BOCCIM is a Business Association of Employers representing employers in all sectors of the Botswana economy in an advocacy capacity. The organisation was formed in 1971 and registered under the Trade Unions and Employers’ Act No. 23 of 1983. Over the years, BOCCIM has been the vanguard and main voice of the private sector in Botswana.
The organisation has protected the economic interests of the business community without fear or favor. Through its philosophy of constructive policy dialogue, BOCCIM has won the confidence and respect of Government and other stakeholders in Botswana. That Botswana has and continues to enjoy industrial relations harmony and excellent Government/private sector relations is not an accident but the result of calculated co-operation between the tripartite social partners in this country.
BOCCIM is happy that it played a major role in this respect. Today, the Government, the private sector and indeed the people of Botswana can look back with a sense of satisfaction that our country has emerged with one of the most effective systems of policy dialogue between Government and the private sector in this part of the African continent if not in Africa as a whole
We have demonstrated that the strength of dialogue is stronger than the strength of conflict and war.
The institutionalization of the High Level Consultative Council (HLCC) was the culmination of our quest for co-operation in and coordination of all matters of economic development and of making our country an oasis of sanity in a sub-region that was once a sub-region of political turbulence and oppression.
The main HLCC which takes place twice a year, is chaired by the State President and is attended on the Government side, by all Ministries and their top policy making Officials. On the private sector side, the HLCC is attended by Captains of industry, representing the private sector in total. The HLCC meetings are mandated “To consider and to resolve a wide range of issues which constrain the performance of the economy”.
Feeding into the main HLCC, are Sectoral or Ministerial Consultative forums, which are chaired by Ministers and their Senior Officials, and attended by private sector representatives nominated by Business Associations.
BOCCIM is pleased that it has contributed to the strengthening of Botswana’s democracy and indeed ascribing to the spirit of the philosophy of “Smart Partnership” in the most practical and effective way. The “Smart Partnership” philosophy ensures a win – win situation for individuals, for the Government, for companies and indeed for the whole country.
Advisory Board, Department of Political & Administration Studies
Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA)
BONASO
Botswana Honours Selection Committee
Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agencies(CEDA)
Central Bursaries Committee
Construction Industry Trust Fund(CIFT)
Factories Advisory Board
Minimum Wages Advisory Committee Board(NCSAC)
NEMIC
National Productivity Centre
National Training Authority
Population & Developmemnt Committee
UB Economic Department Advisory Committee
Road Safety Committee
Regulations Review Committee
Rural Development Botswana Unified Revenue
Service Board
SADC National Committee
SEPROT
TEC
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