The INSME Annual
Meeting 2006 is being organised by the INSME
Association - International Network for SMEs in collaboration with the
Technology Management Center (CEGETEC) of the Chamber of Industries of
Uruguay.
Under the patronage of: IPI (Italian Institute
for Industrial Promotion); MAP (Italian Ministry of Productive Activities);
the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; OECD - Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development; the Uruguayan Ministry of education and
Culture; the Uruguayan Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines; the Uruguayan
Ministry of Tourism; the Uruguayan Ministry of External Relations; the
Municipality of Montevideo.
Sponsors: UNIND-LAM; CYTED, the Ibero-American
Programme of Science and Technology for Development; ORT University; Banco
de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay; ANTEL; the Uruguayan newspaper El
Observador and the Uruguayan radio El Espectador.
ORGANISERS:
INSME - International Network for SMEs
The International Network
for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises - INSME is a non profit Association
open to international membership. Its mission is to stimulate transnational
cooperation and public and private partnership in the field of innovation
and technology transfer to SMEs.
 CEGETEC
- Centre for Technology Management, Chamber of Industries of Uruguay
CEGETEC is a programme of the Chamber of Industries of Uruguay, aiming
at promoting management capacity and technological innovation among
enterprises, as well as supporting them in reaching international market.
 CIU
— Chamber of Industries of Uruguay
CIU, the Chamber of
Industries of Uruguay, is the national entrepreneurial organisation
representing the country's industrial sector. It has been established
with the aim of promoting and defending the interests of national industries
before public or private national, regional and international bodies.
Beside organising activities aimed at stimulating and consolidating
the national entrepreneurial development, CIU offers tailored services
to its members and industrialists in general.
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF:
 IPI - Italian Institute for Industrial Promotion
IPI (Italian Institute
for Industrial Promotion) is a governmental agency working under
the auspices and following the guidelines of the Italian Ministry of
Productive Activities. It is specialised in the promotion of growth
and competitiveness of production systems. To this end, IPI provides
technical assistance and training to the central and local public administration
and to partner Countries' Governments in arranging, planning, implementing
and managing sectoral and factoral policies, aid policies and measures,
EU programmes and initiatives, technology transfer networks and bilateral
and multilateral international cooperation processes.
 MAP - Italian Ministry of Productive Activities
The Italian Ministry
of Productive Activities is responsible for handling Italian government
policies in the following areas: business development, general condition
for enterprise growth, innovation, tourism, commerce, energy and information
technology.
MAE - Italian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry
of Foreign Affairs is in charge of carrying out the functions and
tasks of the State in matters concerning Italy's external political,
economic, social and cultural relations.
 OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The OECD groups
30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and
the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries,
NGOs and civil society, it has a global reach. Best known for its publications
and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from
macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation.
 Ministerio
de Educación y Cultura
Uruguayan Ministry
of Education and Culture
Ministerio de Industria Energía y Minería
Uruguayan Ministry
of Industry, Energy and Mines
 Ministerio
de Turismo
Uruguayan
Ministry of Tourism
 Ministerio
de Relaciones Exteriores
Uruguayan
Ministry of External Relations
 Intendencia
Municipal de Montevideo
Municipality
of Montevideo
SPONSORS:
UNIND-LAM
UNIND-LAM
is an international project for the cooperation between universities,
research centres and industries in Europe and Latin America. It is financed
by the European Commmission under the Framework Programme's INCO specific
measure to help open up the European Research Area to the rest of the
world.
CYTED - Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo
CYTED, the Ibero
American Programme of Science and Technology for Development, was created
in 1984 by means of an Interinstitutional framework agreement signed
by 19 Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal.
CYTED encourages cooperation in diferent fields, from basic research
to technological development and innovation. Technological business
cooperation is supported through the Iberoeka Projects. Further information
about CYTED's activities is available in Spanish at http://www.cyted.org/Menu3/default.asp
 Universidad ORT Uruguay
University of ORT
- Uruguay
 Banco
Republica
Banco
de la República Oriental del Uruguay
ANTEL
Administración
Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, ANTEL
CES
Centro de Ensayos
de Software
 Diario
El Observador
Uruguayan Newspaper
El Espectador
First Uruguayan Internet Radio
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