At the end of the Seventies the ELCA-Committee of Firms was founded to promote cooperation of European landscape companies beyond the level of the associations. So the wish of many interested companies in direct contact and exchange of experience between companies at a European level was realized. The Committee of firms has among others following goals: [Text] Increasing the exchange of information and experience between landscape gardening companies on an international level; Intensifying specialist and personal knowledge and experience through international study trips, seminars and further training courses; Pioneering and developing new work areas and skills/methods; Promoting the international exchange of young qualified landscape gardeners. Actually nearly 320 enterprises from twenty-two European countries and twelve countries outside Europe belong to the ELCA-Committee of firms. The membership in the ELCA-Committee of Firms is possible for every enterprise of the gardening, landscaping and sports ground construction being member of a national member associations of the ELCA. Landscape gardening companies from countries in which no association exists or whose association is not a member of the ELCA can apply for exceptional membership in the Committee of Firms. If you want more information please contact the ELCA-Office. DIRECTORY OF THE MEMBERS CHAIRMAN of the Committee of firms PROFESSIONAL EXCURSIONS of the Committee of Firms in 2010/2011 23rd – 25th April 2010: Professional excursion in Brussels (BE) including a visit of the Floralies of Ghent 15th-18th September 2010: GaLaBau 2010, 19. International Trade Fair for Urban Green and Open Spaces in Nuremberg (DE) 24th-26th September 2010: Professional excursion of the ELCA-Committee of Firms in Moscow (RU) 29th April-1st May 2011: Professional excursion of the ELCA-Committee of Firms in Malta REPORTS ON THE PROFESSIONAL EXCURSIONS back