Bitkom e.V.
Acronym: Bitkom
General Information
Identification Code: 5351830264-31
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Entity Form: eingetragener Verein
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 7/31/2008
Last Update: 5/14/2024
EP Accredited Number: 3
Mission & Interests
Goals: Bitkom is the voice of the information technology, telecommunications and new media industry in Germany. Bitkom represents more than 2,200 members. They include nearly all global players as well as more than 1000 small and medium-sized enterprises and more than 500 start-ups. Bitkom's members generate an annual turnover of 200 billion Euros in total, including exports in high-tech goods and services worth 50 billion Euros per year.
Bitkom provides a wide-ranging network that brings together the best minds and top companies of the digital world. Bitkom organizes a permanent exchange between experts and executives, offering its members platforms for co-operation and for interaction with key clients.
Creating a favorable environment for innovation is Bitkom's highest priority. Core topics of Bitkom's political agenda are education and the training of tomorrow’s IT and telecommunications specialists, Green IT, e-government, e-health, economic policy, copyright and patent law, (...)
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Borders and security
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Communication
- Competition
- Consumers
- Culture and media
- Customs
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- Energy
- Environment
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Public health
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Taxation
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- european
- sub-national
- national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Artificial Intelligence Act, Data Act, European Chips Act, Digital Decade Principles, TTC, Cyber Resilience Act, CSAM, eIDAS, Standardisation Strategy, ESPR, Product Liability Directive, AI Liability Directive, Mobility Data Space, Open Finance, Right to Repair, Green Claims
Communication Activities: Position papers & press releases (https://www.bitkom.org/EN/Press-Media/index-EN.html)
Events:
- Bitkom Bento Cyberresilience Act
- Bitkom Bento Skills
- CSAM & Metaverse Roundtable
- Europawahlevent
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Sub-Group on Artifical Intelligence (AI), connected products and other new challenges in product safety#E00935/6#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100875 #MEMBER #C#IndustryDigital Transport and Logistics Forum#E03280#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3280 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Albrechtstr. 10
Post Code: 10117
City: Berlin
Country: GERMANY
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EU Office
Address: Rue de la Science 37
Post Code: 1040
City: Bruxelles
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 20
Members25 Percent: 3
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 25
Members F T E: 4.75
Info Members: The main focus of Bitkom's policy work is at the German national level. Currently there are two employees in Brussels who mainly cover EU digital policy. Three employees located in the Berlin headquarters are involved in EU issues working each about 25% on activities falling within the scope of the transparency register, while 20 employees are involved in EU activities by each 10%.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Mitgliedschaft/Mitgliederliste/
Organisation Members: DIGITALEUROPE (www.digitaleurope.org)
BDI (www.bdi.eu)