Groupement d'intérêt économique

"GIE" redirects here. For other uses, see GIE (disambiguation).

A groupement d'intérêt économique (abbreviated GIE; in English Economic Interest Grouping or Economic Interest Group, abbreviated EIG) is a Francophone consortium of related businesses, companies, foundations, organisations or institutes which are formally pooling their efforts for competitive advantage.[1] Most partners come from the private sector but inclusion of public sector partners is not unusual.

For example, a number of businesses in the umbrella industry located in Aurillac, France, Europe formed a GIE to better meet the challenges of competing globally.[2]
Another example is Luxinnovation GIE, the National Agency for Innovation and Research of Luxembourg. It is composed of 6 partners that come from both the private and the public sector (including three Ministries).[3]

References

1. Braudo, Serge & Baumann, Alexis (2008). Définition de Group. d'intérêt économique. Retrieved on 2008-07-11 from http://www.dictionnaire-juridique.com/definition/group-d-interet-economique.php.
2. L'aurillac Parapluie. Retrieved on 2008-07-11 from http://www.laurillac.fr.
3. "The EIG Luxinnovation". Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-02-24.