 The
“Capacity Building for the LAC Southern Cone Industrial Sector: Leveraging
the Italian Private Sector and Business Development Expertise.” Project
ended on July 2nd 2004; and has resulted in several positive outcomes for Argentina
and Uruguay SME entrepreneurs. For more information on this project please click
here
(PDF 133 kb). Information also available in Spanish.Two
of the outcomes were: (a) In Argentina - Knowledge Sharing on SMEs’ related
issues; and (b) In Uruguay - “Round Table” between Italy and Uruguay’s
Software industry. In Argentina: The Project has encouraged the Argentina
entrepreneurs to compare their sector with other countries’ realities, and
also to “come to terms” with their sectors’ shortcomings. The
opportunity of comparing ideas with foreign entrepreneurs has encouraged the Argentina
SME: (a) to seek partnerships with Italian entrepreneurs; and (b) to promote a
national SME network to achieve (i) effective distribution channels; and (ii)
to improve their productive methods . It should be highlighted that during
an off - line session an Italian textile machine manufacturer provided technical
assistance to an Argentinean guanaco (textile) producer to improve his production.
In Uruguay: A “Round Table” with the aim of sharing knowledge
and possibly creating partnerships took place between the Italian and Uruguay
Information Technology /Software sector. The following institutions and
organizations participated in the “Round Table”: Polytechnic of Milan
(Italy), Agency for the development of North of Italy (Italy) , PROMOS ( Special
Agency for the Milan Chamber of Commerce), Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology,
ORT University (Uruguay).
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