The UK's National Outsourcing Association has launched a
European arm to help UK members find work overseas and share
research and secondments with their counterparts in other European
Union countries.
The National Outsourcing Association, whose members include users,
suppliers and consultancies, is developing a recruitment section on
its website. This online resource will list the latest jobs and
career opportunities across the European outsourcing market.
The establishment of the European Outsourcing Association follows
the expansion of the EU to incorporate 10 additional countries last
month. Some of these Eastern European countries are challenging
Asian countries such as India in offering low-cost outsourcing
services.
The European Outsourcing Association will be an advisory body and
forum for outsourcing professionals throughout Europe, in response
to the global growth of outsourcing.
The body already has members in France and Germany and intends to
establish associations in each participating European country. It
is forecasting a rise in intra-European outsourcing and offshoring
activity following the integration of the new EU member states.
Countries including Poland and Hungary have expressed an interest
in entering the international outsourcing market, having already
contacted the National Outsourcing Association to establish contact
and find out more about the outsourcing market in the UK. These
countries plan to market business process outsourcing and
technology outsourcing services to companies throughout Europe and
the world.
The main objectives of the European Outsourcing Association
organisation include representing all types of organisation
involved in outsourcing (users, suppliers, third-party support),
lobbying European governments and the European Parliament, and
sharing best practice in offshoring.
The European Outsourcing Association hosted its first annual
conference in Amsterdam last week. Details are available on its
website.
More informationwww.e-oa.netwww.noa.co.uk