The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce  in Belgium and Luxembourg is pleased to invite you to the debate about the Belgian elections “#Yes2Belgium Election Debate” that will be held on April 3 at the ING´s Manix Auditorium in Brussels.

How can we turn some of today’s biggest challenges faced by the international business community in Belgium into new opportunities? Different political representatives invited to the event will have the opportunity to discuss their proposals regarding highly relevant topics such as mobility, tax system and competitiveness, or the labour market.

The event will feature the participation of prominent personalities from 10 different parties such as Johan Van Overtveldt (N-VA) and Wouter Beke (CD&V), who will present their priorities for more companies to say # Yes2Belgium.

This debate is supported by 12 foreign chambers of commerce in Belgium and is part of their objective to involve their member companies in the upcoming federal, regional and European elections that will take place on May 26.

The debate will be held at the ING´s Manix Auditorium (rue du Trône 1 Troonstraat, 1000 Brussels) from 10:00 to 11:30 with registration starting at 9:30. After the debate, there will be a networking cocktail.

Access the event registration through this link.

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The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg has the pleasure to invite you to the 4^th Edition of the Expats Golf Trophy that will take place next Wednesday 24^th April at the Golf Club d’Hulencourt.

The event is exclusive for members of the Chamber. Among the invitees, there will be numerous golf players expats in Belgium and members of other Chambers as well as representatives of the diplomatic body and international companies. In addition, for the non-professionals, an initiation course will be organized. After the tournament, a networking-cocktail and the awards ceremony will take place.

The members who wish to participate at the golf tournament or who want to introduce themselves in playing golf must register through the reply form found here: www.expatsgolftrophy.be before 17^th April.

Do not hesitate to contact Diego Tasso for further information (diego.tasso@golazo.com)

You can find the full program of the event here.

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The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg, in collaboration with Koan Law Firm, has the pleasure to invite you next Thursday, May 9^th from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM to a breakfast-conference in Brussels about “New companies and associations Code – It’s getting real”. The New Code will enter into force on May 1st, 2019 for new non-profit organisations (NPOs). It is therefore time for NPOs to catch-up on the novelties introduced by the New Code but also the actions NPOs shall take.

The speakers will explain in a practical and straightforward manner:

• The entry into force and application dates of the New Code;
• The main novelties and changes brought by the New Code;
• What should NPOs do to be compliant with the New Code and to benefit from the novelties introduced by the New Code.

Speakers:

• Antoine DRUETZ is a partner of KOAN Law Firm’s corporate law department and deals with general corporate law as well as with mergers and acquisitions. He also heads the Non-Profit and Trade Associations team and advises numerous well-known Belgian and European (international) associations and foundations.
• Alix DEGREZ is a senior associate of KOAN Law Firm’s corporate law department and practices corporate and merger & acquisition law in all its aspects. She is also involved in the Non-Profit and Trade Associations Team, working for Belgian as well as European clients.

The conference will be conducted in English. You can register here through the following link.

 

 

The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg, in collaboration with ESADE, is pleased to invite you next 14^th and May to a masterclass about “Disruption, “Exonomics” & Tech Trends”. The purpose of the masterclass it is to provide a global insight on the so called “exonomics”, disruption and technology trends in a global perspective.

The attendees will understand, among others, the world disruption trends, the interactions between Incumbents and New Players and the dynamics of innovation teams & innovation leadership.

The event will take place at the headquarters of the Chamber in Brussels (Rue Beillard 20- 1040 Brussels), from 8.30h to 10.30h. The masterclass will be given by Xavier Ferràs, PhD in Economics and Business from UB and MBA from ESADE and Telecommunications Engineer from UPC, in English.

You can find the full program of the Masterclass through the following link.

You can register here through the following link.

 

The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg is pleased to invite you next 23^th and 24^th May to a workshop on“European tenders: detection of opportunities and preparation of winning offers”. This workshop aims to give the participating companies or individuals the necessary knowledge to start preparing tenders in accordance with the procedures of the EU.

The objectives of the Workshop are the following:

• Familiarize the participants with the essential concepts when starting to bid in the European markets and allow them to know all the steps to follow for the detection and the preparation of the offer.
• Have the necessary knowledge in terms of finding experts and forming consortiums.
• Have practical examples of European bidding and expression of interest.
• Be able to prepare administrative dossiers, technical offers and economic proposals.
• Have learned to work in a group and have been able to develop networking with the other participants thanks to these two sessions

The event will take place at the headquarters of the Chamber in Brussels (Rue Beillard 20- 1040 Brussels), from 9.00h to 13.00h. The workshop will be given by Karine Brück, founding partner of Karine Bruck International (Ecosolve SL) in English.

A computer must be requested for search the different websites, download the necessary documents and fill out the obligatory forms.

You can find the full program of the Workshop through the following link.

You can register here through the following link.