The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023!
We would like to inform you that the Chamber will be closed from 23 December until 3 January due to the festive season.
We apologise for the inconvenience.
On 4 and 5 October, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg attended the second transnational meeting of the European project Soft Improve in Nice, France.
During these days, representatives of each Consortium partner met to discuss the project’s management, quality and dissemination, aiming to achieve the best possible result.
Thanks to the return to face-to-face meetings, all attendees agreed on how important it was for the project, its communication, and the planning of the next steps, which will be shared soon on Soft Improve’s website and social networks.
The next meeting will take place in Madrid in March.
The START project is a 24-month project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme and coordinated by the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg that aims to promote the internationalization of SMEs in the retail sector, stimulating economic growth and development, thus fulfilling one of the most important priorities of the EU.
In the focus group, we will find a way to deliver a profile of the needed competence to properly internationalize a retail business. It will give us a better understanding of what are the training needs observed on the ground.
This part of the research will show current methods and approaches, as well as the main skills being taught and developed.
We are organizing two focus groups:
For more information about the project, you can check our website.
To register, please contact us at start@e-camara.com.
The 5th edition of the SFF Magazine is now available. This publication is produced by the Chamber in the framework of its Committee “Spanish Financial Forum”, focused on the financial sector.
The SFF Magazine is a sectoral publication targeted towards all those professionals working in the financial services industry who wish to be informed of legislative news, trends and business development opportunities between Spain and Luxembourg within this sector.
This publication is quarterly published both in Spanish and English, and it is distributed for free in digital format. The contents are provided by members of the SFF and financial stakeholders in both countries.
This new issue contains:
The dossier includes the following articles:
View HERE the fifth edition of the SFF Magazine.
You can subscribe HERE to the SFF Magazine.
On 23 March, the Chamber‘s Board of Directors held a new meeting in hybrid form.
During the meeting, the activity developed by the Chamber during the first quarter was reviewed, the working commissions Competition Spain and Spanish Financial Forum were discussed as well as the different European projects managed by the Chamber. Finally, the next scheduled events were detailed.
The list of members for 2021 was approved and the first draft of the new statutes was presented.
The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg and the delegation of the Agencia EFE in Brussels have signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of giving a higher visibility to the Spanish companies operating in Belgium and Luxembourg and to the Spanish professionals working in the European institutions and in the EU environment.
The agreement establishes a general framework of collaboration between both institutions, taking advantage of the wide range of services of commercial promotion, information, advice, logistic and administrative support offered by the Chamber and the wide information coverage of the Agencia EFE, a world leader in information in Spanish.
After signing the agreement, Pablo López-Álvarez, President of the Chamber, and Catalina Guerrero, Director of the Brussels delegation of the Agencia EFE, defined the priority actions.
“With this collaboration, we seek to benefit not only our partner companies but also to promote Spanish interests as a whole, both in the Belgian and Luxembourg markets and in Brussels. as the capital of the EU. This is something that both institutions have been doing separately for decades and so this collaboration was a logical decision”.
For her part, Catalina Guerrero stated that “this collaboration will undoubtedly open up privileged channels of communication between Efe and the Spanish companies located in Belgium and Luxembourg, and will help to give greater depth to our coverage of economic information and to nourish our specialised services even more. In this way, Efe, the first Spanish media to open an office in Brussels, maintains intact its European commitment and its public service vocation, with the largest deployment in the European capital and with a team that has just been reinforced”.
The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg has already available its new 2021-2022 Communication Pack that includes the advertising rates for this year, as well as the information about its media. You may also find the form you need to fill in for contracting advertising space.
Through this Pack, the Chamber aims to present a perfect multichannel ecosystem to boost the image of your company in 2022 and to provide tools that will allow you to reach your target audience in Belgium and Luxembourg.
You can check the Communication Pack here.
The Official Spanish Chamber of Comerce in Belgium and Luxembourg, through the Spanish Financial Forum, will launch a new publication at the beginning of April focused on the financial services industry.
Through this sectoral newsletter, the aim is to address issues of interest to SFF members, as well as to promote business opportunities and collaboration between Spain and Luxembourg in the financial sector.
The SFF newsletter will be distributed in digital format in two languages, Spanish and English, and aims to become the publication of reference for all those professionals linked to the provision of financial services in Spain and Luxembourg mainly.
This new communication tool will include current news, opinion columns, interviews and specialised articles, among other information of interest.
The Chamber offers the opportunity to contract advertising and to sponsor contents in this publication. You can find more information here, or contact us by sending an email to mailto:luxemburgo@e-camara.com.
Dear members in Luxembourg,
For obvious reasons, I invite you to drink the traditional New Year’s Toast at home. Before continuing, I suggest you to read the few words I would have said “glass in hand”.
The year that ended does not suggest happiness but mitigates satisfactions.
The coronavirus has affected us from all sides. We have been through anguish and physical suffering among us. Fortunately, to my knowledge, there have been no irreparable losses. However, this is not over yet. Let us remain vigilant.
The project became a reality, and, despite its short history, the SPANISH FINANCIAL FORUM already stands out as an important forum in the Luxembourg financial sector.
I mentioned that satisfactions are mitigated in the current circumstances, but there is still room for praise. And my praise goes to you, to that great majority of members who contribute your work, your prestige and the prestige of the entities you represent, to the good image of our Chamber, to the good image of Spain.
In any case, there is always room for gratitude. We would like to thank our Ambassador, Bernardo de Sicart Escoda. Thank you for your generosity, for your advice and for your active role as Honorary President of the Chamber.
Thank you for your work, to the members who represent you in the team that makes up the Board of Directors, with José Luis Rodríguez, our Vice President, at the head. The spirit that unites us is inspired by the assumption of a common cause.
Thanks to María Catalán, our Delegate. She continues to be the soul of the Chamber in the Grand Duchy.
May the balance of your lives in 2021 be positive.
Once the reading is over, as I suggested at the beginning, it’s time for a toast. Of course, with Spanish cava, although before raising the glass, I conclude by asking for blessings for you and your families.
Happy New Year!
Juan Rodríguez-Villa Matons,
President of the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg
On September 25th the third meeting of the year of the Forums Committee, a working group whose mission is to propose, organize and monitor the events organized by the Chamber, was organized telematically.
During the meeting, which was chaired by Pablo López Álvarez (FTI Consulting), a balance of the latest events organized by the “business circle” platform was made as well as new initiatives were proposed to be developed in the coming months, both locally and with the institutions of the European Union. Likewise, the activities carried out and the events planned within the framework of the Spanish Financial Forum and Competencia España Committees were discussed. Finally, the call for the 2020 Company of the Year Award, which is currently open, was discussed.
About the Chamber’s Committees
The Committees are made up by some of the members, as well as by the person in charge of the area in question in the Chamber.
These working groups have numerous functions: in-depth studies of proposals, problems, projects, and activities. Through them, the members influence the day-to-day life of the Chamber in order to better adapt the Chamber’s activities to the needs of the members.
At any time, a member can request the president of a Commission to join it or request the secretary general to create a new group.
