About Us

Centre for Competitiveness is a private sector, independent, not for profit, membership organisation endorsed by the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment, funded by membership, sponsorship and the delivery of Specialised Business Improvement Services.

Members are part of a network of leading organisations, both locally and internationally, which for over 15 years has a successful track record sharing Best Practice and an exclusive range of Business Improvement Tools and Techniques.

For more detailed information please view this slideshow presentation on the Role of the Centre for Competitiveness in Northern Ireland. It is available in both Powerpoint and Acrobat formats and can be downloaded by right-clicking the appropriate link and chosing the Save As option.

Powerpoint 2000 format (240Kb approx)
Adobe Acrobat 4 format (1100Kb approx)

Our Associations

The Centre for Competitiveness provides unrivalled networking opportunities for its members, associates and partners, through:

National Partnership of EFQM, Brussels. (EFQM website)
European NPO Quality Council Member.
Member of The Competitiveness Institute (Spain) (TCI website)
Ireland Partner - Centre for Quality of Management" Boston (CQM website)
Technology Partner with e-ZSigma, Canada ™ (e-ZSigma website)
UK Excellence Federation (Scotland, England, Wales & NI) (Federation website)
Excellence Ireland, Dublin (Excellence Ireland website)
N.I. Economic Development Forum. (EDF)
Queen's University, and the University of Ulster (Queen's University, University of Ulster sites)
Partnerships with DETI and N.I. Government Agencies (NI Civil Service website)
Management and Leadership Network (MLN website)
Northern Ireland Clusters and Trade Associations
Northern Ireland Business Alliance, with CBI, IoD & NICCI (CBI, IoD & NICCI sites)
Over 150 Members and Sponsors
Over 2000 global contacts

Our Sponsors

The activites of the Centre for Competitivness are supported by a number of sponsors. A current list is available here.