Twelve independent industry associations, representing the technology and business services sector around the world, has formed an alliance, the Global Technology and Business Services Council (GT&BSC), to address COVID-19 and set a clear vision for its future.

The National Tech Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) said one of the founding associations is OM (formerly known as Outsourcing Malaysia), an initiative of the global business services (GBS) industry and a PIKOM chapter.

GT&BSC is currently represented across Bulgaria, the Balkans, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, the United States and Ukraine.