Entries by Cámara Oficial de Comercio de España en Bélgica y Luxemburgo

In memoriam – José Gracia Barba

Last Saturday, 19 November, José Gracia Barba, member of the Board of Directors of our Chamber, unexpectedly passed away. Three days earlier he attended the event organised with President Jean-Claude Juncker. Ingenious, generous, friendly, and witty as always, nothing made us think about the outcome. He always wanted to be known as “Pitu” and, to […]

Transnational Consortium Meeting of the European project DGVET held in GRAZ, Austria

Last 8th and 9th of November took place in Graz, Austria, the Transnational Consortium Meeting of the European project DG VET, an Erasmus+ initiative coordinated by the Chamber. The aim of the meeting was to present the overview of the project performance achieved until November 2022. and the Consortium has started to plan the next […]

Luncheon-debate with Jean-Claude Juncker, former President of the European Commission

Last Tuesday 15 November, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg held a new luncheon-debate sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada, in which the former Prime Minister of Luxembourg and former President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, spoke on “The future of the EU in the face of tomorrow’s uncertainties”. […]

European MobiliseSME project consortium meets in Serbia

On the past 3rd and 4th of November, the consortium of the European MobiliseSME programme met again physically, this time in Novi Sad, Serbia. During this two-day meeting, the project partners had the opportunity to review the program’s implementation and the project’s objectives, exchange ideas, and share lessons learned and best practices to support European […]

Luncheon-debate with Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

Last Tuesday 8th November, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium held a new luncheon-debate in collaboration with the Government of Navarre, in which the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, spoke about the new European innovation agenda. R&D&I should respond to the needs of Europeans and tackle some […]

MobiliseSME, the opportunity to collaborate closely together to achieve innovation

Ehlen Boukje is the owner of Boukje.com Consulting, a Dutch consulting firm that advises companies and research institutes on funding acquisition, business development and communication about research & innovation. In 2020, driven by curiosity and an ambition to improve people’s resilience in health, Ehlen studied a master’s degree in Psycho-Neuro-Immunology (PNI) that sparked ideas for new […]