Latin America at the ICT2013 event

Latin American countries will be present at the ICT2013 event, in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6-8 November, 2013, through a networking session and an exhibition stand.

Networking Session International Cooperation: Emerging Economies

Room H1F, 07/11/2013 (11:00-11:45)

“Enhancing ICT cooperation with emerging economies in Latin America” by Yolanda Ursa (INMARK, Spain) and Rosa Wachenchauzer (MINCYT, Argentina).

Exhibition“EU-LAC Gateway on ICT cooperation / ALCUE NET and Latin American LiaisonOffices”

Stand number 02.06 (International area)

The EU-LAC Gateway stand is a joint initiative between ALCUE NET project (Latin America, Caribbean and European Union Network on Research and Innovation) and the four Latin American EU liaison offices (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico).

The Workshop on Joint Strategies for EU-LAC Cooperation in ICT R&I was celebrated in Buenos Aires on 11th September 2013

The Workshop on joint strategies for future cooperation initiatives between Europe and Latin America was organized by the AMERICAS project, with the support of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of Argentina (MINCyT) through the National Directorate of International Relations, and the European Commission.

During the workshop, the findings of the “Feasibility Study on joint strategies for future cooperation initiatives between Europe and Latin America” carried out by the AMERICAS project were presented. The focus of the discussions was the existing conditions to set-up new strategies for cooperation between both regions in the field of ICT, in particular four key topics:

• Financing mechanisms for ICT R&D in Latin America 
• Thematic priorities for the implementation of bilateral coordinated calls & other joint strategies 
• New International Cooperation schemes in Horizon 2020 
• Bi-regional Capacity Building for EU-LAC cooperation 

The event brought together funding agencies from Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Colombia, EC representatives, R&D policy makers, leading Universities and ICT stakeholders from Latin America and Europe.

For more information download the agenda in English and Spanish and download the presentations of the workshop (in Spanish).

1. Towardsnew International Cooperation schemes in Horizon 2020 (Jean-Yves Roger, DG CONNECT,European Commission)
2. Feasibility Study on jointstrategies for future EU-LAC cooperation initiatives (Yolanda Ursa, INMARK)
3. Financing mechanisms for ICT R&D cooperation in Latin America (Ivar Vargas, CONICYT and Margareta Mazura, EMF)
4. Thematicpriorities for the implementation of bilateral coordinated calls & otherjoint strategies (Miguel Gonzalez, Tecnologico de Monterrey)
5. Bi-regionalCapacity Building for EU-LAC cooperation (Monica Silenzi, MINCyT)
6. e-Infrastructures for academic and scientificuse in Argentina (Dr. Sergio Matheos, Sub secretary of InstitutionalCoordination, MINCyT)

Workshop “ICT for better living", Brussels 15 April 2013

The EU-LAC Senior Officials Working Group on ICT for Societal Challenges, with the support of the AMERICAS project, are organizing the workshop “ICT for better living: increasing welfare of the societies in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean”, which will be held in Brussels on the 15th of April, in the context of the Senior Officials Meeting (16th and 17th of April). The workshop will address four topics of ICT for Societal Challenges: e-Inclusion, e-Health, Living Labs and Smart Cities. 

The Senior Officials Working Group on ICT for Societal Challenges was created in 2011 in the frame of the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation (JIRI), endorsed by the European and Latin American and Caribbean Heads of State and Government at the 2010 Madrid Summit. The main objective of the Working Group is to enhance policy level cooperation on research and innovation in ICT between Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe. 

Objectives of the workshop 

• Share the initiatives of the Working Group to a wider range of experts and stakeholders. 
• Definition of joint research topics in ICT, in the light of future funding opportunities. 
• Explore possibilities of coordination of research initiatives and national funding instruments. 

Who should attend?

The workshop is oriented towards EU and LAC experts, ICT stakeholders, senior officials, funding agency representatives and ICT researchers from the academia and industry. 

Venue: Chilean Embassy in Belgium, Rue des Aduatiques 106, 1040, Brussels.

The agenda can be downloaded here  

To attend the Workshop on ICT for better living on 15 April 2013 in Brussels please register at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5934110083#

ICT, SMEs and Innovation - the winning formula for EU-LA collaboration

AquiEuropa, the on-line journal of EU News in the Spanish speaking world, published an interview with Margaretha Mazura, Secretary General of EMF about future EU-LAC (Latin American and Caribbean)  relations. With a GDP growth rate 3 to 6 times higher than Europe in 2011, Latin America becomes a powerful player in the global economy. Common challenges such as climate change, the environment as well as societal challenges are important on both sides of the Atlantic. To overcome these, EU and LA should join forces, also in view of the up-coming Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. New technologies, the facilitator for all, paired with the innovative force of SMEs may be the winning formula. The  EU-LAC Summit in Santiago in January 2013 will discuss these issues. 

Entrevista en español

The Santiago Summit facing the present global challenges, 24 April, Brussels

Organized by IRELAC and the Belgo Chilean chamber of commerce, the seminar "The Santiago Summit facing the present global challenges" will take place the 24 April in Brussels.

The purpose of the event is to analyse the challenges of bi-regional relations, to evaluate the observed results with respect to the expected targets and to identify the contribution of these bi-regional summits to the global governance.
 

 

 The main theme chosen for the seventh EU-LAC Summit is "alliance for a sustainable development: promoting investment in social and environmental value added". IRELAC tool the initiative to gather experts and stakeholders for the preparation of the Santiago Summit in order to analyse and discuss the development in both regions as well as in their relationsips. The value added of the Summit diplomacy will be assessed, discussing the obtained results and the challenges that Santiago Summit could meet in the perspective of strengthening the common interests of both regional blocks. It is of crucial interest for bi-regional relationships that this Summit meets the expectations of both policy makers and civil societies by making more tangible to public opinions the purpose of building a strategic partnership and demonstrating the useful realizations of the Summit diplomacy

For registration, contact: irelac@ichec.be or  genevieve.francois@chileanchamber.be
Download the programme