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The '''Europe Business Assembly''' (EBA) The Europe Business Assembly (EBA) is a legitimate company registered in the UK involved in Market research and public opinion polling <ref>https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03964500. </ref>
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".
The article The Times  largely based on comments of anonymous ex-employees accusing EBA of selling "fake awards", Oxford Dictionary defines word ‘fake’ as Oxford dictionary definition of FAKE is Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit <ref>https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fake</ref>

EBA Awards are designed and produced in the UK, officially registered with The Intellectual Property Office <ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office</ref> in the United Kingdom:
1) Queen Victoria Commemorative medal UK00003092481
2) Socrates Award UK00003092483, UK00003105710
3) European Quality Award UK00003092485
4) Best Enterprise Award UK00003105713
5) Name in Science Prize UK00002563774
or what are more widely known as "vanity awards". EBA also runs the Oxford Academic Union and publishes the Socrates Almanac.


==Background== ==Background==

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The Europe Business Assembly (EBA) The Europe Business Assembly (EBA) is a legitimate company registered in the UK involved in Market research and public opinion polling 

The article The Times  largely based on comments of anonymous ex-employees accusing EBA of selling  "fake awards", Oxford Dictionary defines word ‘fake’ as Oxford dictionary definition of FAKE is Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit

EBA Awards are designed and produced in the UK, officially registered with The Intellectual Property Office in the United Kingdom: 1) Queen Victoria Commemorative medal UK00003092481 2) Socrates Award UK00003092483, UK00003105710 3) European Quality Award UK00003092485 4) Best Enterprise Award UK00003105713 5) Name in Science Prize UK00002563774 or what are more widely known as "vanity awards". EBA also runs the Oxford Academic Union and publishes the Socrates Almanac.

Background

EBA was founded in 2000, by Ukrainian businessman Anton Savvov, and he runs it out of Oxford and Ukraine, along with his son Ivan Savvov. The directors are Ivan Savvov and "Professor" John Netting, formerly a lecturer at Oxford Brookes University.

Activities

EBA offers various "awards", an "academic union", and an "almanac", all with prestigious-sounding names. The awards are presented in venues including Oxford Town Hall and the Institute of Directors in London, by EBA's director general John Netting, a former lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, with ceremonies including trumpeters, bagpipes, processions, and period costumes. Although EBA advertised itself as being an "Oxford institution", it has no relations with the University of Oxford. Winners pay for the awards and for participation in the ceremonies; in one case participation in a ceremony cost €11,000, and an award cost about around €7,300. The Center for Investigative Reporting 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".

Criticism

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project reported of the EBA and similar organizations that "anyone who replies, shows interest and agrees to pay gets an award".

In 2015, an Indonesian magazine criticized EBA for selling "meaningless accolades to egotistical officials, especially those from countries notorious for corruption". The report noted at least two Indonesian officials had purchased the "nonsense awards". In 2017, two Malaysian councils were criticized for buying awards from EBA in 2013 and 2014. Malaysian local legislator Muhammad Farid Saad equated the acquisition of the honors to "buying fake academic degrees”. Also in 2017, Chinese media reported that China's state-run Longyuan Power Group had "allegedly paid for the made-up award of Best Enterprise" in 2011 from EBA. The South China Morning Post said the scam traded on the University of Oxford’s name to sell fake awards to companies.

In July 2017, The Times reported that the "University of Oxford's academic reputation is being exploited by Ukrainian businessmen selling millions of pounds worth of fake awards and honours".

References

  1. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03964500.
  2. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fake
  3. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference thetimes1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Curtis, Joseph (24 July 2017). "Ukrainian businessmen make millions selling 'fake' honours". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  6. "EUROPE BUSINESS ASSEMBLY LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  7. John W.A. Netting. The Academic Union. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. "Bought International Awards to Show Off at Home Turf : CIN". Cin.ba. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  9. "What Price Honor?". www.occrp.org. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  10. Yeung, Kenneth (13 July 2015). "What Price Glory?". Indonesia Expat. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  11. Sin Chow, Tan (27 July 2017). "Penang local councils 'fell for vanity awards scam'". Star Media Group Berhad. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  12. Hu, Tracy (26 July 2017). "Chinese wind energy firm in Oxford fake awards scam, report says". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

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