Tailored events
The Chamber of Commerce offers its members the opportunity to sponsor and co-organize events.
The goal is to provide member companies with the opportunity to use the Chamber—an independent platform—to promote their business, develop new clients, and increase their visibility.
What does the Chamber do?
Opportunity to share the event’s branding with the Chamber.
Inclusion of the sponsor’s logo on all event marketing materials distributed to attendees.
How to create your event?
Send an email to info@e-camara.com
Conference «Supporting the Next IPCEI European Champions in Solar Industry»
On Monday 21st November, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg organised the conference “Supporting the Next IPCEI European Champions in Solar Industry”, in collaboration with the Chamber’s member company Schuman Associates. More than 20 companies from the solar and photovoltaic energy sector from all over Europe participated in the conference, that took place online.
The key speakers were Víctor Marcos, Director of Renewable Energies at the Spanish Government’s Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE); Demos Spatharis, Head of Unit IPCEI, Environment and Innovation at the European Commission’s Directorate for Competition; Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, Executive Policy Advisor at the European Solar Manufacturing Council; and Anca Wlizlo, Head of Investment, Financing and Strategic Consulting (specialised in IPCEI, H2 and PV projects) at Schuman Associates.
To open the conference, Víctor Marcos explained how the project would fit into component 3 of the Recovery Plan (Just and Inclusive Energy Transition), talked about the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTE) for renewable energies and the importance of the EU Solar Strategy and the REPowerEU Plan, as well as Spain’s growing role in the solar and photovoltaic sector.
Characteristics
Demos Spatharis then detailed, from a more technical perspective, the process of approval by the European Commission of an IPCEI, referring to past projects and their characteristics, with particular emphasis on meeting the requirements of transparency, ambition, competitiveness, and cross-border cooperation.
Later, Žygimantas Vaičiūnas explained the position of the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) on the IPCEI PV, discussing the key objectives of the project, the possibilities for its financing, its timeframe, as well as the main challenges. In addition, Vaičiūnas mentioned existing projects in the PV sector.
Finally, Anca Wlizlo focused on the steps to be taken to prepare the proposal to set up the photovoltaic IPCEI, explaining the importance of the project and listing the different points to be taken into account: ambition, innovation, cooperation and dissemination.
At the end of the conference, participants had the opportunity to ask questions and share their interests and opinions with the four speakers.
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 months ahead of the programme.
The meeting was held in a hybrid format and made it possible to create proficient links and confirm an atmosphere of trust that strengthens the collaboration amongst the partners.
DG VET is a 24-month project which aims to develop innovative training material and methodology, together with an online learning platform to support the development of marketable digital and green skills of NEET youth from rural areas to empower their employability, especially women between 18 and 30 years old.
DG-VET project partners recognize the important contribution of the Digital and Green Economy (DaGE) sectors to creating job opportunities for young people living in rural areas.
The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg is responsible for the coordination of this initiative founded y the European Union.
We want to specially thank our colleague partner Martin Moser from LEVILO, Austria who presented throughout the meeting enhancing a cheerful atmosphere.
For more information, please contact:
Andrea Galante, Project manager (dgvet@e-camara.com).
Three Spanish companies participate in an informative journey on the investment opportunities in Brussels
On Tuesday, 8th of November, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg attended an informative journey of Brussels and the existing investment opportunities in the region for foreign companies, which took place in the premises of hub.brussels, in the framework of the Cleantech Forum Europe event.
These presentations were addressed to innovative Spanish companies that offer technological solutions to environmental and climate challenges around the world. The event gathered consultants, tax advisors and lawyers specialized in the creation of companies in Belgium, such as Yves Houbion, from OAK Law, member of the Chamber, and Emmanuel de Beughem, head of the investment department at hub.brussels.
The three Spanish companies that participated were Sens Solutions, Teimas and Blue Room Innovation. Later, they had the opportunity to enjoy the organised visits to the sustainable building of Bruxelles Environement and the startups incubator GreenBiz.
The three Spanish companies then participated in the Cleantech Forum Europe, a unique event held this year in Brussels from the 8th to the 11th of November. Thanks to the Chamber’s collaboration with hub.brussels, these SMEs were invited to participate in the three-day Cleantech conferences, which aimed to connect top leaders and investors with a new generation of companies around the theme “From commitments to actions: the sprint to zero net emissions”.