Supporting entrepreneurs to develop and strengthen their business ideas and supporting small and medium enterprises to increase their capacity for innovation.
- Officials and employees of ministries and public bodies with competence in the development of MSMEs in the countries involved in the project.
- Employees, professionals and advisors of entities, organisations and support bodies belonging to the entrepreneurial ecosystems of the countries involved in the project.
- Entrepreneurs and small or medium sized businesses in the countries involved.
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The project has paid a study visit to the Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Extremadura -Science and Technology Park of Extremadura- with the aim of learning more about the Extremadura ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship.
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The ICA2 consulting company, linked to the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) -Autonomous University of Madrid-, has carried out an international consultancy for the project in the field of knowledge management.
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The project paid a study visit to Madrid with the aim of getting to know the Spanish ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship. As part of this visit, the project participated in the South Summit, one of the main global events on innovation and entrepreneurship, organized by Spain Startup and IE Business School
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The European policies for strengthening productive capacity and sustainable business development were a reference during the project's development. In particular, the Communication entitled ""Pensar primero a pequeña escala" "Small Business Act" para Europa: iniciativa en favor de las pequeñas empresas".
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The project took part in the workshop called "Planning of triangular cooperation projects" organized by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit / German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) as part of the "Training Network on Triangular Cooperation for projects between Latin America and the Caribbean and Germany".

STUDY VISITS
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Visita de estudio a Colombia y participación en el taller ‘Planificación de proyectos de Cooperación Triangular’, para profundizar en el conocimiento y compartir experiencias sobre gestión de proyectos de Cooperación Triangular.
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Visita de estudio a España y participación en el South Summit, en Madrid, para conocer experiencias españolas e internacionales en planificación y gestión de políticas de emprendimiento y desarrollo empresarial
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Visita de estudio al ‘Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Extremadura (PCTEX)’, en Cáceres, para conocer experiencias en planificación y gestión de políticas de emprendimiento y desarrollo empresarial desde un enfoque regional
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INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY
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Consultoría internacional para el apoyo a la implantación de la ‘Estrategia de gestión del conocimiento’ del proyecto EDEM
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EXCHANGES BETWEEN PROJECTS
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Intercambio de experiencias entre los proyectos EDEM y MIRADA CIUDADANA sobre emprendimiento y desarrollo empresarial, en Uruguay, para exportar la experiencia del proyecto EDEM al ámbito de actuación del proyecto MIRADA CIUDADANA
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Participación de los proyectos ADELANTE en las dos ediciones del Diplomado en Emprendimiento e Innovación del proyecto EDEM
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EDEM aims to support entrepreneurs and business men from Mesoamerica to develop and strengthen their business and business ideas. They have income as a result of their own effort and their capacity for innovation. The above is essential to reduce inequalities and eradicate the poverty of our countries. We are not alone, we do it together with governments, entities of support to the entrepreneur, private sector and social sector, based on successful Colombian experiences.
MAIN CONTRIBUTION, FROM THE PROJECT'S THEMATIC PERSPECTIVE
CONTRIBUTION FROM A PARTICULAR PROJECT COMPONENT, COMPLEMENTARY TO THE MAIN TOPIC
Good Practices
To develop and apply broad and participatory methodologies for knowledge transfer, so that all the learning generated can be replicated in the different countries by each of the participating institutions and a...
Success Stories
Thanks to the project, a methodology for knowledge transfer has been created and implemented, which is considered as a best practice that can be found in this Knowledge Bank of the ADELANTE Programme. Thanks to...
Thanks to the project, a methodology for knowledge transfer has been created and implemented, which is considered as a best practice that can be found in this Knowledge Bank of the ADELANTE Programme. Thanks to...
Lessons Learnt
When formulating the project, the team ensured that it would have the political commitment of the ministries and sectoral institutions in each of the countries involved. However, this exercise was not repeated ...

The Presidential Agency for International Cooperation, APC-Colombia, delivered a software to the Chambers of Commerce of Cartagena, Tegucigalpa and Nicaragua, which will allow them to centralise the necessary information on their entrepreneurs, within the framework of the MISE Model. To this end, in April and May of this year, the Agency carried out a number of sessions to accompany these entities, in order to train them in the running, parameterisation and customisation of the tool according to the corporate image of each Chamber.

A second version of the Virtual Training Diploma Course in Entrepreneurship and Innovation given by EAN University was launched, with participants from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Panama, among other countries.

Within the framework of Triangular Cooperation, last Thursday June 18th, the Integrated Model of Business Services (MISE) was launched at the Chamber of Commerce of Palmira in a virtual way, through the Zoom platform.

On May 14th, the "Initiatives to support businesspeople and entrepreneurs in times of crisis" Round table was held virtually and through the Meet platform. This event was promoted by the Presidential Agency for International Cooperation (APC-Colombia) and the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota, in which the partner Chambers of the EDEM Project participated as speakers, presenting the strategies adopted from their position, to help the business community overcome the current situation and look for alternatives to promote economic development.

The Virtual Training in Entrepreneurship and Innovation was held from September to November 2019 and conducted by the Universidad EAN (EAN University - Colombia).

"The SENA Entrepreneurship Model: more than a Mission... a passion!" (¡Modelo de Emprendimiento SENA más que una Misión…! ¡Una pasión! ) is a publication by the SENA National Coordination for Entrepreneurship (Coordinación Nacional de Emprendimiento del SENA) aimed at providing the entities of the Mesoamerican countries that seek to promote entrepreneurship with an overview of all the methodologies, experiences and techniques used within their model of services.

As part of the initiatives of the Mirada Ciudadana Project, the Second Meeting of Women Entrepreneurs was held on 28 and 29 November in the municipality of Rio Branco. This event was attended by nearly 100 women entrepreneurs, local authorities and partners from the productive sector related to business development issues.

- Héroes Fest, the second largest festival of entrepreneurship in Latin America created in Colombia, now also in Honduras.
- This space of entrepreneurship has been created by "Innpulsa Colombia", a company that opens borders and promotes spaces of economic development in the countries of Mesoamerica.
- In Héroes Fest, participants find different scenarios in which they acquire tools and knowledge to strengthen their entrepreneurial initiatives.
- Héroes Fest Honduras 2019 is held within the framework of the Project for Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Mesoa

- Manizales Más and the Manizales SUMA University System carried out, from 22 to 24 October, the transfer of their "Entrepreneurship Route" Programme to eight universities in these three Mesoamerican countries.
- Three universities in Costa Rica are participating: Universidad Nacional, Universidad Estatal a Distancia and Universidad Latina. Three universities from El Salvador are participating: Universidad de Oriente, Universidad Francisco Gavidia and Universidad Don Bosco.

On 2 August 2019, the first Emprendetón in the Dominican Republic was held in the city of Santo Domingo, with the participation of more than 150 entrepreneurs who, through a playful competition by teams, learned to identify opportunities, ideas and business models, to make prototypes, to test their ideas in the market and to deliver effective presentations when it comes to getting funding for their projects.
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