90 07 Competitiveness
Programme for Tourism Competitiveness
SUBCONTEX
SMEs of the main Spanish industry – tourism – also have the backing of the Chamber of Spain for gaining competitiveness and not ceasing to innovate . The Programme for Tourism Competitiveness has the objective of enhancing the growth of enterprises in this sector through the use of ICTs ; providing tools and solutions that promote their competitiveness and improve their productivity ; and establishing processes for identifying the needs of tourism companies , while at the same time creating tools that facilitate adaptation of the sector to new needs . Co-financed by the ERDF , the programme offers maximum aid of 7,000 euros to SMEs .
SUBCONTEX is a specialised service of the Chambers of Commerce designed to support the internationalisation of Spanish industrial subcontracting companies . The Chamber of Commerce of Spain is the body approved by ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones for the annual development of the Industrial Sub-Contracting Sector Plan .
The chambers of commerce of Álava , Barcelona , Bilbao , Cantabria , Girona , Gipuzkoa , Madrid , Manresa , Sabadell , Vigo and the Chamber of Spain participate jointly in SUBCONTEX , providing services to companies nationwide .
In a year marked by the restrictions imposed due to the pandemic , the activity of SUBCONTEX in the first half of 2021 was focused on developing digital actions to improve the online positioning of the Spanish business offer , and on organising online promotional activities to encourage contacts between Spanish companies and international buyers .
It is worth highlighting the work carried out on the new design and technological improvement of the “ Online directory of industrial subcontracting companies ,” which provides information in Spanish , English and French on 542 Spanish industrial subcontracting companies with the capacity to offer its solutions in international markets . In the field of trade promotion , MEETIND online meetings were held , which generated business meetings between