Cooperation between ENBIS and the French Statistical Society (FSS) started at the 2011 Annual Conference of ENBIS in Coimbra (Portugal) with a special session dedicated to discussion of advances in business and industrial statistics in France. In the administrative meeting held in Coimbra representatives of both organizations agreed not only to participate at each other's future events (bENBIS is currently organizing a special ENBIS session in the framework of the FSS's spring conference in Brussels) but also to further strengthen cooperation with (1) promotion of each other's activities through available communication channels and (2) development of joint publications.