Withins our Association Management service line, we provide:

• Incorporation of new associations into Belgian law
• Day-to-day administration and management of the association
• Advice for the implementation of strategies in line with the goals of the association
• Direct assistance to enhance the organisation
• Management of meetings, conferences and events
• Business planning
• Legal and tax advice

Through working with Kellen experts, associations will find support consisting of concrete steps towards effectiveness, amongst which:

• Revision of the mission and vision of an association and the creation of the necessary forward-looking strategy documents
• Best practice tools on a range of areas such as governance, communications and financial management;
• Benchmarks with ‘best of class’ associations and independent assessment of the governance setup and suggestions for increased efficiency
• Internal and external perception audits to assess the effectiveness of our client association

Results-oriented, client-focused and multi-lingual, our meeting management team is composed by experts in meeting planning, customer service, project management and office administration. Thanks to a wide array of agreements with partners all around the globe, we can offer a multitude services to our clients guaranteeing high standard results. Amongst our services:

• site selection and hotel contract negotiation
• the latest on-line registration and payment programs
• budget planning and follow-up
• table-top exhibition organisation and sponsorship opportunities
• on-site staffing and efficient registration technology
• speaker selection and liaison
• post event evaluation survey

This service line includes:

• Qualitative and quantitative market analysis
• Sector-intelligence based on the analysis made
• Benchmarking and market tracking programmes
• statistical compilation

Kellen Europe has established a series of “Executive Coaching Programmes” to support associations’ executives and staff in their ability to better-understand these changes and to adapt to the new environment with the ultimate goal of improving the effectiveness of the associations’ activities.

These Executive Coaching Programmes are (click for more details):

• How Brussels works
• competition law for Trade associations
• media training
• coalition building