feaco supports National Association members, since 1960. feaco was formed in 1960 in Paris by the Dutch, French, German, Swedish and Swiss association.
The Italian association joined closely after, followed by the associations of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Spain, and finally the associations of Greece and Cyprus.
As of 1991, Central and Eastern European associations started to join beginning with Poland, Hungary and the Czech republic, followed by Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as Cyprus. The
associations of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia joined only recently.
In principle feaco recognises and accepts only one national association per country. From the beginning the main objectives of feaco has been to provide support to its constituent National
Association membership in those areas where a collective voice is stronger than the sum of its individual members. feaco also provides a platform for active international networking between
management consultancies associations, management consultancies and management consultancy Federations from other parts of the world as well as similar organisations on European level, with whom
feaco shares common interests.
The Federation has set out guidelines for professional and ethical conduct for the industry. These guidelines have been integrated into the Codes of Conduct which the Member Associations' impose
on their members.
In January 1991, feaco established its operational office in Brussels to develop its relations with international institutions and the European Union, in order to directly defend the interests of
management consultants in issues of importance to the industry.
Since January 2002, feaco has the possibility to grant membership, in the form of affiliate membership, non-European management consultancy associations. The decision to extend membership to non
European associations is the result of a new strategy which takes account of the ongoing globalisation process. The association of Hong Kong was the first non-European association to get
accepted, as of January 2002, as an affiliate member but is no longer part of the feaco.
In 2022 feaco admits the Ukrainian consulting association CMC-Ukraine as an associate member. In doing so, feaco is sending a signal of solidarity with the country in a state of war and for the
unity of consulting companies in Europe.
feaco member associations now represent more than 3.000 management consultancy practices, of all sizes.
