The European Association for Technical Communication (tekom Europe e.V.) is the largest professional association for technical communication worldwide. The association connects more than 8,500 professionals like technical communicators, technical writers, and others from related fields. The working language is English. tekom Europe was founded in November 2013 in Wiesbaden, Germany, by representatives of tekom Deutschland, of the former tekom country groups and of the Italian association COM&TEC. and registered as a lobby organization in the European Transparency Register.