Semico Group has been a leader in the International Congress world. Our commitment to quality and the high levels of performance which our company achieves is endorsed by our past and present projects
Semico Group is committed to raising standards of service of the meetings industry by means of continuing education and interaction with other professionals. As a result, our team members offers a unique quality assurance recognised by congress clients and suppliers all over the Europe.
The advantages of working with Semico Group are:
You will work with a Professional Congress Organiser (PCO) who has obtained top qualifications - including reference checks from past clients and industry colleagues - to confirm a high level of professionalism.
Semico Group activities are monitored on an annual basis with clients meeting on a regular basis to discuss best practice and to exchange ideas and experiences.
We have undertaken annual quality assessments and reviews
All Team members respect the The Semico Code of Conduct. Any breach of this Code is submitted to the Internal Committee of Ethics for investigation.
Our team members shares a pool of experience in terms of worldwide destinations, professional competency and technical know-how. As PCO we have immediate access to a large network to collect information on preceeding congresses and to provide a continuity of quality service.
Therefore our team members endorse our international standing, our level of quality and our ability to organise events to the highest level.
B.A.P.C.O.
Semico is member of the Belgian Association of Professional Congress Organisors.
BAPCO full members fulfil the following criteria
The member has as main activity the management of meetings.
The member runs its activities under a commercial form.
The member takes on the role of coordinator between:
Client
Suppliers
Participants
Following the requirements of the client, the PCO's mission includes:
General coordination of planning, budgeting, supervision and sponsorship if any.
Administrative management incl. registration of delegates and secretariat.
Operations: on site organisation.
The member 's specific tasks and responsibilities are determined with the client prior to the start of the mission.
Remuneration of the PCO is the object of an agreement with the client prior to the start of the mission. Ideally this will be a fixed amount or a fee per capita or a combination of both.
Financial management of the event is held in a transparent and "wise" way.
Any amount collected in name of the event and/or the client (registration fees, sponsorships) is done on a specific account with a separate accountancy being held. Copy of the accountancy of the project and bank statements are given to the client on request.
The member always acts in a respectful and loyal manner in its relation with other members and refrains from any unfair competition.
At the request of a client, the member accepts to submit any conflict which might arise in the management of a meeting to the arbitration of the the association.
The member commits itself to communicate the complete charter when submitting a tender or offer to a client.
All present BAPCO members have committed themselves to these 11 points by signing this charter. New members will be invited to do the same.
