>Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:44:56 -0400
>Subject: Workshop ICTs and SMEs / Atelier TICs et PME
>To: "ica-dl" <[email protected]>
>From: "ICA" <[email protected]>
>
>Institute For Connectivity in the Americas announces Central American �
>Canadian workshop on Technology and Small Businesses, in Ottawa.
>
>(Ottawa, March 24, 2005) The Institute for Connectivity in the Americas
>(ICA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are pleased
>to announce the ICT Adoption and Competitiveness of SMEs in Canada and
>Central America, workshop to be held April 6, 2005, in Ottawa. The
>workshop is a pre-event to IDRCs Unleashing Entrepreneurship:
>Mobilizing Human, Financial, and Social Capital conference on April 7-8,
>2005.
>
>The workshop will provide a forum for experts to focus on Canadian and
>Central American small and medium size-enterprises (SMEs) using
>information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve their
>productivity and competitiveness.
>
> Our goal is to identify the path towards a regional ICT agenda for SMEs
>in Central America, explained Luis Barnola, Senior Program Specialist,
>ICA, we must ensure emerging economies benefit from new technologies.
>
>Mr. Gilberto Barrantes, the Costa Rican Minister of Economy, along with
>several ICT and SME experts from the private and public sectors of both
>Latin America and Canada will lead the workshop. In addition, researchers
>from the Costa Rican High Technology Advisory Committee and Canadian
>Universities will present findings of studies commissioned in Canada and
>Central America on the use and adoption of ICTs among SMEs.
>
> This workshop represents a timely opportunity for experts from the region
>to share innovative visions for future ICT and SME policies as we head
>towards the IV Summit of the Americas in Argentina in November, said
>Randy Zadra, Managing Director, ICA.
>
>The Institute for Connectivity in the Americas promotes the use of
>Information and Communication Technologies for development in Latin
>America and the Caribbean, and was a Canadian contribution to the 2001
>Summit of the Americas. ICA is housed at IDRC in Ottawa and Montevideo.
>
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>For more information, please contact:
>Nadine Robinson, Manager, Communications and Public Affairs, ICA
>[email protected] or (613)236-6163 extension 2435
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