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The Enterprise Europe Network (ΕΕΝ), is organizing a Brokerage Event in the framework of the 26th International Water and Environment Exhibition “SMAGUA 2023”, in Zaragoza, Spain, 7-9 March 2023.

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), as a member of ΕΕΝ, invites Cypriot companies and organizations active in water and environmental issues to participate in this exhibition as they will have the opportunity to meet leading companies in the industry and explore new technologies, equipment, and good practices.

Specifically, in the framework of “SMAGUA 2023”, EEN will provide the possibility of pre-arranged meetings on 7-8 March 2023 with international organizations and professionals in the following areas:

• Water treatment and storage
• Waste treatment and management
• Instrumentation, analysis, and automation
• Engineering and consulting companies
• Environment and Energy
• Street cleaning and maintenance
• Energy recovery and solid materials
• Remediation of contaminated soils
• Air pollution and gas purification
• Other equipment

To register for the EEN Brokerage Event and for more information click HERE.

More information about the International Exhibition “SMAGUA 2023” can be found HERE.

You can find HERE the program of the exhibition.

We would like to inform you that the invitations for the 2023-2024 Work Programs, Cluster 2 “Culture, Creativity, and Inclusive Society” and Cluster 4 – Digital Technologies, Industry, Space, within the framework of the European Program “Horizon Europe,” have been announced.

Regarding Cluster 2, the following relevant events will take place:

• 17 January: Online Info-day
• 18 January 2023: Online networking event to find associates/establishment of cooperation Furthermore, in cooperation with the NCP_WIDERA-NET project, of the National Contact Points on “Widening Participation and Strengthening the ERA,” the participants will have the opportunity to be informed about additional opportunities, like the Hop on Facility, regarding Widening countries, like Cyprus, travel grants for participation in networking events or study visits and other opportunities.
• 19 January 2023: Online event to preview proposals

For more information, please contact the national contact points:

• Cluster 2: Katerina Karakasidou-Malla 22 205036, kkarakasidou@research.org.cy
• Cluster 4: Angelos Ntantos 22 205033, antantos@research.org.cy

We would like to inform you that any businesses that wish to apply to the Export Helpdesk Service (EHD) for the promotion of their products and services abroad, will have to declare their interest again by 31/01/2023.

 The Export Helpdesk Service operates at the Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Industry as part of the overall effort for further penetration of Cypriot products and services into foreign markets. This service aims at a more targeted promotion of domestic exports through the contacts that the Ministry’s 16 Trade Centers, which currently cover 44 countries, make with importers.

In particular, the Export Helpdesk covers the following countries:

1. Athens (covers Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy)
2. Warsaw (covers Poland, Latvia, Lithuania)
3. Berlin (covers Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland)
4. Beirut (covers Lebanon, Syria)
5. Vienna (covers Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia)
6. Cairo (covers Egypt, Jordan)
7. London (covers United Kingdom, Ireland)
8. New Delhi (covers India)
9. Moscow (covers Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan)
10. Dubai (covers United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar)
11. New York (covers USA, Canada)
12. Paris (covers France, Spain, Belgium, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia)
13. Beijing (covers China)
14. Tel Aviv (covers Israel, Palestine)
15. Tehran (covers Iran, Pakistan)
16. Tokyo (covers Japan)

Before applying to the Export Helpdesk, interested businesses are advised to conduct a preliminary study of the export prospects of their products and services concerning their readiness to export.

For countries not covered by the Trade Centers (TC), EHD officials send data on potential importers for certain products and services for certain countries covered by their databases.

It is also noted that our Commercial Advisor in China asks companies interested in promoting their products/services in this country to have the profile of their company and products in Chinese and to send samples to the TC to promote them to potential importers.

For further information and applications, interested Cypriot companies can contact the Export Helpdesk at 22867118/209/155, fill in the following forms, and send them online to the following addresses: epitsillidou@meci.gov.cy, lkarkoti@meci.gov.cy, andakaramanis@meci.gov.cy

In addition, a series of webinars are planned to provide participants with comprehensive information about their activity in foreign markets.

For this purpose, you can select the countries you are interested in and inform the responsible officials at the above addresses.

• United States
• United Kingdom
• Germany
• Israel
• Japan
• China

The Application Form can be found HERE and the Responsibility Declaration HERE.

Business Opportunities:

You can express your interest to the following profiles:

• A Cypriot company that produces high quality olive products is looking for potential companies under commercial and supplier agreement: HERE
• A Cypriot company which operates slaughterhouses is looking for potential companies under supplier agreement: HERE
• Cypriot manufacturer and distributor company of quality packing products for the pharmaceutical, veterinary, cosmetic and food industries is looking for potential partners under commercial, supplier and outsourcing agreement: HERE
• A Cypriot company, dealing with organic beekeeping and producing natural beehive cosmetic products, is looking for agents and distributors: HERE
• Cypriot manufacturer of quality PVC gaskets, rigid plastics accessories and rigid PVC extrusion profiles for the wood and construction market is looking for potential partners under supplier agreement: HERE

Establishing collaborations with Cypriot Companies

The purpose of this newsletter is to inform you about the business opportunities in the Cyprus Market.

A brief look at the Cyprus economy and the sectors with the greatest growth will help you obtain a more complete picture of the local market.

For any question don’t hesitate to get in touch with us by e-mail: eency@ccci.org.cy or tel.: +357 22 88 97 49/52/69.

Cyprus economy
Cyprus is located in the northeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea, at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa. Cyprus has been a member of the EU since 2004. The Cyprus economy is free-market economy, mainly based on services. The IMF expects growth of 3.5 per cent for 2022 and 2.5 per cent for 2023, while the European Commission’s forecasts refer to economic growth of 3.2 per cent and 2.1 per cent respectively.

Growth Sectors
All sectors of the economy are important however priority is foreseen to the following sectors in order to address the global and local challenges of the future—including digitalization, automation and climate change:

• Tertiary Education
• Renewable Energy
• Agriculture & Agritech
• Tourism
• Light Manufacturing
• Maritime & Shipping
• ICT