GIESA (Gabinete de Iniciativas Europeas, S.A. - “Cabinet for European Initiatives”) is a consultancy company located in Seville (Andalusia, Southern Spain). With a multidisciplinary team made up by Agricultural Engineers, Industrial Engineers, Lawyers and Business Managers & Administrators, GIESA has over 27 years of experience working with key Spanish companies from the agricultural, agri-food, biotechnology and environmental sectors. Since its beginning, GIESA has been governed by the following core values: - Craftsmanship: custom-made projects and solutions. - European orientation, which lead to the creation of the company in 1987 - Long-term client relationships: we focus on Clients, not on Projects. - Professionalism: we only participate in those initiatives we assess as potentially successful. The main fields of activity of GIESA are: - R&D&i Management and Innovation Support and Brokerage Services - Legal Services on Water and the Environment - Engineering &Consultancy Services for the Agri-Food sector - Audit and Engineering on Energy Efficiency - Management of European Funding Opportunities: Operational Programmes for Fruit & Vegetables Producers Organisations. - Renewable Energies projects, with a strong focus on biomass and biogas: engineering, management, involvement of investors… GIESA acts as an Innovation Broker, conducting innovation brokerage services in the biotechnology, agricultural, agri-food and bioenergy sectors and providing its Clients with custom-made R&D&i Management Services, they including: - Identification and programming of priority R&D&i lines and of best funding opportunities - Creation of linkages between relevant stakeholders: private organizations (particularly SME), research centres, public authorities, technology clusters… - Project formulation and submission to specific calls - Technical and administrative management and monitoring of the project