This is the Latin America and the Caribbean regional network, which belongs to the InfoDev Incubator Support Center. This platform aims to enhance and improve knowledge-sharing of business development professionals and organizations leveraging ICT to promote entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Esta es la Red Regional de Latino América y el Caribe, dentro del Centro de Apoyo a Incubadoras de InfoDev. Esta plataforma apunta a mejorar el intercambio de conocimientos de profesionales del desarrollo y organizaciones que utilizan las TICs para promover el emprendedorismo en Latino América y el Caribe.
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LAC network overview (2008)
23 August 2010 | This grant program contributes to the development of strong MIF partner institutions in the region by leveraging the wealth of knowledge accumulated by executing agency partners to replicate and scale up MIF successes. Up to 20 pilots projects are financed ove... More
Brazilian National Seminar 2010 - Call for Papers (by July 5, 2010) An opportunity to exchange experiences and studies, as well as discuss good practices and research projects around the topic of "E... More
MIF strengthens support for SMEs in LAC The MIF, an autonomous fund administered by the IDB, promotes the development of microenterprises and small and medium-size busin... More
Network member publishes "Diagnosis of the entrepreneurship situation in Central America" Carried out by Parque Tec, the first software incubator in Costa Rica and a member of infoDev's Global Network, the publication an... More
Results from INSME Annual Meeting on SME Innovation Bringing together over 190 people from 25 countries, the International Network for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (INSME) orga... More
Reports from First Regional Congress for Entrepreneurs in Latin America The First Regional Congress on "Entrepreneurs, Innovation and Knowledge Management" took place in Misiones, Argentina on April 15-... More
Have your say on iDISC.net Take part in our survey on infoDev's Incubator Support Center (iDISC) More
Global Network Welcomes 300th Member! infoDev's Global Network of Business Incubators welcomes it's 300th member to idisc.net! Elevaglobal is a business incubator based... More
Special Announcement: Save the Date for 4th Global Forum! infoDev’s 4th Global Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, in cooperation with the Government of Finland, will be held in Helsin... More
Harnessing the Transformational Power of ICTs for Development in Africa The World Bank signed an agreement with private and public sector partners to collaborate on a joint effort to improve the lives o... More
Brazilian technology entrepreneurship leads the way Brazil is poised to transform itself into a global leader in technology and entrepreneurship, says the CSMonitor.com. In a lead ar... More
Position Available: General Manager for the National Business Incubator of Nicaragua Call to hire a General Manager for the National Business Incubator of Nicaragua – INSPIRE. The General Manager will be in charge o... More
infoDev Study on Sustainable ICT Incubators in Sub-Saharan Africa Developing countries are increasingly embracing innovation and entrepreneurship as a key component of their social and economic de... More
CIE-TEC Enterprise Incubation Centre San José (Costa Rica) Awards Innovative Projects On 01 December 2009, the CIE-TEC Incubation Enterprise Centre of the Costa Rica Technological Institute, proclaimed the three winn... More
Colombian-Chilean infoDev internship: “In Colombia we use Chile as an example in matters of entrepreneurship” In the framework of the RedLAC internship program, Diego Sánchez of CREMAE in Medellín, Colombia, has visited the 3IE Institute of... More
Red LAC is an open network of Business Incubators, Technology Parks and other institutions promoting innovative entrepreneurship in the Latin America and Caribbean regions. The network identified five priorities areas to initiate its work: Entrepreneurship and TICs, Management of the incubation process, External support and networks, Evaluation and Public Policies.
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69 organizations in 19 countries throughout Latin America/Caribbean.
25 March 2009 | One of the greatest challenges that economic development poses for Chile has to do with strengthening the role that innovation plays both in already established and in newly-generated innovative enterprises. Based on detailed research, and with the purpose of ... More
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30 October 2007 | The 2007 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey measures entrepreneurial activity in 84 developing and industrial countries around the world over the period 2003-2005. This is the second such survey conducted by the World Bank, and incorporates improvements... More
16 May 2007 | In this 2nd Annual Scorecard on the venture capital and private equity (VC/PE) environment in 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries, the Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) chart the region's strengt... More
8 April 2008 | The fala Canoa! (Speak out) Newspaper was an initiative that stood out when the Vilas Canoas population detected the lack of community mass media that may facilitate the communication between the communities living in this low income neighbourhood. Under these... More
24 June 2009 | This annual report, published since 2005 by IESE Business School of Navarra University, refers to the situation of ICT in Latin America from a historical perspective. The ISI functions as a barometer for the evolution of both its use and the areas around infor... More
24 June 2009 | This document by IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) gathers all results of IGBE industrial, commercial and service sector surveys, as well as imports and exports records. The purpose is to analyse the relative significance of the TIC sector... More
24 June 2009 | This document by Fundacion Idea and USAID studies different conceptual mechanisms which could promote innovation in PYMES (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises). It includes eight different case studies, and analyzes the criteria for programs selection and the i... More
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20 October 2008 | The entrepreneurial skills potential of women is significant because women play a predominant role in microenterprise sector. As half of the adult population, they can consistently contribute to enlarging and enforcing entrepreneurship, by demonstrating their ... More
18 March 2008 | This paper presents the basis of the methodology proposed by the Technological Incubator of Popular Cooperatives (ITCP). The objective of the paper is to feature general guidelines related with the process of incubation of popular coperatives, so that they can... More
11 April 2007 | This document evaluates the results of a recent experience of support to the innovation in Central America, the Fund for the Technological and Entrepreneurial Modernization of Panama (FOMOTEC). Moreover, these are compared with those of the National Fund of Te... More
11 April 2007 | This document presents a series of recommendations aimed at guiding the people working at the Inter-American Development Bank and the execution agencies in the identification, design, approval, execution and evaluation process related to competitivity programs... More
11 April 2007 | This report explores the dynamics of public-private partnerships in the design, execution and evaluation of small enterprise support programs in the Region. Based on seven case studies, the report highlights the increasingly important role that the private sec... More
11 April 2007 | Programs and policies to foster entrepreneurship are increasingly being promoted in Latin America and the Caribbean. Small municipalities, civil society organizations and different government agencies are implementing initiatives to disseminate the entrepreneu... More
11 April 2007 | This document describes the activities performed by the BID group between 1990 and 2005 aimed at supporting the small and medium enterprises (SME). It includes, in its first chapter, a brief analysis of the importance of the SME in Latin America and the Caribb... More
11 April 2007 | This paper highlights the importance of youth entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by young entrepreneurs. The authors analyze the differences between youth who become entrepreneurs by necessity... More
11 April 2007 | The report explores the advances and lessons learned from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador and Peru as regards seed capital for financing new enterprises with high growth potential. After performing an inventory of the public and private financial instr... More
11 April 2007 | This study provides a quantitative description of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. It highlights the quality of the information available in the region and, in doing so, also identifies gaps in the data. The study... More
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13 May 2010 | The "Entrepreneurial Assistance Program", created by the National University of Engineering (UNI) of Nicaragua, offers business services to public and private entities involved in the entrepreneurial development of the country. | El "Programa de Asistencia Emp... More
6 April 2010 | "Suipit" es un software o aplicación 100% web que ayuda a gestionar de manera natural los proyectos de cualquier tipo de y tamaño, integrando a los equipos de trabajo, clientes, proveedores, etc. | "Suipit" is an online software that helps to manage any kind ... More
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See also: Presentations by Theme
Análise das Condições Locais Portuguese 3/11/2008
Análisis de las Condiciones Locales Spanish 3/12/2008
Apoyo Básico Ofrecido a Empresas Incubadas Spanish version 4/10/2008
Avaliação de Desempenho da Incubadora Portuguese 3/12/2008
Beneficios tecnológicos Spanish version 4/11/2008
Benefícios Tecnológicos Portuguese 3/13/2008
Capital de Investimento e Instituições Financiadoras Portuguese 3/13/2008
Captação de Recursos Portuguese 3/13/2008
Concurso de Plano de Negócios Portuguese 3/12/2008
Contratação de Serviços de Terceiros Portuguese 3/12/2008
Contratación de servicios a terceros Spanish 4/14/2008
Definição da Estrutura Organizacional Portuguese 3/7/2008
Definição da Figura Jurídica 3/7/2008
Definição do Estágio dos Empreendimentos Portuguese 3/7/2008
Definição do Foco da Incubadora Portuguese 3/7/2008
Definição do Local da Incubadora Portuguese 3/7/2008
Definição do Modelo da Incubador Portuguese 3/12/2008
Definição do Modelo Operacional da Incubadora Portuguese 3/7/2008
Definição do Propósito da Incubadora Portuguese 3/7/2008
El rol del directorio de la incubadora Spanish 4/14/2008
Evaluación del desempeño de la incubadora Spanish 4/14/2008
Factores de Éxito en Empresas Incubadas en INGENIO Spanish 5/8/2008
Ferramentas de TICs para Planejamento e Gestão de Empresas 3/7/2008
Gestão de Marketing e Relações Públicas Portuguese 3/12/2008
Gestão de Qualidade Portuguese 3/12/2008
Gestão de Recursos Humanos Portuguese 3/12/2008
Gestão do Planejamento, Acompanhamento e Avaliação Portuguese 3/12/2008
Gestão Estratégica Portuguese 3/13/2008
Gestão Financeira Portuguese 3/12/2008
Gestión de la calidad Spanish 4/14/2008
Gestión de la planificación, el seguimiento y la evaluación Spanish 4/14/2008
Gestión del marketing y de las relaciones públicas Spanish 4/14/2008
Gestión Estratégica Spanish 4/14/2008
Gestión financiera Spanish 4/14/2008
Graduação e Pós-Incubação Portuguese 3/12/2008
Herramientas de TICs para Planeamiento y Gestión de Empresas 3/7/2008
Identificação da Disponibilidade de Recursos Econômicos e Financeiros Portuguese 3/13/2008
Identificação das Justificativas, Benefícios e Vantagens da Implantação de uma Incubadora Portuguese 3/12/2008
Identificação dos Parceiros (Stakeholders) Portuguese 3/13/2008
Infra-estrutura Física Portuguese 3/12/2008
Instrumentos Motivacionais Portuguese 3/12/2008
Instrumentos motivacionales Spanish 4/14/2008
O Conselho da Incubadora Portuguese 3/13/2008
Planejamento Estratégico Portuguese 3/13/2008
Planejando a Incubadora Portuguese 3/12/2008
Plano de Negócios Portuguese 3/12/2008
Pós-Incubação Portuguese 3/12/2008
Proceso de contratación de empleados Spanish 4/14/2008
Processo de Contratação de Funcionários Portuguese 3/13/2008
Processo de Pré-Incubação Portuguese 3/12/2008
Processo de Seleção Portuguese 3/12/2008
Programa de Suporte Estratégico e Gerencial Portuguese 3/12/2008
Recaudación de fondos Spanish 4/14/2008
Serviços de Suporte Operacional Portuguese 3/12/2008
Suporte Básico Oferecido às Empresas Incubadas Portuguese 3/11/2008
Uso de TICs en la Gestión de Empresas Incubadas Spanish 3/7/2008
Uso de TICs na Gestão de Empresas Incubadas Portuguese 3/7/2008
“La Colaboración Global para Internacionalizar Emprendimientos Dinámicos Latinos”, Sebastían Melin.pdf 10/15/2008
Acelerador de Empresas de Panamá Una perspectiva diferente para desarrollar empresas dinámicas, Manuel Lorenzo.pdf 10/14/2008
Actividades realizadas en el contexto del proyecto infoDev RELAPI para apoyar y fortalecer RedLAC,.pdf 11/26/2007
AGROINNOVA, Angelica Mu¤oz Ponencia.pdf 11/26/2007
Associa‡ao Nacional das Entidades Promotoras de Empreendimentos Inovadores, ANPROTEC, Christiano Becker.pdf 11/26/2007
Business Incubator Initiatives in the Caribbean Region, Roshan Kumar.pdf 11/26/2007
CAF: Programas de Apoyo al Emprendimiento en la Región, Andrés Oneto.pdf 10/14/2008
Cambios en las Misiones y en las Imágenes de las Instituciones, Jorge Audy.pdf 11/19/2007
Caso Parque Tecnológico Teknia de Finlandia en Shangai, Ari Virtanen.pdf 11/19/2007
Concepto y Gestión de la Imagen: Parques y sus Empresas, Mauricio Guedes.pdf 11/19/2007
Desarrollo de un Ecosistema Emprendedor: La Experiencia de Uruguay, Manuel Bello.pdf 10/14/2008
Desarrollo Emprendedor Dinámico y Sostenible: El Rol Estratégico del Ecosistema, Hugo Kantis.pdf 10/14/2008
Desarrollo empresarial e innovación en Centroamerica a la luz de las tendencias globales. Experiencias de DESCA/GTZ, Stephan Heieck.pdf 10/15/2008
DICTUC, Un Modela de Incubacion Autosustenable, Soledad Fernandez.pdf 11/26/2007
Ejemplo de la Cooperaci¢n EU LAC en el marco del la incubacion y del emprendimiento, Caso de Chile, Josephine Arpaillange.pdf 11/26/2007
El financiamiento de Capital de Riesgo en Argentina, IECyT, Gabriel Jacobsohn.pdf 11/26/2007
Emprendimiento Dinámico: el Ecosistema es la Incubadora (OCTANTIS - Chile), Gabriel Hidalgo.pdf 9/22/2008
Emprendimientos de Base Tecnológica
En búsqueda del tiempo perdido: construyendo modelos brasileños de parques tecnológicos, Guilherme Ary Plonski.pdf 10/14/2008
Entrepreneurial Financing in the United States, Innovation Depot, Susan Matlock.pdf 11/26/2007
Estrategia de Parques e Incubadoras en los Países en Desarrollo, Luis Sanz.pdf 10/14/2008
Experiencia de una EBT Farmacéutica
Experiencia Octantis, Aldo Aspilcueta.pdf 11/26/2007
Financiamento a Emprendimientos, el caso Uruguay, Corporacion Nacional para el Desarrollo, Beatriz Moratorio.pdf 11/26/2007
Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones, FOMIN, Patricio Diaz.pdf 11/26/2007
Gerencia de Incubadoras de Empresas, Tips para la Gestion y Sostenibilidad, Maria Liliana Gallego.pdf 11/26/2007
Gobiernos Regionales y Locales en la Promoción de la Innovación, Felipe Romero.pdf 11/19/2007
Gobiernos Regionales y Locales en la Promoción de la Innovación, Hernán Bacarini.pdf 11/19/2007
Historia de éxito: ZELLTEK S.A.
IASP General Survey 2006 - 2007, Luis Sanz.pdf 11/19/2007
Incuba: Emprendiendo en Industrias Creativas - AYPIPT 2007.doc 3/17/2008
Incubadora de Empresas, Una Respuesta a los Emprenderodes, Carlos Lucero.pdf 11/26/2007
Incubadora KHEM de emprendimientos de base tecnologica, Andres Lalanne.pdf 11/26/2007
Incubadora Tecnologica de Cooperativas Populares, Brazil, Gonzalo Guimaraes.pdf 11/26/2007
Ingenio, Universidad ORT Uruguay, Manuel Bello.pdf 11/26/2007
Innovaci¢n, conocimiento y aprendizaje para el desarrollo, CEPAL, Anna Lisa Primi.pdf 11/26/2007
Innovación y Emprendedorismo Potenciado por TICs (infoDev), C. César Yammal.pdf 9/22/2008
Innovación y Emprendimiento en TICs, Fernando Castellanos.pdf 11/19/2007
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Escuela de Administración de Empresas. Centro de Incubación de Empresas CIE-TEC, Eugenia Ferreto.pdf 10/14/2008
International Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Chile, Victor Aguilera.pdf 11/26/2007
La articulación Universidad- Empresa dentro de los Parques Tecnológicos, Ing Gregorio Paluszny.pdf 10/14/2008
La Experiencia Brasilena en el Apoyo a Incubadoras y Parques Tecnologicos, Sebrae NA, Paulo Alvim.pdf 11/26/2007
La globalización de los emprendimientos: la experiencia mexicana, Jorge Zavala.pdf 10/14/2008
La Industria del Patentamiento, OTRI Chile, Rosario Retamal.pdf 11/26/2007
La Realidad de la Incubaci¢n en Am‚rica Latina y el Caribe, Modelos y Resultados, Juan Villalvazo.pdf 11/26/2007
Las Industrias complementarias a la Incubaci¢n, La Industria del Patentamiento, Maria Clara Lima.pdf 11/26/2007
Las Redes de Incubación y su Impacto en el Ecosistema del Desarrollo, Jaime Retamal Pinto.pdf 10/14/2008
Las Universidades Como Ancla de Parques Tecnológicos - La Experiencia Brasileña, Mauricio Guedes.pdf 10/15/2008
Modelo de Agencia de Desarrollo e Innovación Económico Territorial, Álvaro Bustos.pdf 11/19/2007
Modelo Extendido de Incubación de Empresas, Rolando Liendo.pdf 11/19/2007
NBIA Initiatives, Tracy Kitts.pdf 11/26/2007
Oportunidades y Escenarios para la Creacion de Incubadoras de Empresas, Mauricio Guedes.pdf 11/19/2007
Panel Sistemas de Incubación de EBT
Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía, Sonia Palomo.pdf 11/19/2007
Parques Industriales y Parques Tecnológicos: De la antinomia a la complementación. Esteban Cassin.pdf 10/14/2008
Parques Tecnológicos Rumbo a lo Desconocido, Luis Sanz.pdf 11/19/2007
Parques Tecnológicos: Plan, Objetivos y Líneas Estratégicas, Rafael Rivas de Benito.pdf 11/19/2007
ParqueSoft, John Restrepo Zapata.pdf 11/19/2007
ParqueTec, Incubadora de empresas, Marcelo Lebendiker.pdf 11/26/2007
Patentes de Invencao, Oportunidade para Pequenas Empresas de Alta Tecnologia, Roberto A Lotufo, UNICAMP.pdf 11/26/2007
PCT e Incubadora de EBT
Pol¡ticas de competitividad, innovaci¢n y desarrollo en el Uruguay Productivo.pdf 11/26/2007
Política Científica y Tecnológica de España, Rafael Rivas.pdf 11/19/2007
Políticas de Fomento a la Creación de Empresas, Incubación de Negocios y el Emprendimiento en Peru, CONCYTEC, Marco Salazar Gonzales.pdf 11/26/2007
Politicas Gubernamentales en Innovaction, Desarollo, Tecnologico, Emprendimiento e Incubacion en LAyC, Conclusiones.pdf 11/26/2007
Politicas y Programas Para la Promocion de la Innovaction y Competitividad en Chile, ChileIncuba, Alvaro Bustos.pdf 11/26/2007
Polo Tecnologico Bahia Blanca, Mariela Scudelati.pdf 11/26/2007
Portal de Emprendedores, Aceledador de Empresas de la Ciudad del Saber, Manuel Lorenzo.pdf 11/26/2007
PortoDigital, Fernando Saboya.pdf 11/19/2007
Programa de Apoyo a la Competitividad, CAF, German Rios.pdf 11/26/2007
Programa de Apoyo a la Competitividad, Marcela Benavides.pdf 11/19/2007
Programa Nacional de Desarollo Emprendedor, SEPYME, Pablo Angelelli.pdf 11/26/2007
Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean, Miguel Aldaz.pdf 10/15/2008
Proyecto E-quipu, Universidad Catolica del Peru, Eduardo Ismode.pdf 11/26/2007
Redes Innovación y Emprendimiento para el Desarrollo, Juan Villalvazo Naranjo.pdf 11/19/2007
Redes, Recepción de Innovación, Estructuras Multilocacionales, Carlos Galian.pdf 11/19/2007
Southern Angels, Red de Inversionistas, Fernando Prietof.pdf 11/26/2007
Tecnológicos_Una Experiencia Brasilera, Guilherme Ary Plonski.pdf 11/19/2007
Transferencia de Tecnología e Incubación de Empresas - Fundación Instituto Leloir
Una iniciativa para apoyar el desarrollo de Emprendimientos Tecnológicos y una cultura de Inversión de Riesgo, Marcos Troncoso.pdf 10/15/2008
Universidad de Costa Rica. Emprendimiento UCR. Una tarea aún pendiente … pero más viva que nunca, Luis Alonso Jimenez.pdf 10/14/2008
Universidad EARTH La Flor: Una Iniciativa de Innovación y Desarrollo. Carlos Murillo.pdf 10/14/2008
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA - Emprendedores), Alejandro Montalvo Morales.pdf 9/22/2008
Universidades y Ambientes de Innovación, Eduardo Ísmodes.pdf 11/19/2007
Universidades y Ambientes de Innovación, Mauricio Guedes.pdf 11/19/2007
Universidades y Ambientes de Innovación: El Caso de TecnoPUC, Jorge Audy.pdf 11/19/2007
GEM 2007 GLOBAL REPORT LAUNCHED
High-growth ICT enterprise business incubation, infoDev working group, Final report (April 2010)
iDISC overview & network statistics (2008)
SEGUNDA CONFERENCIA DE INCUBADORAS LATINOAMERICANA Y DEL CARIBE
Youth focused business incubation, infoDev working group, Final Report (Dec 2009)
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The following table provides a statistical overview of data for this region, collected from the iDisc member directory. Note that zero values are excluded throughout.
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