ITALIAN CHAMBER OF TRADE FOR SPAIN

CCIS belongs to the European Chambers council, Madrid, that represents the European Chambers Of commerce in Madrid, and organizes events like European Business Drinks, or Innovation Breakfasts attended by representatives of main stakeholders interested in foster entrepreneurship and SMEs. From 2001 organize in collaboration with Madrid Chamber of Commerce a prize for Italian and Spanish entrepreneurs that have improved trade relationship between Italy and Spain. The training department organizes like intermediary organization mobility under the framework of LLP programme, Leonardo VET, and now Erasmus +, KA1, and other mobility programmes direct to young people in VET such as national or local actions in Italy or Spain, 2000 , organizing 200-300 successful exchange per year. MAIN TASKS: finding hosting enterprises in Italy and Spain, or in the countries where the networks CCIS belongs are present, organize travel and accommodation, monitor internship, organize Spanish or Italian language courses for the trainees, evaluate the exchange and prepare Europass.
• Managed and led the WEM project, a project for aspiring women entrepreneurs in Madrid. The project was a weeklong crash course intended to teach women necessary concepts and skills needed to become a successful entrepreneur. The CCIS developed and organized the material to be taught, found appropriate participants, and taught the course. The subjectstaught were: Personal Communication Skills, Leadership, Creativity, Time Management, Negotiation, Marketing, Business Plan and Development, Legal Framework, Financial Management, English, and Information and Communication Technology (ITC). At the end of the course, we had the women fill out anonymous questionnaires to assess the quality of the course and the impact it had on them. Based on the positive responses, it was evident that the women had a great time and that they had learned a lot.