Globalization of the company: growing is looking forward. Being able to access foreign markets is an opportunity for companies with a vocation for development.
One of the objectives of Foment del Treball is promoting and accompanying the export activity of Catalan companies through initiation programs to open new markets and business missions with all of the actors involved.
The Catalan Observatory is a program established in 2009 by the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science following the United Kingdom’s increasing interest in Catalonia. Its objectives are the projection of Catalonia and its main actors onto an international stage, as well as the promotion, research, debate, and spreading awareness of the principal questions which affect it.
The Fòrum per al Desenvolupament de les Empreses de les Regions Europees (FODERE) unites unions in the five most industrialized European regions: Catalonia, Baden-Württemberg, Piedmont, Rhône-Alpes, and Suisse Romande.
FODERE was created in 1987 as an initiative of the Union of Rhône-Alpes with the goal of joining business organizations from the five most dynamic and industrialized regions of Europe and the most geographically intertwined. Its main objective is to act before the European institutions and public administrations to promote actions that favor the development of companies.
In addition to the Foment del Treball Nacional, this organization currently comprises:
The presidency of FODERE is rotated every year to one of its member business organizations. The plenary sessions are held at the headquarters of the company holding the presidency. Foment del Treball held the FODERE presidency in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2011.
Contact: secretaria.general@foment.com (telf: +34 93 484 12 03)
The lines of action for the company and entrepreneurship are directly related to the operation of the business unit.
Foment del Treball is aware of the planning tools and proposals oriented towards the industrial sector.
Energy sources and the debate on their future are important key points in a time of change and an adverse economic situation.
From a business point of view, necessary reforms for the modernization of the labour market need to achieve quality employment.
One of the objectives is favoring business competitiveness. And to be competitive, the investments in research, development, and innovation are indispensable.
Economic recovery must happen in order to set priorities and assure the creation of basic infrastructures (railway, environmental, technological, energy, etc.).
Making the defense of general principles of market freedom compatible with the environmental commitment is the backbone of Foment del Treball.
Training and the link between the academic and the business worlds are essential for the productivity of the country.
Growing is looking forward. Being able to access foreign markets is an opportunity for companies with a vocation for development.
