EMF issued a Position Paper on the Future of the EU-Latin American ICT dialogue

EMF issued a Position Paper on the Future of the EU-Latin American ICT dialogue, in view of the EU-LAC Summit to be held in Santiago de Chile in January 2013. Key recommendations for both sides of the Atlantic include: 

• Creating a framework to develop collaborative agendas in areas of mutual interest to create win-win scenarios; 
• Fostering the ICT dialogue at all levels, including grass root level; 
• Supporting SMEs as important actors in the innovation value chain and as drivers of the economy and employment; 
• Foster cross-stakeholder collaboration; 
• Promote the use of ICT at all levels for an ubiquitous access to knowledge and information; 
• Continue the fruitful collaboration under the motto "united in diversity". 

Position Paper (in Spanish only).

Bilateral Business Summits

ProMexico, the Mexican Government's investment and trade promotion trust organises its bilateral business summits for companies from Central and Eastern Europe interested in the Mexican market. The next main event for the German speaking world takes place in Cologne on 3-5 June 2012. 

Companies interested to participate can register at : Bilateral Business Summit registration. A final event will take place on 27-28 September in León, Guanajuato, Mexico.

More information about the programme.

More information about the Bilateral Business Summit Series.

AMERICAS - the new initiative to foster ICT cooperation between the EU and Latin America

EMF is partner in AMERICAS, the third of a series of EU FP7-ICT funded projects to reinforce ICT cooperation between EU and Latin America. The project aims at supporting sustainable ICT policy dialogues and fostering ICT R&D cooperation between the EU and strategic partner countries in Latin America, by enabling new synergies and effective collaboration through policy makers, researchers and key stakeholders networks, including e-infrastructures. The AMERICAS project covers all countries with a bi-lateral S&T Agreement with the EU (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico) plus Colombia.

Key activities foreseen to reinforce the ICT cooperation between EU and Latin America:
•    One-day Master Class in each Latin America target country (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Colombia) to familiarise potential partners with EU funding mechanisms.
•    Two Project Angels summer schools to reinforce the existent Project Angels Network in Latin America.
•    Support of the ICT policy dialogue between the EU and Latin America through an Annual ICT Forum, the first being scheduled for 16 March 2012 in Santiago de Chile.
•    Develop synergies between e-Infrastructures and ICT activities in Latin America

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