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The Valladolid Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services is the leading business and institutional institution that represents, promotes and defends the general interests of commerce and industry.

Valladolid City Council actively participates in economic and commercial development, leading the creation, consolidation and development of companies and reinforcing competitiveness and fundamentally sustainability in the province's business sector as critical elements.

Internationalisation, digitalisation and the circular economy are areas that Valladolid City Council promotes as interests and needs of its clients.

The Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Zamora has a long history of supporting and advising commerce, working on different programmes that have enabled participating companies to improve competitiveness and innovate in their organisations. Among the numerous experiences developed by this Chamber we can mention: Diagnoses to improve commercial establishment management;

Information and training actions aimed at traders and entrepreneurs; Boosting sales in commercial areas and helping to apply new technologies in shops;

NERBA is a neighbourhood structure in the business area that strives to resolve reported difficulties, a business partner that provides support in the various areas of the value chain, as well as stimulating and supporting the creation of new business ideas and professional integration. It endeavours to streamline partnerships and networking that add value to companies.

NERBA's strengths lie in its geographical location, its facilities capable of adapting to various types of use, its offer of quality and diverse services, and its recognition in the market. It stands out for its proactivity and ability to carry out initiatives, with or without external support, and has vast experience in carrying out projects that have been co-financed under various types of funding.

NERVIR bases its activity on supporting its members and the business community in general, by providing services of various kinds; contributing to the development of the Vila Real district, both by promoting dialogue and by developing collaborative actions with other living forces; intervening with public bodies to defend the interests of the region and drawing up and implementing projects aimed at companies. The projects carried out include 4 editions of joint internationalisation projects; 2 editions of collective internationalisation projects; 1 Quality and Innovation project.

The Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) aims to study and valorise natural resources and local products, develop sustainable economic, social and environmental systems, and ensure links between researchers and business sectors.

The IPB is made up of several research centres with high international recognition that have won awards for their scientific output: CIMO, CEDRI and UNIAG.

IPB also has in-depth expertise in the areas of IT, Data Science and Business Analytics. The existing know-how has made it possible to apply these competences in various international projects and in the publication of scientific articles. Some of the projects in this area stand out: COMPETIC, INTERNOVA, DISRUPTIVE_2_e and TIMMIS.

DECO is a Portuguese consumer association whose mission is to protect the interests and rights of consumers. It currently has more than 360,000 members and is the largest association in Portugal with a high reputation (90%) for its work.

The association has three main pillars of intervention: consumer information and support, consumer training and education, and consumer representation.

For several years now, DECO has been carrying out various activities, such as information, awareness-raising and training campaigns, in order to help consumers make better and responsible consumer choices and decisions, and has been active in representing their interests before the authorities.