The Czech Association for Business Excellence was established as a mirror organisation of European Foundation for Quality Management (Brussels) in the year 2000 on the initiative of a few important companies with business activities on the Czech market in the industry and services areas. European Foundation for Quality Management was founded more than 10 years ago by top managers of a few major companies, with the aim of making their competitive abilities stronger - first of all among industrial corporations. To date this foundation has besides the 14 founders about 800 members and more then 150 affiliates. European Foundation for Quality Management in Brussels (hereinafter referred to as EFQM Brussels) offers to its members the exchange of experience from the Excellence Model application, develops self-assessment tools, organizes benchmarking projects, courses and seminars, issues publications and study materials and organizes the European Quality Award /EQA/.