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Background
The
Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) is a forum of US and EU consumer
organisations which develops and agrees on joint consumer policy
recommendations to the US government and European Union to promote the consumer
interest in EU and US policy making.
It
is in the context of the New Transatlantic Agenda (NTA; launched in 1995) and
in particular of the New Economic Partnership (launched in 1998), that the
TACD, along with several other transatlantic dialogues, was born.
In
launching the NTA and the TEP, the governments of the EU and US had for the
first time pledged their support to an increased involvement of civil society
in transatlantic policy-making.
The
TACD was launched in September 1998, at the end of the inaugural meeting which
took place in Washington and gathered more than 60 consumer representatives
from the US and the EU.
Aims
To provide a formal mechanism for EU and US consumer representatives to input to EU and US political negotiations and agreements as well as explore ways of strengthening the EU and US consumer view at the international level.
TACD champions the consumer perspective in transatlantic decision making. It is our mission to ensure that EU/US policy dialogue promotes consumer welfare on both sides of the Atlantic and is well informed about the implications of policy decisions on consumers.
Activities
TACD regularly issues statements and recommendations on important food, information society, intellectual property, financial services and nonotechnology issues. In doing so TACD provides a common voice for EU and US consumer organisations ensuring that key consumer priorities are promoted and advocated within EU-US regulatory and governmental processes, helping to protect health and safety and assure truth and fairness in the marketplace.
Through meetings and multi-stakeholder conferences TACD contributes to the exchange of information, dissemination of knowledge and sharing of expertise on key consumer issues in the EU and the US.
TACD works with stakeholders such as the Transatlantic Legislators Dialogue (TLD) and the Transatlantic Business Council (TABC) through the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC), of which TACD is a member of the advisory group, to find areas of commonality and to seek increased consensus.
Members and Governance
TACD membership is open to all EU or US consumer organisations working on a national and/or international level that are independent of business and political interest.
TACD members participate in its work through five Policy Committee's: Food, Intellectual Property, Information Society, Financial Services and Nanotechnology.
TACD's strategic direction is led by the Steering Committee and the Chairs of the Policy Committee's.
Contact us:
The TACD Secretariat is situated within the Office of Consumers International.
Address:
TACD Secretariat, 24 Highbury Crescent, London N5 1RX, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 207 226 66 63 | Email: tacdATconsinDOTorg
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