Benchmark Study 1

IPP BENCHMARK REPORT
Chamber Of Commerce, Industry And Navigation
o Main Activities (Seminars, Newsletter, Conferences, other…)
The main aim of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Valencia shares its aims
with the others 84 Chambers of Commerce in Spain; i.e. offering services to businesses, in particular
small and medium-sized enterprises, promoting the economic development of its locality, etc.
The services offered by the Chamber are organised into four main areas: the promotion of international
trade; education and training; business creation and new technologies and innovation.
In the first area, the Chamber offers to companies the logistical support and training to prepare to
move into foreign markets. With regard to education and training, Spanish Chambers of Commerce
is the second largest educational institution in Spain in terms of the number of students. The
Chamber provides training for executives, company managers and students undertaking vocational
business training. On the business creation front, the Chamber has made considerable efforts to
encourage entrepreneurship and make it easier for people to set up a new business by means of
projects such as: the One-Stop Entrepreneur Shop programme, designed to simplify the administrative
procedures required to start up a business), an integrated business support programme
(Prop Entrepreneurs), and business incubators. The fourth area of services offered by the Chamber
aims to encourage technological innovation in SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises),
considered as a basic requirement in order to improve their competitiveness in the marketplace.
In addition, the Chamber of Commerce of Valencia plays the Valencian companies’ interests, acting
as a consultative body and working together with the various public administrations. This
means that it can instigate legislative amendments and provide expert opinion, above all on issues
affecting businesses.
The Chamber of Commerce of Valencia recordes a more than hundred-year-long experience in catering
for companies’ real needs and in supporting the development of different industries.
Web & contact data:
Web-Link:
www.camaravalencia.com
Post mail adress: Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de Valencia
C/ Jesús, 19
46007 Valencia (España)
Teléfono: +34 963 103 900 Fax: +34 963 531 742 / +34 963 531 743
Email:
lnfo@camaravalencia.com
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Structure:
The Chamber of Commerce of Valencia is composed by:
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