Spain has been designated the guest of honour country in the 19th edition of the popular Folklorissimo Festival, based on the intellectual dialogue between folklore and traditions of Belgium and Spain. During the weekend of September 21 and 22, more than 100 artists and members of Spanish folkloric groups, as well as associations, autonomous communities and Spanish and Belgian companies, will offer a wide and diverse representation of folklore, gastronomy and traditions of Spain at the Grand Place of Brussels.

Attendees will enjoy a folklore of contemporary interpretation, which reflects the advanced social and cultural values ​​that Belgium and Spain share in matters of gender, sexual identity, youth or environmental sensitivity, with performances by Ball de Pastorets (Catalonia),Agrupación de Danzas de la Virgen de las Nieves (Cantabria), Centro Asturiano de Bruselas (Asturias), Fetén Fetén (Castile and León), Iñaki Plaza (Basque Country – Galicia), Cant d’Estil Valencià (Valencia), Sara Calero (Andalusia), Loockingback (Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha) and Fernando López (Andalusia).

The Spanish programme is organized by the  Spanish Embassy in Belgium. The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg collaborates in this initiative coordinating the participation of Spanish companies.

Within the framework of EmprendeBeLux program,  the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg, in collaboration with 1819, the information service for entrepreneurs in Brussels, organizes an information session next Tuesday, September 24 from 6 pm to 7.30 pm in Spanish to inform about the different public aids for entrepreneurs in the Brussels region.

In addition, attendees will have the possibility to know the regional service offered by 1819; as well as the different public aids to entrepreneurs in terms of accompaniment, public funding, subsidies and identification of commercial premises for rent.

Through the EmprendeBeLux program, the Chamber seeks to support Spanish residents in BeLux on the long road to entrepreneurship and business consolidation.

The session will take place at the Chamber premises (Rue Belliard, 20) at 6 pm.

We invite you to register to the event via this link. If you are member of the Chamber you can also confirm your participation writing an email to info@e-camara.com

The next 2th and 3th of October, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg invites you to the first workshop in Spanish organized in Brussels on “Public advisory strategies and dialogue with the European institutions.”

The course will offer a global vision of the functioning and competences of the European institutions, as well as of the different dialogue channels of them, in order to provide the participants with knowledge and tools that allow them to establish an effective dialogue with the Community authorities.

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the institutional structure of the EU, the competence of the EU and the legislative and decision-making process, among others, as well as visiting different institutions.

The course will be held by prestigious professionals from multinationals, specialized consultants and business organizations, as well as by European officials, and will include case studies.

You can find the complete provisional program here.

If you wish you can register here.

Repsol, member of the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg, has the pleasure to invite you to the 5^th edition of the annual conference “Energy for Europe”. The event will take place the next Thursday October 3^rd from 4pm to 8pm at the Solvay Library (Parc Léopold, Rue Belliard 137, Brussels).

Several issues will be covered in the “Energy for Europe: Shaping future EU industry” conference, for instance, the protection of the competitiveness of the European industry, the potential risks and opportunities for a transitioning industry or the guarantee of social equitability of this transition.

The keynote speech will be delivered by a high-level European Commission representative. Hereafter, multiple experts in the topic will take part in a panel discussion.

Should you wish to register, please reply through this link.

We are looking forward to your participation.

On October 19^th, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg, in collaboration with the Spanish Office of Tourism, will organise the Day of Spain in Luxembourg at the Place d’Armes.

Through this unprecedented day in the Grand Duchy, the Chamber seeks, on the one hand, to present Spain as a tourist destination and all the gastronomic and leisure offer that surrounds it; and on the other, to highlight the leading companies and innovation that exist in Spain, as well as the existing job and training opportunities. The aim of this activity is to improve the concept of Spain as a tourist and business destination, moving away from stereotypes and positioning Spain as a worldwide reference in many sectors.

The event will take place between 11 am and 7 pm and is free for all audiences.

If you are interested in collaborating in the organization of the event and sponsoring this initiative, do not hesitate to contact us: info@e-camara.com

More information coming soon.

The next 21th and 22th of November, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg organizes a workshop on “Preparation of technical offers for European tenders”, which aims to train the staff of the participating companies, allowing them to have the knowledge to start preparing tenders in accordance with the procedures of the European Union. The course will be taught by Karine Brück, founding partner of Karine Brück International (Ecosolve SL).

During the first day of the training, the participants will have the opportunity to prepare a technical offer; analyse and understand the tender conditions and terms of reference; work plan and strategic approach common to all offers and good practices and recommendations in the writing of the technical offer.

The second day of the course will be focused on the preparation of an economic offer and the analysis of its strategic context, as well as the preparation of different types of economic offers. The participants will also receive recommendations for the preparation phase of the economic offer.

The training will be taught in English from 9am to 1pm at the premises of the Official Chamber of Commerce of Spain in Belgium and Luxembourg (Rue Belliard 20, 1040 Brussels).

For more information, check the full program here.

If you wish, you can register here.

The next 21^st of November, within the framework of the program EmprendeBeLux, the Chamber invites you to the presentation of JobYourself, a cooperative of activities of the Brussels-Capital Region that offers help to develop and test an entrepreneurial project in the market.

The information session will take place at their facilities (Centre Dansaert, Rue d’Alost, 7-11, 1000 Brussels) from 5pm to 7.30pm and will be held by Nathalie Jeudy, responsible for Strategic Relationships and Human Resources of JobYourself.

This session is mainly aimed at unemployed people who have a business idea and complementary freelancers. The session will be in Spanish.

ABOUT EMPRENDEBELUX

Through the EmprendeBeLux Program, sponsored by ING, the Chamber aims to support Spanish people in BeLux on their long way to becoming an entrepreneur and accompany them through the consolidation of their business.

Limited places. We invite you to register to the event via this link. If you are member of the Chamber you can also confirm your participation writing an email to info@e-camara.com

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The next November 27th, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce of Spain in Belgium and Luxembourg organizes in Luxembourg a luncheon-debate with Rosario Silva de Lapuerta, Vice President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

The event will take place from 12:30 pm until 2:30 pm at the Cercle Munster (5-7 Rue Münster, 2160 Luxembourg). The event will be carried out in Spanish.

More information about the topic of the event coming soon.

If you would like to attend the event you can register through this form.

On December 2, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg, in collaboration with The Cortador Academy– the first school in Benelux to learn professionally how to cut ham -, invites you to the first workshop of professional ham cutting. The training will be carried out under the direction of Maestro Cortador José Cristóbal Álvarez García, who obtained his renowned diploma in the Spanish school “Escuela Internacional de Cortadores de Jamón”.

The course is aimed at professionals in the HORECA sector who wish to deepen their interest in the art of cutting and Iberian ham. The aim of the workshop is to provide the main bases for professionally cutting the ham to bone. Moreover, this training is the first stage to obtain the diploma of “Cortador”.

The course will be held in French and Dutch.

We invited to follow this link for more information.

Register here.