Workstreams and Projects
HR & Market Intelligence
Ecaterina Ion / Sorina Ozcan (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) & Francesca Postolache (PwC)
Objectives:
- Enhancing industry principles and objectives
- Provide strong and reliable information to ABSL members and business community
- Raise ABSL profile at national & international level
- Improving the Labour legislative framework in Romania
- Transforming Business environment in Romania by improving knowledge sharing in the HR area in the industry
Main Projects:
- ABSL & PwC Annual Industry Report
- Non-financial benefits for employees
- Include a COR & CAEN codes for the industry – work with the Government to include these legal measures
How you can contribute:
- Offer your data for ABSL & PwC Annual Report – This report will be presented at the ABSL Annual Conference
- Give suggestions to improve ABSL & PwC Annual Report
- Get involved in benchmarking opportunities
- Attend events on HR topics
Knowledge Sharing
Catalina Elena Crisan (UniCredit ) & Ciprian Dan (Wipro)
Objectives:
- Enhancing industry principles and objectives
- Inspire excellence and lead the way in Business excellence, Innovation, CSR and Education
Main Projects:
- Knowledge Sharing events: expertise sharing events of small/medium size, hosted by member companies
- Partners’ events: learn from the experts about latest trends; great chance to meet your peers
- Networking – informal gatherings for relationship building
How you can contribute:
- Propose knowledge sharing events. Members can request events on themes of interest for the community
- Attend knowledge sharing events. Delegate your representatives to actively participate and gain knowledge from the community
- Networking (Informal Business Mixer – meeting the members and share ideas, and hopes)
Investor Relations
Nicoleta Apetrei (Societe Generale Global Solution Centre) & Bogdan Pelinescu (Luxoft)
Objectives:
- Promoting Romania as a Business Services destination
- Develop and deepen cooperation with authorities (DPIIS)
Main Projects:
- Romania as an Outsourcing Destination – ABSL Brochure with information from our reports and strategic partners, with ABSL branding, distributed to future and potential investors
How you can contribute:
- Promote Business Leaders in the market/ industry/ events
- Promote representatives of the industry during events, campaigns, etc, thus improving members’ visibility
PR & Government Relations
Cătălin Iorgulescu (Deloitte Audit)
Objectives:
- Promotion campaigns for the Outsourcing Industry, ABSL’s initiatives and projects
- Events organisation and meetings with ABSL’s stakeholders
- Monitoring the legislative changes which affects the business services sector and express the association’s point of view
Main Projects:
- Active participation in ABSL`s campaigns
- Promoting the business leaders of the market/industry/events
How you can contribute:
- Promote Business Leaders in the market/ industry/ events – promote representatives of the industry during events, campaigns, etc, thus improoving members’ visibility
Education
Anca Fotache (Booking), Francesca Postolache (PwC) & Adrian Baron (Stefanini)
Objectives:
- Transform and adapt the Romanian Educational System accordingly to the business environment
- Improve the Quality of labour force for the Business Services Industry
Main Projects:
- Master Business Services programme in partnership with Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems
- ABSL Academy – GO/NO GO DECISION
- New partnerships with education institutions, NGOs, other partners, including in 2nd tier cities
- Open Doors for Students and for Teachers
How you can contribute:
- ABSL Academy – 3 months certification for future employees in the industry – affirm your interest and contribution in starting such a project
- Open Doors for Students – 1 session in November – send us your interest / availability
- Open Doors for Professors – 1 session in November – engaging Professors and keeping them updated on the latest trends and topics for the interest; send us your interest / availability
Communication and services for members
Objectives:
- Increase local presence
- Build awareness and Trust in ABSL membership and services
- Increase ABSL visibility as industry representative
- Attract new members
Main Projects:
- Business Mixer events (best practice events of medium/large size in local communities)
How you can contribute:
- Attend/Organise Business Mixers:
- Develop Local Chapters that can run themselves, with periodical events
- Participate to ABSL Awards Gala
- Send us your suggestions: subjects / themes of interest/ speakers
- Offer resources in organising the conference: helping hands, providers/other resources
- Sponsor the conference and Gala Awards