The Chamber receives a delegation of agri-food enterprises from Teruel
Nine agri-food enterprises, together with the Chamber of Commerce and the Provincial Council of Teruel, travelled to Brussels last week, from 25 to 27 September, in order to promote and sell their products on the Belgian market.
The companies participating in this project are producers of olive oil, peaches, ham, and cold meat, saffron, cava, wine, cheese, and truffles. During the three-day trip they visited different gourmet shops: Freshmed, Great Market and Rob The Gourmets’ Market. In these visits, they were able to meet the managers and sales directors, who explained the current situation of their products and competitors, while the enterprises presented their products, with the aim of entering this market in the near future.
In addition to the gourmet supermarket visits, they had the opportunity to attend the Taste of Tavola fair in Kortrijk. There, they were welcomed by JOKA, one of the leading importers and distributors of gourmet products. After exploring the fair, a showcooking was held, led by Hispania Brussels chef Adrián Mancheño, who prepared various tapas that the distributors in attendance had the opportunity to taste.
To complete their stay in the European capital, they attended meetings with representatives of different institutions, to whom they expressed their problems and needs: Miguel Galante from the Office of the Government of Aragon to the European Union; Pedro Yenes, coordinating advisor for Agriculture in the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union; Pilar Ruiz, director of the delegation of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce to the European Union; and Pablo Arias and Gabriel Mato, two MEPs who received them in the European Parliament.
The Chamber of Commerce and the Brussels arts centre iMAL agree to collaborate to promote the Spain Brand
On 11 October, iMAL, the Art Centre for Digital Cultures and Technology in Brussels, and the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium signed a collaboration agreement.
The aim of the agreement is, on one hand, to raise awareness of Spanish artists, creators and creative industries in Belgium and, on the other hand, to serve as a platform for dissemination to other countries through the different European networks to which both organisations belong.
Likewise, the members of the Chamber will be able to benefit from free tickets for the centre’s exhibitions, discounts for the participation in workshops and festivals, and the rental of spaces for events.
In addition, during the meeting, the general director, Lucía García, and the artistic director, Ana Ascencio, gave a guided tour of iMAL’s facilities to the President of the Chamber and the general secretary, who were able to see its state-of-the-art FabLab workshop, and learn first-hand about the new project of the Spanish digital artist Félix Luque.
The Chamber bids farewell to Ambassador Larrotcha and thanks her for her great service
Last 21st September, a reunion was held at the Official Residence Ambassador Marqués de Villalobar between representatives of the Chamber and the Ambassador of Spain in Belgium, Beatriz Larrotcha Palma, to bid farewell to the former Honorary President of the Chamber during the last four years.
During the encounter, which was attended by other diplomats of the Embassy, a review of the fruitful collaborations carried out between the Embassy and the Chamber was made, and the future actions that could be carried out to continue defending the interests of the Spanish companies in Belgium, as well as to promote the “Marca España” were discussed.
During the meeting, the President of the Chamber, Pablo López-Álvarez, handed a gift to Ambassador Larrotcha as a sign of gratitude for her “great work during the last four years and for her support to the Spanish companies”.
Conference on “Changes that may affect your HR management”
Next Thursday 19th may from 12h30 to 13h30, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg organises a online conference on “Changes that may affect your HR management” in collaboration with its partner company SD Worx.
During this conference, Valérie t’Serstevens, legal consultant in national and international law at SD Worx, will inform about recent changes that may affect the human resources management of companies.
Among other issues, the speaker will address topics such as the recent agreement reached by the government on the labour market reform, the new threshold for tax credits, the support for teleworking or the change in the legislation for company cars. Chamber ‘s members will be able to submit their questions in advance if they have a particular interest in any topic so that they can be addressed during the conference.
We invite you to register for this session in the following link.
The conference will be held in English.
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27th Networking Meeting of Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
From the 18th to the 21st of October took place the 27th edition of the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Network Meeting. The meeting, in online format, offered the different consortiums participating in the programme the opportunity to learn about the future of the EYE programme and network online with different intermediary organisations.
During the first day, different representatives from the European Commission (EC) presented how the program has recovered from the crisis and the coming actions. On the second day, different workshops were organised to improve the communication on social networks and the quality of the exchanges.
On the last day, the European Commission, EISMEA and the Support Office addressed the plenary and provided conclusions for the event.
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