Meeting about the Asturian emigration: challenges for the future

Last Thursday, 26 March, a meeting in Gijón took place with regard to Asturian citizens living abroad in the face of the future challenges of the Asturian society. The meeting focused on two important aspects of emigration: young people and the role of diaspora in the internationalisation of the companies.

foto ramon newsletter 22The event was organized by the association ‘Compromiso Asturias XXI‘, where lectures were presented by Pablo López-Álvarez, vice-president of the Chamber, and Ramón López-Peláez, manager of Programa Jóvenes.

The first one participated in the panel discussion ‘Emigration and international markets‘, where he joined other Asturian professionals residing abroad and presented his professional experience and point of view about the role of expatriates as information sources for Asturian companies interested in expanding internationally.

Meanwhile, Ramón López-Peláez offered his vision in the panel ‘Youths and international career‘, commenting the situation of young expatriates in Belgium and Luxembourg, the jobs in demand, as well as some successful tips for job hunting.

 

Meeting with Alfredo Bonet, International Director of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce

On 25 March, the President and the Secretary General of our Chamber met in Paris with Alfredo Bonet Baiget, who will soon be responsible for the policy of internationalization of the Spanish enterprise at the Spanish Chamber of Commerce.

The meeting was organized within the framework of FEDECOM, for which Presidency and General Secretariat are held by Juan Rodríguez-Villa and María Catalán. José Michel García, President of the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in France and, in turn, vice-president of FEDECOM, also attended the meeting.

Alfredo Bonet was the Economic Head at the Permanent Delegation of Spain to the OECD. The new International Director of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce has also been Secretary of State for External Trade and Director General of ICEX. He also was stationed in Miami (USA) and Milan (Italy), as Trade Commissioner of Spain and Economic and Commercial Counselor.

On behalf of the Chambers associated to FEDECOM, Juan Rodríguez-Villa expressed his wish to collaborate in the success of the new task of Alfredo Bonet.

Networking Dinner with the Delegation of the Extremaduran Association of the Family Enterprise

Next Monday 23rd of March, the Extremaduran Office in Brussels organizes a networking dinner with the Delegation of the Extremaduran Association of the Family Enterprise in collaboration with the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg. The event will be presided by Enrique Barrasa, delegate of Extremadura in Europe, and Juan Rodríguez-Villa, president of the Chamber of Commerce.

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The networking dinner will begin at 8 p.m. and will take place in Rue Auguste Orts 20-28, in Brussels. To confirm your assistance, please send an email to info@e-camara.com before Thursday 19th of March.

This exclusive event is only available for partners of the Chamber.

 

First partner breakfast

The first Partner breakfast of the year, celebrated on 19 March in Brussels, has counted on the presence of representatives of partner companies Air Europa, ArcelorMittal, Finnovaregio, K&L Gates, Swan Consulting SCS and Zabala Innovation Consulting.

During the meeting, the participating companies had the opportunity to present their activities and establish contacts with the rest of the partner companies.

The Partner breakfasts are introduced with the aim of promoting networking and encouraging business generation between the partners of the Chamber.