organization, to promote the analysis and discussion of major economic, social and societal issues among leaders of the French business community. The instigators were driven by the desire to have their own think tank, independent of any trade union or political agenda, to help them define their own strategy . Today, it includes more than 110 members from all sectors of the economy, who account for more than 20% of the commercial GDP. The 20 Chief Executives of the Advisory Council elect among them the Chairman and the members of the Executive Committee.

Activities:

Concurrently to its traditional Think Tank’s activity, the Institut has set up several programs in order to reach strategic target audiences:

• Tomorrow’s leaders in their spheres of activities : young Executives, labour unions officials, high civil servants, magistrates, politicians, journalists, university professors… An Institute for advanced studies (Institut des Hautes Etudes de l’Entreprise) has been created in 2000 to give them the opportunity to consider the consequences of the involvement of French companies and French society in a market economy of global proportions.
• High Schools teachers of economics and social sciences : the web site Melchior (www.melchior.fr) contains resources structured around the main chapters of the program of study for the final year of the baccalauréat and provides a source of practical business cases ; in collaboration with the French Ministry of Education, a corporate immersion programme involving two-month sessions in large companies has been organized as well as an autumn convention , a place for exchanging ideas and thinking up new approaches with the aim of bringing the worlds of teaching and business closer together.
• Trainee journalists : an introductory course to the world of business and its environment is offered, combining an in-company training course in a Communications Department with a series of conferences and debates on the problems facing businesses.

Contacts:

Chairman: Michel Bon

Director General: Jean-Pierre Boisivon

Secretary General: Marie-Christine Gabillaud-Wolf

Director of Studies: Jean-Damien Pô