The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Denmark (Danitacom)

Background

The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Denmark (Danitacom, www.danitacom.org) is a Danish non-profit association of industrial and commercial enterprises (primarily SMEs) professionals and traders who wish to work actively to develop economic relationships in Europe, especially between Italy and Denmark.

Active for more than 10 years, Danitacom is officially recognized by the Italian Government, as a strategic actor for the support in bilateral cooperation and for the assistance to entrepreneurs in their associate. The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Denmark is fully integrated into Assocamerestero network: Association of Italian Chambers of Commerce abroad, that comprises 81 chambers with 140 offices in 54 countries and more than 18.000 businesses as members.

Currently the Chamber has 22 employees. Our Danish-Italian team can provide full commercial and administrative support to members willing to operate between our markets. Our partners are mainly companies and institutions established in Italy or in Denmark that are looking for business opportunities or counterparts in one of these two markets. Our organization can carry on activities and promote projects directly from Denmark through our strong partners’ network and our connection with main public institutions and national associations.

We offer all our support through strategically planned activities and financial/legal advice. We are able to support companies in the development of innovative and technological solutions, specifically with the use of ICT. We offer training and support to companies and managers for the development of best practices, particularly with an eye to innovation practices, promotional activities, business leadership and e-activities. Furthermore, we help with all the necessary translation work and linguistic mediation that can be required in relation to different activities or projects. We always carry out customer satisfaction questionnaire connected to all our projects, according with the policy of our management and the request of the Italian Ministry for Economical Development.

Experience

The Chamber promotes and supports the different phases of the internationalization process, providing promotional and commercial assistance of Danish and European/Italian enterprises, primarily SMEs, through its large international networks. The aim is to develop initiatives in order to implement and share experiences and best practice between Italian and European enterprises, local and public authorities.

Fields:

• Sustainable business development;
• Circular Economy and environmental sustainability;
• Tourism and culture;
• ICT and e-commerce;
• Traditional agrifood products;
• Building sector;

The Chamber develops services and projects focused on SMEs support, as main contractor or as a partner, acting as facilitator for the market uptake of new businesses as well as promoter of already well-established economic relations between Denmark, Italy and Europe and in general enhancing the culture of entrepreneurship. In particular, the Chamber specializes itself in guiding businesses on increasing their competitiveness and their reputational capital and values, with the aim of succeeding into their market.

In its activities, Danitacom often works as a benchmark of best practices in the fields where our representative countries are pioneers at: digitalisation, circular economy, smart production, sustainability. Danitacom works constantly in the most traded business sectors between Denmark and Italy, being food&beverage, mechanical components, pharmaceuticals, chemical products.

Danitacom carries a vast number of blended mobilities for learners and staff throughout the year. Thanks a to cooperation with schools and VET centres, Danitacom typically coordinates approximately 90 mobilities every year, particularly in technical fields like engineering, IT, chemistry, pharma, green sectors. Alongside this activity, we often arrange seminars, workshops and webinars dedicated primarily to learners, SMEs and professionals, in different sectors, with an eye on internationalization practices.

Experts