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| The Official Address to Friends and Partners of Europe Business Assembly | |||
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| ‘If someone wants to see light – they will see light; | |||
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| If someone wants to see darkness – they will see darkness!’ | |||
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| Confucius | |||
| The '''Europe Business Assembly''' (EBA) is an Oxford-based organisation selling what '']'' has called "fake awards",<ref name="thetimes1">{{cite web|first=Billy|last=Kenber |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oxford-university-in-fake-awardsfarce-fh9876jnw |title=Oxford university in fake awards farce |publisher=Thetimes.co.uk |date= 24 July 2017 |accessdate=26 July 2017}}</ref> or what are more widely known as "]s". | |||
| Friends and partners of Europe Business Assembly! | |||
| First of all, we are very grateful for thousands of support letters from our partners and clients worldwide in relation to recent negative articles about EBA in British and international press. These unsubstantiated articles are based on the subjective opinion of a so-called anonymous ex-employee of EBA. | |||
| EBA was founded in 2000, by Ukrainian businessman ], and he runs it out of Oxford and Ukraine, along with his son Ivan Savvov.<ref name="thetimes1"/><ref name="dailymail1">{{cite web|last=Curtis |first=Joseph |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4724826/Ukrainian-businessmen-make-millions-selling-fake-honours.html |title=Ukrainian businessmen make millions selling 'fake' honours |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=24 July 2017 |accessdate=26 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03964500 |title=EUROPE BUSINESS ASSEMBLY LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House) |publisher=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-07-26}}</ref> | |||
| These articles attempt to darken reputation of not only EBA, but also thousands of our clients, partners. We take this very seriously and would like to inform you about our official position: | |||
| 1) Europe Business Assembly (EBA), Oxford | |||
| EBA also runs the '''European Quality Award''' and the '''Socrates International Award''', and awards are presented in venues including ] and the ] in London, by EBA's director general John Netting, a former lecturer at ], with ceremonies including trumpeters, bagpipes, processions, and period costumes.<ref name="dailymail1"/> | |||
| EBA was established in Oxford in 2000 and works in accordance with English law. Its headquarters are based in Oxford. We have never claimed any affiliation to the University of Oxford or any British governmental institutions. Our company is a world leading event company. During our 17 year history, over 120 world-class conferences have been successfully organized. Our professional team consists of representatives from many international countries. Over 8,000 companies from 50 countries worldwide have participated in our summits. In our history we have not received a single official complaint from any of our clients. | |||
| In 2013, the ] found that companies and individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia had been buying awards from EBA for many years and claiming that they were "outstanding results achieved in a prestigious competition".<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cin.ba/en/kicenje-placenim-nagradama/ |title=Bought International Awards to Show Off at Home Turf : CIN |publisher=Cin.ba |date=29 August 2013 |accessdate=26 July 2017}}</ref> CIN reported that "winners pay for the awards and participation in the ceremonies", with fees of up to €11,000 for participation in a ceremony, and an award costing about around €7,300.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> | |||
| In July 2017, '']'' reported that:<ref name="thetimes1"/> | |||
| <blockquote>The University of Oxford’s academic reputation is being exploited by Ukrainian businessmen selling millions of pounds worth of fake awards and honours</blockquote> | |||
| The EBA also runs the '''Oxford Academic Union''', with membership costing £980, and publishes the '''Socrates Almanac'''.<ref name="dailymail1" /> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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The Official Address to Friends and Partners of Europe Business Assembly ‘If someone wants to see light – they will see light; If someone wants to see darkness – they will see darkness!’ Confucius Friends and partners of Europe Business Assembly! First of all, we are very grateful for thousands of support letters from our partners and clients worldwide in relation to recent negative articles about EBA in British and international press. These unsubstantiated articles are based on the subjective opinion of a so-called anonymous ex-employee of EBA. These articles attempt to darken reputation of not only EBA, but also thousands of our clients, partners. We take this very seriously and would like to inform you about our official position: 1) Europe Business Assembly (EBA), Oxford EBA was established in Oxford in 2000 and works in accordance with English law. Its headquarters are based in Oxford. We have never claimed any affiliation to the University of Oxford or any British governmental institutions. Our company is a world leading event company. During our 17 year history, over 120 world-class conferences have been successfully organized. Our professional team consists of representatives from many international countries. Over 8,000 companies from 50 countries worldwide have participated in our summits. In our history we have not received a single official complaint from any of our clients.