latin america and caribbean network of business incubators supported by: 2nd global forum on...

2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurshipHyderabad, India – November 2006

Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators

Supported by:

Regional Action Plans

&

Next Steps

Project partners:



Supported by:

“The” Long road to Hyderabad:

Processes, some milestones and actions!



Supported by:

Key areas and ChallengesAreas of Work Issues / Challenges Activities Whom

Entrepreneurship and TICs

entrepreneurial culture

Discussion Forum Brazil

On-line entrepreneurship coursesMexico/ Colombia

Management of the incubation process

Limited growthExchange of entrepreneurs across countries Uruguay

Networking of entrepreneurs across countries Chile

on-the-job trainingOn-line workshop on incubator operations and incubator services

Mexico

External support and networks

Access to markets

Connection with Caribbean Business Club/ Chamber of Commerce

Jamaica/ Colombia

On-line course on international marketing Colombia

peer-to-peer networkingRegional/ sub-regional conferences

Chile, Peru, Dominican Rep.

Use of linked-in community Chile

EvaluationMonitoring and Evaluation

On-line training on M&E Colombia

Discussion Forum on social indicators Brazil

Public Policies Financing of start-upsMapping of “social” donors Brazil

On-line Seminars on fund-raising Mexico



Supported by:

Areas of Work




Evaluation

Public Policies

ICT Platforms:Knowledge &

Capacity Building Resources:

Resources for Business Tenants and Networking:

Project´s lines of action to facilitate network activities

New

tok m

emb

ers “feedin

g an

d

explo

ring

/ draw

ing

from

the system

”

Institutional and technical

Support for the network:

Network space… th

e final

frontie

r…!

PROCESS…



Supported by:

• Previous workplan for the network region…• Identification of activities to be added to the

regional plan:– Beneficiaries in more than one country– Substantial contribution by the proponents (in kind/

cash)

• Identification of + tools / contents for iDISC Toolkit for the region

• Identification of opportunities for international collaboration (“bulletin board” type)

Some Milestones…



Supported by:

Examples of activities to be added to the Regional Plan…

Areas of Work Issues / Challenges Activities Whom


entrepreneurial culture

Discussion Forum Brazil

On-line entrepreneurship coursesMexico/ Colombia


Limited growthExchange of entrepreneurs across countries Uruguay

Networking of entrepreneurs across countries Chile

on-the-job trainingOn-line workshop on incubator operations and incubator services

Mexico


Access to markets

Connection with Caribbean Business Club/ Chamber of Commerce

Jamaica/ Colombia

On-line course on international marketing Colombia

peer-to-peer networking

Regional/ sub-regional conferencesChile, Peru, Dominican Rep.

Use of linked-in community Chile

EvaluationMonitoring and Evaluation

On-line training on M&E Colombia

Discussion Forum on social indicators Brazil

Public PoliciesFinancing of start-ups

Mapping of “social” donors Brazil

On-line Seminars on fund-raising Mexico



Supported by:

Specific contributions (products) for “regional” iDISC Toolkit

• Tools– E-Quipu, methodology

for team-based incubation and B2B platform (Peru)

– E-waste, computer recycling toolkit (Bolivia)

– Software for diagnostics/monitoring of incubatees (Chile)

– Performance Indicators (Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica… man!)

– Polling tool (Chile)

• Contents– University curriculum on

entrepreneurship (Brazil)– Case studies on PPPs

and fund-raising in stock market (Ecuador)

– Regulatory/ legal frameworks for incubation/innovation activities (all countries)

– Training materials (various countries)



Supported by:

• Opportunities for International Collaboration (activities that are being/ will be carried out and can be expanded to other countries; to be added as a tool in the Red-LAC’s website)

– Program for incubator mentoring (Brazil)– Capacity building on dynamic ventures and creation

of angel networks (Chile)– Study on best practices/ success cases (Chile)– Articulation of commercial networks for incubatees

(Brazil)– Co-incubation (Chile, Colombia, Brazil)– Annual report on the state of incubation (Chile)



Supported by:

Action Plan…

Switch files!



Supported by:

Thank you…

Project partners:

Paulo C. de Miranda – [email protected]

Tel.: +55-61-3201155



Supported by:

. . . . That’s not all “amigos”!



Supported by:

Hasta la vista baby….

Project partners:

3rd Global Forum on Business Incubation…?

Rio de Janeiro – 2008!

latin america and caribbean network of business incubators supported by: 2nd global forum on...

Documents