The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Galati

Portfolio of activities:

Most of the clients’ requests regarded the possibility to find potential business partners or the identification of certain uncovered market segments for certain products and also assistance for projects.
In organizing the activities of the Centre we would like to mention the support we got from local public actors: Inspectoratul Teritorial de Muncă Galaţi, Direcţia pentru Siguranţa Alimentelor Galaţi, Direcţia pentru Agricultură şi Dezvoltare Rurală Galaţi, Buzau County Council, Oficiul Judeţean pentru Protecţia Consumatorului Galaţi and Buzău, Mayoralties from Galaţi county, Agenţia pentru Protecţia Mediului, Direcţia de Finanţe Publice Galaţi, Direcţia de Dezvoltare Regională from Galaţi County Council, „Dunărea de Jos” University from Galaţi, and also from Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture from Vaslui, Buzău şi Vrancea counties.

Providing information and consultancy services for over 10,000 clients between 1997 - 2007

Organizing over 100 seminars in Buzau, Galati, Vaslui and Vrancea counties, on important subjects:

- Business opportunities and financing for SMEs;
- European legislation and policies;
- Standards and accreditations in industry;
- Research programmes;
- Internationalization and business co-operation;
- Entrepreneurial skills improvement and auditors trainings

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Launched in February 2008, the new Enterprise Europe Network, is a very important European Commission initiative, aimed at assisting SMEs in developing their innovation capacities. Offering high quality services, the Network’s main purpose is to help increase the companies’ competitiveness. The Network has, first of all, the quality to bring together for the first time two dimensions: regions and innovation.
This initiative is like a two way street. In one way the Network helps SMEs and in the other way serves as a mean to inform the European Commission about the entrepreneurs’ points of view, experiences and observations. This a valuable contribution to the policy making process, so it can respond as well as possible to the needs of the SMEs.
Companies must make the most of this opportunity offered by the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Galati, as member of the Network, in order to build a future together.
Practically combining the resources of two former networks, Euro Info Centre and Innovation Relay Centers, the new Enterprise Europe Network changes its approach into an integrated one, giving priority to SMEs and their involvement concerning community policies – the extent to which European legislation responds to the needs of the SMEs. The new network, administered by the Directorate General Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission, sets the premises for a unique contact point for business and innovation consultancy and assistance. The role of controlling and evaluating the Network’s activities belongs to the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI). The Network’s background is the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013.
The Network is made up of 600 hundred organizations, including chambers of commerce, regional development agencies, universities and professionals; it has offices in around 40 European countries, working for outcomes like: 50,000 technological audits, 1,000 documentations for technological audits, organizing 4,000 local events and workshops on subjects related to SMEs.
The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Galati is a partner in this network after participating in a bid organized by the European Commission in 2007, and continuing now the activities of the former Euro Info Centre, to which new services have been added: assistance and consultancy for innovation, innovation and/or technology for (innovative) SMEs.
As part of the Enterprise Europe Network, in Romania there are four multiregional consortia. For the North- East South-East development region (Macro region 2) the Network’s services are supplied by the ERSBN (Eastern Romanian Business Support Network), made up of the following partners: Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Navigation and Agriculture of Constanta, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Galati, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Bacau, Tehnopolis – Iasi and IPA S.A. – Galati branch.

As partner in the Enterprise Europe Network, Galati Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture provides tailored services for companies from Galati, Iasi, Vaslui and Vrancea:

Information and assistance regarding market opportunities, European legislation and policies. Support for SMEs in finding suitable business partners using business and technological co-operation databases, supplying information on public bids or international networks;
Supporting the development of SMEs’ capacity to research and innovate, by assisting them in technological co-operation and facilitating participation in national and international brokerage events;
Assisting SMEs in using the results of research, participating in research programmes and gaining access to funds, especially those financed through FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development);
Getting SMEs and the business community involved in the policy making process, by sending information to the European Community, monitoring the implementation of EU policies regarding competitiveness and innovation;
Disseminating information among companies through activities aiming at raising their awareness (fairs, seminars, conferences, workshops etc.), through informative material (guides, newsletters, web sites etc.).

As partner in the Enterprise Europe Network, the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Galati can provide assistance to companies, regardless of their development stage or their awareness concerning European matters.
Enterprise Europe Network comprises all UE Member States, candidate countries, countries associated in the CIP (Competitiveness and Innovation Programme), members of EEA etc.
All services are provided in a “one-stop-shop”, placed on Eroilor 13A Street, and are addressed to entrepreneurs, SMEs but also large companies, research institutes, universities, technology centres and business and innovation development agencies.