Marta Prado Larburu, Ph.D.

If you haven't heard about the first edition of the Procure Innovation EU - Training Programme yet, this is information is for you. 📣 Are you a decision-maker within a contracting authority entity, interested in driving innovative public procurement? Discover the latest developments in Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) strategies from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities! 🔍 Teresa Riesgo, Secretary General of Innovation at the Ministry of Science and Innovation and Universities will explore the current state of PPI strategies, plans, and main tools being used to foster the uptake of innovative solutions through public procurement. 💡 And Diego Moñux Chércoles, Co-Founder and Executive Partner at SILO will provide valuable insights into the evolution of PPI implementation and the pivotal role of political commitment in supporting these initiatives. Learn from 15 years of best practices and understand why political commitment remains essential for the success of the National Innovation Strategy. You're still on time to register and gain firsthand insights into the challenges and latest trends in developing a national strategy for public procurement of innovation from an institutional perspective. Register now 👉https://lnkd.in/dg5KNn_Z #DecisionMakers #ProcureInnovation #EUtraining #Trainingopportunity

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Pillar 2: Inmediate Steps Needed. See below in Spanish language but also this english version link in case Spanish subsidiaries and branches of foreign groups in our country need to share with their colleagues or headquarters abroad... https://lnkd.in/deZSttiw

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Recent elections to the European Parliament have been now reflected by main commentators in the main media outlets. What is often missing in the generalist outputs is the specificity of concrete implications of the elections on concrete sectors of the economy. Three remarkable journalists specialising on reporting on competition and the digital economy matters – Javier Espinoza (Financial Times), Samuel Stolton (Bloomberg News) and Lewis Crofts (MLex) are not only very competent and eloquent – they also sense the trends before they become mainstream and share their views in an easy-going, friendly and informal way. It is our second panel. The recording of the one organised last year is available here ––> https://lnkd.in/eTQYrQxW In the new one, which we recorded just a few days ago (available here ––> https://lnkd.in/eiGMiDMY) Lewis, Samuel and Javier offer a great deal of really insightful reflections on the implications of the elections on the DMA and beyond. We discussed in particular: 🔎 What overarching goal of the new Commission will likely to be 🔎 Will there be an appetite for more legislation or rather will the focus be placed on strengthening the enforceability of the existing ones 🔎 Have the main MEPs-protagonists of the DMA been re-elected and what their agenda will likely to be? 🔎 Will the signs of the shift to the right have their implications in the area of digital markets 🔎 The contours of a new industrial policy in the area of the digital economy 🔎 How important the political leadership for enforcing the DMA is and who the main candidates for these steering roles are likely to be? 🔎 Who will be briefing the Commissioners responsible for enforcing the DMA 🔎 Will the digital agenda remain at the frontpages of the main media 🔎 What is the most boring name an antitrust journalist can mention to their news editors 🔎 The DMA fatigue? 🔎 The clash of EU mottos 🔎 What did the CEO of Ericsson said about Europe 🔎 Is Europe competitive globally – looking at the West and at the East 🔎 The impact of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation 🔎 Is all innovation good innovation 🔎 Does Europe (qua EU & UK) need their own digital infrastructure or should we make the current infrastructure controllers to comply 🔎 The D-(-ivestiture)-word 🔎 Recommendations to academics intending to increase visibility of their research 🔎 Recommendations to students 🎞 NEW video: https://lnkd.in/eiGMiDMY Previous 68th episode (published last Tuesday) offers an interview with Prof. Damien Gérard, Prosecutor General of the Belgian Competition Authority: On Competition Policy ––> https://lnkd.in/edK7ZT3u Next 70th episode will be released next Tuesday. We will publish an interview with Ori Schwartz the Head of the OECD Competition Division. A chronological list of all 69 episodes is available in the first comment to the video.

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The EC 🇪🇺 has published the last of 9 recommendations and guidance documents to support EU countries' work in transposing the revised #EnergyEfficiency Directive into national law and implementing it in practice. 🔗 https://europa.eu/!YX7dTp #EUGreenDeal #REPowerEU

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Great topic !!! The challenges of mobility in a big metropolis. How can we profit from the new options without generating disorder and safety risks? Intelligent Community Forum Institute Canada (Atlantic) Intelligent Community Forum

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Meritxell ens recorda la importància d’un bon fonament. 🏗️ Nosaltres, estem aquí per assegurar que el teu projecte sigui sòlid i reeixit. ✨ Feliç Diada Nacional! 🔊 Meritxell reminds us of the importance of a good foundation. 🏗️ We are here to make sure your project is solid and successful. ✨ Happy National Day!🔊 #Meritxell #Andorra #delegatedproperty #financialfreedom #realestateinvestment #assetmanagement #investwisely #propriétédéléguée #investissementimmo #patrimoinegéré #liberté

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Demà el basetià Marc Castells i Olivella participarà a la "Conference - Business and Inequality: Rethinking ownership, governance and rewards to prevent societal collapse" que organitza l'IESE Business School en la taula rodona titulada "Rewarding People Fairly Along the Value Chain" La jornada està pensada per a bussiness liders que estiguin disposats a fer passos concrets cap a pràctiques empresarials més equitatives, sostenibles i conscients. Registra't aquí ⬇️ ACCIÓ Generalitat de Catalunya Capitalismo Consciente España - Conscious Capitalism Spain 

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Really useful work by the OECD on trust in public institutions. This is one of the few pieces I have seen that moves beyond just presenting trends and diagnostics to identify pathways to solutions. #publicadministration #politics.

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El basetià Marc Castells participarà el 19 de setembre a "Conference - Business and Inequality: Rethinking ownership, governance and rewards to prevent societal collapse" que organitza l'IESE Business School en la taula rodona titulada "Rewarding People Fairly Along the Value Chain" La jornada està pensada per a bussiness liders que estiguin disposats a fer passos concrets cap a pràctiques empresarials més equitatives, sostenibles i conscients. Registra't aquí ⬇️ ACCIÓ Generalitat de Catalunya Capitalismo Consciente España - Conscious Capitalism Spain 

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If you want to know why I’ve recommended the cross-industry summit named ES2030 in the past, here is an article describing the June 2024 event: https://lnkd.in/gA8u4jZk

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The European Council is in the final stages of agreeing on the EU strategic agenda for the period 2024-2029, the document that will guide the political priorities of the next legislature and the next EU Budget. Nothing in the previous strategy prepared the EU to face a pandemic or a war at its borders, but the political guidelines agreed made clear that the energy transition and climate policies would have a central role. Defense expenditure will now take priority, according to the draft of the new Strategic Agenda, seen by LaVanguardia. The details of how to modulate these efforts and accommodate other political and financial priorities divide the EU-27, as we witnessed at the March summit, where Pedro Sánchez and Donald Tusk clashed over the language the EU should use to convey a message of urgency to its population without falling into warmongering and scaremongering. The latest paper circulated by Charles Michel among the EU leaders has some strong language on defense as it states that, in the future, the EU will “mobilize all necessary instruments to ensure our defense readiness, our capacity to act and our security, increase substantially European defense spending” and “improve the conditions for the scaling up of the European defense industry and improve access to public and private finance, including through the EIB”. The document is the result of the debate held by the EU-27 leaders at the Granada summit, different European Councils, and in small discussion groups such as the one held last week in Warsaw, an informal dinner attended by the leaders of Poland, Spain, Greece, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Estonia. Enlargement also appears as a matter of “security” for the EU, and it is proposed to enhance the financial incentives to make it go forward, though next time new member states may enter in a “gradual manner”. The draft barely mentions environmental policies, but defends “ensuring our food security through a vibrant agriculture sector”. For the Spanish Government, the language on climate is too weak, and they would like to see it reinforced. The next European Council meetings will be crucial to defining this strategic policy paper, which will be the basis of the next Multiannual Financial Framework. You can read my last week’s report here.

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🌊 Lessons from Valencia, Spain and Boscastle, UK Floods 🌊 The recent 2024 devastating flood in Valencia, as well as the catastrophic 2004 Boscastle flood, highlight the critical lessons we must learn about flood management in urban built-up areas, particularly in situations involving flooded vehicles, which is potentially underscoring the complexities and dangers of urban flooding. A pioneer research by Teo F.Y. (2010) together with Roger Falconer FREng at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd delved into the stability of modern vehicles in floodwaters, providing valuable insights into both events. Many subsequent studies on the interaction of vehicles and floodplain flows have demonstrated how flooded vehicles can act as significant obstructions, changing flood dynamics, and increasing flood hazard risks. Understanding these interactions is critical for developing effective flood mitigation strategies and ensuring urban safety. As we reflect on these tragic events, it's imperative to carry out further research with application of nature-based solutions to build more resilient communities and infrastructures. 🌍💧 #FloodManagement #UrbanSafety #ClimateChange #ValenciaFloods #BoscastleFlood #NatureBasedSolutions #ResilientCommunities

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Looking back on an intense week in Bilbao on the subject of (maritime) logistics and the energy transition. Our HSBA study trip included visits to major companies and institutions in the region that are playing a key role in shaping the energy transition and the transformation of the port. These included Petronor/Alba, the Basque Energy Cluster, the CSP Terminal Bilbao, the Port of Bilbao, the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BIMEP) and Navacel. Conclusion: The energy transition is also a key driver of change in Spanish ports. The challenges are similar to those in Germany: there is only limited space available for new settlements in the alternative energy sector, the further automation of terminals requires extensive resources and the economic viability of hydrogen projects remains a major challenge. Nevertheless, the direction is clear: the Port of Bilbao is ready to make its contribution to the energy transition and to break new, sustainable ground in maritime logistics. #hsba #bilbao #cspspain #petronor #bimep

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Following Spain’s move to provide political Asylum to Venezuela’s president select, Ednundo Gonazalez, Venezuela’s Jorge Rodriguez made a call to break relations with Spain. Rodriguez demanded the expulsion of all Spanish diplomatic corps and businesses including stopping all commercial flights. Jorge Rodriguez is the President of Venezuela’s National Assembly of Venezuela. This isn’t a crazy move made by Rodriguez. It is a calculated step to ensure that the Venezuela President elect, Edmundo Gonzalez, isn’t able to return to Venezuela from Spain. It’s also a move to take away media attention from the recent cocaine shipment interdicted bound to Africa and Europe. Jorge Rodriguez is the same person who maintained all of the secret negotiations with the U.S. government and negotiated Alex Saab’s release through a prisoner exchange in December of 2023. Just last week, a Mexican and a U.S. Gulfstream jet conducted a 10 ton cocaine onload in Venezuela’s Apure and flown to Africa. A Gulfstream jet XA-SBT was confiscated with 2600 kilos of cocaine in Guinea Bissau while the U.S. jet, N2HC, remains unlocated. https://lnkd.in/ecXyC8nS #aviation #gulfstream #cocaine #venezuela #asylum #spain #diplomacy #colombia #petro

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In March 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) finalized the first rules for crypto-asset service providers (#CASPs). Shortly after, in July, the CNMV published guidelines on implementing #MiCA for companies seeking authorization to provide crypto-asset services and for financial entities wishing to offer these services. This publication meets one of the objectives of the CNMV’s 2024 Plan of Activities, which aims to help financial intermediaries prepare for the upcoming #MiCA Regulation. 📅 This effort by the CNMV aims to align Spain with European standards, fostering Spanish companies' entry into the European crypto market and enhancing #innovation, investor #protection, and market #integrity. 🤝 💼 💬 What are your thoughts on the future of the crypto market in #Spain? 🔭 How do you see the future of the crypto market in #Europe? Share your thoughts as we navigate this transformative period. ⛓

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#EUCOMMISSION# STUDIES #COUNTERVALINGDUTIES# ON CHINEESE EL#ECTRICCAR# PRODUCERS BY U#NFAIRSUVSIDIES#, WHAT IS WRONG WITH #WTO# RULES ON SUVSIDIES? I share this EU Commission Press Note: “Commission investigation provisionally concludes that electric vehicle value chains in China benefit from unfair subsidies Brussels, 12 June 2024 As part of its ongoing investigation, the Commission has provisionally concluded that the battery electric vehicles (BEV) value chain in China benefits from unfair subsidisation, which is causing a threat of economic injury to EU BEV producers. The investigation also examined the likely consequences and impact of measures on importers, users and consumers of BEVs in the EU. (…)” https://lnkd.in/dQjUQEMF Some mouths ago EU Commission appelled ti WTO ruelwa on unfair subsidies for Chinesse Goverment . Nevertheless , as we can see in this press oficial report now it thinking in the application of more direct measures as countrvailling duties on Chinesse electric car producers. Ir means tan the WTO specific rules on unfair subsidies are not efficient ti solve the comercial conflic. It is a new atep in a comercial war tan is always dangerous for both cometitots but maybe rhere is no othrt option, We Will see. Q&A_: https://lnkd.in/durbiEVi

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📌 "Talgo and the mutual national interest, in in 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain and the 🇪🇺 EU", my newest article at Agenda Pública. "In the coming years, European railway systems will have to manage the coexistence of at least three major gauge systems —the international, the Russian, and the Spanish— while working towards harmonising standards by adopting the highest and most efficient ones. Talgo faces huge growth opportunities, but significant investment is needed to ensure the company’s survival and its ability to deliver quality service and products. Talgo needs a strong and reliable international partner. This is a matter of national interest —not just for Spain and Germany, but, given current geopolitics, for the broader interests of the European Union". "InnoTrans is starting in a few days at Messe Berlin. This will be one of the key topics to discuss". Adam Casals 👉 Link to the article: https://lnkd.in/d4JpRdzi #innovation #public #transportation #infrastructure #railways #sustainability #climatecrisis #standards #cargo #freight #passengers #commute #Europe

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ECPS Commentary The EP Elections in Spain: A New Composition of the Radical-right? By Dr. Hugo Marcos-Marne A major concern before the European Parliament (EP) elections was the electoral strength of the radical right and, relatedly, the ability of mainstream parties to resist electorally. Overall results for the 27 member states indicate the consolidation of radical-right parties as a significant electoral force, but also show that mainstream center-left and center-right parties retained enough power to secure a majority in the EP. However, aggregate results often mask different or even divergent dynamics, highlighting that EP elections have had heterogeneous outcomes across European Union (EU) countries. This commentary focuses on the results and effects of the EP elections in Spain. Continue Reading: https://lnkd.in/dbt3GY-T

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