Convocatoria para proyectos de desarrollo tecnológico de PyMEs

Hasta el 19 de diciembre a las 12 horas está vigente la convocatoria del FONTAR para la adjudicación de Aportes No Reembolsables (ANR 800) destinados al financiamiento de proyectos de desarrollo tecnológico presentados por empresas PyMEs, en el marco del Programa de Innovación Tecnológica cofinanciado por el BID.

El objetivo del presente llamado consiste en financiar parcialmente iniciativas que tengan como meta mejorar las estructuras productivas y la capacidad innovadora de las empresas productoras de bienes y servicios de distintas ramas de actividad, mediante proyectos que conduzcan a generar innovaciones a nivel nacional de productos y/o procesos.

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European Union in negociation with Argentina about restrictive measures

The European Union launched a challenge to Argentina's import restrictions 4 days ago at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. It is first requesting consultations with Argentina in a bid to have these measures lifted.

The restrictive measures which negatively affect the EU's trade and investment include Argentina's import licensing regime and notably the procedures to obtain an import licence as well as the obligation on companies to balance imports with exports. Consultations give the EU and Argentina the opportunity to discuss the matter and to find a satisfactory solution without resorting to litigation. If no solution is found within 60 days, then the EU can request a WTO Panel to be established to rule on the legality of Argentina's actions.

Three measures which run contrary to WTO rules for a transparent, free and fair trading system will be discussed in particular :

▪ Argentina subjects the import of all goods to a pre-registration and pre-approval regime, called the "Declaración Jurada Anticipada de Importación" applied to all imports.

▪ Hundreds of goods also need an import license and are systematically delayed or refused on non-transparent grounds on the basis of these procedures.

▪ Argentina requires importers to balance imports with exports, or to increase the local content of the products they manufacture in Argentina, or not to transfer revenues abroad. In addition, this practice seems to be a condition for obtaining the license allowing imports of their goods. 

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ICT Forum 2011, 6 October, Buenos Aires

ABEST will coordinate through the PRO-IDEAL project, the ICT Forum 2011 on October 6 at Fundación Cassará (Av. de Mayo 1194, Ciudad de Buenos Aires) to analyse the cooperation of ICT research and development between Argentina and Europe, as well as to offer guidelines on the ICT policies and priorities status in Argentina. The event will be divided into two phases: 1) a general conference of half day to introduce the Argentina- EU ICT cooperation perspectives; the PRO-IDEAL PLUS project outcomes and objectives so far, and the Argentina?s R&D&i capacities: presentation of Argentinean ICT R&D&i projects; 2) at the end of the afternoon, the FP7-ICT project FIRST will be presented followed by the PLATA (Argentinean I+D+i Platform) general assembly.

ABEST was created in October 2005. It operates at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of the Nation (MINCyT), in the National Directorate of International Relations with co-funding of the European Union and the MINCyT.

PRO-IDEAL PLUS Project (its acronym stands for -Promotion of an ICT Dialogue between Europe and Latin America-) with the aim of promoting the ICT programme of FP7 in the region.

It is a completely free event targeted to professors, researchers, developers and users of ICT applications and services. Due to space restrictions, please confirm your participation to madavidziuk@mincyt.gov.ar

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Internet of Things (IoT) Workshop, 16 September, Buenos Aires

On September 16th, the Liaison Office Argentina - European Union (ABEST) and the CASAGRAS2 project organize the "Internet of Things (IoT) Workshop in Argentina" that is a pragmatic way to discuss with the Argentine community the IoT most relevant aspects as technical, social and economic, governance, standards, for the development of services and acceptance of the IoT by the society. The event will be held from 9.30AM to 7.30PM in Fundación Cassará (Av. de Mayo 1194, Ciudad de Buenos Aires). The meeting in Argentina was in a series of regional workshops raised in Sao Pablo, Bogota and Chile.

The CASAGRAS2 is an European Commission funded project within the Framework Programme 7 and its focus is the study of the fascinating field of the Internet of Things (IoT). International cooperation is seen as an imperative in the developments towards an appropriately governed, appropriately structured realisation of the Internet of Things.

ABEST was created in October 2005. It operates at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of the Nation (MINCyT), in the National Directorate of International Relations with co-funding of the European Union and the MINCyT.

It is a completely free event targeted to professors, researchers, developers and users of IoT applications and services. Due to space restrictions, please confirm your participation to abest@mincyt.gov.ar

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Fostering Science and Technology Cooperation Between the European Union and Argentina, 9 June, Buenos Aires

The International Policy dialogue conference on Information Society wants to enhance ICT research and collaboration between Argentina and the European Union. The event is organized by the Universidad de Palermo within the framework of the FORESTA Project.

More than 300 selected names of ICT stakeholders in Argentina covering Academia, Industry and Government sectors have been invited.

English-Spanish/Spanish-English translation service will be assured in order to allow everybody to have a full participation in the opening session and keynote speakers conferences, regardless their language abilities.

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