One of the services offered by the delegation is the assistance to Navarrese citizens and the organization of agendas/meetings with Belgian institutions and entities. If you need help to do so, or if you require this free service, please contact the delegation.
The director of the European Projects Office, Silvia Ojer Torres, has accompanied several SMEs and other Navarrese entities interested in improving their knowledge of European organizations in Brussels.
On May 28 and 29, the Europa + Cerca meeting organized by Enterprise Europe Network Spain (EEN) took place. with the collaboration of AIN, the University of Navarra and the Government of Navarra. This initiative aims to increase the participation of regional companies in Horizon Europe. This year a total of 30 companies from the consortium between La Rioja, Extremadura and Navarra have participated. Specifically, 9 leading companies in innovation in Navarra attended:Ingredalia, Ingenialma, Atecna, Avir Animal Comfort, Saygom, CENER, Pitk, Eatex, y Envirohemp.
Today we received a visit from Marina Muñoz and Juan Luis García from the Navarro Center for Comprehensive Learning (CNAI), who came to Brussels on the occasion of The Event, European Agenda for the future of VET organized by EVTA, an association of which they are part .
We were happy to receive in the delegation the director of Fundación Dédalo, Rodrigo Zardoya, who was in Brussels on the occasion of his participation in an All Digital Weeks event. He also had the opportunity to meet with the Director General of External Action, Sergio Pérez, who was attending the ECON Commission of the European Committee of the Regions.
Today we had a visit from Beatriz de Diego, Director of Innovation in the NAGRIFOOD Cluster.On the occasion of the European Cluster Conference 2024, she has been transferred to Brussels. She explained to us what the projects in which they participate consist of and their priorities, such as sustainability, health or food competitiveness. Likewise, she has been interested in our functions in the delegation of the Government of Navarra.
On Thursday, the public company of the Government of Navarra attached to the Department of University, Innovation and Digital Transformation, TRACASA Instrumental, visited the Delegation. We have the participation of Kattalin del Valle de Lesundi, Pablo Vega Ezquieta and Christian Ayala. The delegation hosted its mid-term meeting of the IntSen2 project.
The week of April 9 to 16, we had a visit in Brussels from the Center for Art School and Higher Education in Design (EASDi), specifically, the Basic FP students in Office Computing. From the Delegation Office we provide you with an agenda of outings to take during your stay.
Last Friday, Carlos Naya, Director of the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the University of Navarra and Javier Antón Sancho, professor at the University of Navarra, visited the Delegation on the occasion of their invitation to the New European Bauhaus awards ceremony.
On April 2, Óscar Rubio, Head of the Office of Prevention and promotion of the circular economy at Consorcio de Residuos de Navarra, and his family visited us. With Óscar we have collaborated from the Delegation on numerous occasions to organize events during Green Week and the European Waste Prevention Week.
Eskarne Arregui works in the executive agency of the European Commission, HaDEA, specifically in the unit dedicated to European projects for research in advanced materials, funded by cluster 4 of Horizon Europe. The projects managed by Eskarne are in the areas of intensive industries, improving the efficiency of industrial processes, product circularity and zero emissions.
Last Friday we had a visit from Carlota Sánchez Ruiz de la Cuesta, who has recently settled in Brussels. We talked about job opportunities in the European capital and he showed interest in the activity of the Delegation.
On Friday, February 16, Eleonora Espósito, Outstanding National Expert (END) at the European Commission, visited us from the University of Navarra. Eleonora works in a group of experts, in charge of addressing gender issues in the new European Digital Services Law.
On February 13, we received a visit from José Salcedo and Haritz Echarren, Navarrese students from the College of Europe, in Bruges (Belgium). They complete, for one year, a postgraduate degree in international relations and diplomacy, after passing a tough selection process. They told us about their experience and were interested in the work of the delegation of Navarra to the European Union.
Javier Rodrigo, head of strategic projects at the Government of Navarre's S4 department, came to Brussels to take part in a meeting organised by the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP Permed) and visited the delegation.
On 23 January, we were visited by Laura Corcuera, Director of the Navarre Health Cluster, who was in Brussels to attend a meeting on training and possible participation in a European meta-cluster on precision medicine.
This Tuesday Iria Campo visited us, the Navarrese coordinator of the CCAA in the EPSCO meetings (Employment and Social Affairs) of the Council of the EU.
Last week Luis Goñi from SODENA visited the Delegation, who was a speaker in an ERRIN event where he explained the proposal of the European Valley of Circular Innovation in Navarra.
Last Friday, Bibiana García from CENER visited us at the delegation, within the framework of her visits to Brussels as part of the Programme for the Specialisation of Managers in European programmes of the CDTI-SOST office.
Last Wednesday, 31 May, the delegation received a visit from companies from Navarre, together with representatives of AIN and the University of Navarra, in the framework of the Europa+Cerca programme.
Last Monday and Tuesday, 22nd and 23rd May 2023, the kick off meeting of the INERTWASTE project, in which the Government of Navarre participates through the Directorate General for the Environment, took place in the delegation.
Last Tuesday, 16 May, we hosted in the delegation of Navarra representatives of the Consumer Affairs and Arbitration Service of the Government of Navarre in the framework of the presentation of the Fairness Project in Brussels.
Last week, the delegation was visited by six students from the bilingual (French) higher vocational training centre in Elizondo, accompanied by their teacher Ilunber Ayestarán, as well as Juan Luis García, Marina Muñoz and Carla Goñi from the CNAI, and Esther Monterrubio, Director of the Vocational Training Planning and Integration Service.
Yesterday, 20 February, the delegation was visited by Françoise Bonnet, Director of ACR+, an international network of cities and regions that share the objective of promoting sustainable resource management and accelerating the transition to a circular economy in their territories and beyond.
On Monday, January 16, the Regional Minister for Citizen Relations, Ana Ollo, visited us at the Delegation, accompanied by Josemi Gastón, César Layana and Manuel Ibáñez, heads of the Navarrese Institute of Memory.
Last week Roberto Bastero and Daniel Cano from the General Directorate of Interior of the Government of Navarra visited us within the framework of the U-ELCOME (U-Space European Common Deployment) project for the integration of drones into controlled airspace.
Yesterday, Thursday November 17th, Carlos Barrera, from the University of Navarra, visited us on the occasion of the presentation of the book "Communicate Europe in the 21st century" at the Delegation.
Today, November 17, María Cabello and Beatriz Basterra from Tracasa Global visited us. From the Delegation, we accompanied them to EISMEA - European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency.
Visit to the Delegation on the occasion of the event "Transition from the S3 to the PRI(S4) through the circular economy" within the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities.
Visit on the occasion of the preparatory meeting for the event "Transforming the Built Environment of our Cities", which will take place on October 11.
Visit of representatives of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region and the General Secretariat of the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF) with the aim of an exchange of good practices regarding the social economy.
During the past June 28 and 29, we have had the pleasure of hosting the visit of four students selected within the Erasmus+ COworkids project, of the Pamplona City Council. This consists of a training program, where the topics addressed have sensitized young people about the role of the European Union in the day-to-day life of citizenship, policies on gender equality in Europe, as well as measures in environmental or the Sustainable Development Goals.
Visit to the delegation of the President of Navarra, María Chivite, together with the Regional Minister of Social Rights, Carmen Maeztu, the Director of the President Cabinet, Alicia Erdociain, the Advisor to the President, Miguel Moreno, and the Chief of Protocol, Puy Eseverri.
On the occasion of the EU Green Week, the delegation has organized an event on the reuse of infrastructures to minimize the impact on the environment, in which Navarra, the Dutch region of Arnhem-Nijmegen and the German Fraunhofer Institute have presented innovative projects in this subject. The representatives of Equipo Europa have attended the event and have held a meeting with the Regional Ministe afterwards.
We have been visited by a group of students from the University of Navarra, on their study trip to Brussels, and accompanied by two professors of International Relations. They were very interested in the work we do in this delegation, as well as in the internship opportunities in Brussels, both in the delegation and in the EU institutions.