At the last meeting of the Projects Committee a number of new projects received support. These were:

UK - Think tank event - to develop a code of practice on intellectual property
UK - FESPA link event with AEDES during FESPA Digital in Barcelona including factory visits

Belgium - Febelgra Headquarters project - to establish a special feature entrance promoting FESPA
Belgium - Sustainability project for printers

Czech Republic - Reklama 2012 project - Czech Association to participate in Reklama show in March           

Spain - Project to promote Aedes at FESPA digital 2012 
Spain - Telemarketing for Spanish seminars


Turkey - Series of seminars on new techniques in screen and digital
Turkey - Set up of screen and digital workshop in Ankara High school


Serbia - Seminar in belgrade in March

Slovakia - colour separation and special effects workshop in February in Kosice
Slovakia - Digital workshops for students

Bulgaria - Serigraphy training print shop facility
Bulgaria - colour management seminar


Finland - Serpa 2012 in September 2012              

UK narrow web flexo press manufacturer joins growing list of vendors to gain quality recognition.

The most recent projects committee was held in London at the end of October with a number of new and innovative projects being supported.

The projects committee met in Budapest in March and over a long day considered 24 projects submitted by our Associations. Of these we agreed to support a wide range of projects including: a conference and networking event in the Netherlands on 13th October (for more details contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )as well as support for a seminar in Slovakia, also in October on 7th and 8th in Piestany. The Slovak Association is also receiving support for the organisation of screen and digital printing workshops  focusing on special effects. These workshops will take place in April, June and November.

In Belgium we are supporting Febelgra with a "Print 2 day" in June, a number of interactive e-marketing workshops as well as some interactive innovation workshops. For more infor4mation please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .Over in Finland we will be supporting SERPA in having a presence at Finn Visual in September, undertaking a member recruitment campaign as well as a Finnish market survey and  Finnish economy survey. We also supported the translation of the FESPA Economy survey into Finnish. For more information please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  Support was also given to the Czech Association to help with costs enabling them to exhibit at the Brno trade fair in May, for details contact the new secretary, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Finally, a UK think tank event was also supported, a special small event aimed at top printers to consider and discuss lean manufacturing and working together to share resources.  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   A number of tthe other proposals require more information to be provided before a decision can be made.  If you want more information on any of these projects please contact the relevant FESPA secretary or of course contact me, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

The first FESPA European Congress involving FESPA member associations has taken place at The Egg in Brussels, Belgium, attracting over 80 delegates. Focusing on the theme “Continuing to Innovate”, the event looked at the latest innovations in ink, digital technologies, green issues, sustainability, communication in print and sales and marketing.

Last Friday, (19th November) my colleagues and I from FESPA Corporate (Nigel, Chris R. and Richard – a new member of the team), hosted the very first European Congress in Brussels. It would seem from feedback of delegates that the Congress was a great success with 95% saying that they thought it represented great value and 98% saying that they would come to another event.

19 November 2010 - FESPA European Congress 2010
Brussels, Belgium
http://www.fespa.com/european-congress/

The FESPA European Congress, 19th November 2010 in Brussels, will deliver a series of high level, specific industry focussed sessions, providing critical information on vital issues, to inspire delegates to innovate their businesses in northwest Europe.

Time for an update from me and time for some dialogue with members of the FESPA community.

Last week I was involved in the 6th International FESPA supported seminar organised by the Slovak Association in Piestany Slovakia. It was fantastic weather and we also had some brillian contributions from a range of great speakers. You will be able to find a detailed report on the FESPA website soon.

FESPA Secretary (Belgium) - and Economic Adviser to Febelgra: Valérie Vercammen

Please introduce yourself

My name is Valérie Vercammen. I’m 35 years old and married to Erik and we have a 5-year old little boy: Loïk. We live in Brussels. Belgium is a federal state with 3 regions: Flanders (Flemish=Dutch-speaking), Wallonia (French-speaking) and Brussels (bi-lingual). I’m not a typical Belgian, since I can’t call myself neither Flemish neither Walloon: my father was Flemish and my mother is Walloon (with Italian roots). We spoke both French and Dutch at home.
I love learning different languages: it opens up doors for you when you are abroad and you can speak with people in their own language. That’s why I learned English and German at university and Spanish and Italian during evening language courses.
In my spare time I love to cook for friends and family, I read a lot, I enjoy walking in the country and I like travelling abroad to discover other cultures.
Since January 2007, I’m working as economic advisor for Febelgra, the Belgian Printer’s association.

Tailored programme addresses needs of printers in Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, France and UK

FESPA is hosting its first European Congress on 19th November 2010 in Brussels, with the support of six of FESPA’s national member associations in north-western Europe.