Jan. 23 – Veneto and South America are not so far away thanks to new technologies. In fact, there is a new project concerning cyber business meetings between the two side of the Atlantic to initiate and develop business relationships between Veneto and Mercosur companies. The initiative will be presented during the event “Private sector opportunities in Argentina and Uruguay: B2B Mercosur telematics project,” scheduled by Unioncamere Veneto for Friday, January 25 at the headquarters in Via delle Industrie 19 / C in Venice’s PST Vega. Thanks to the collaboration between Veneto and the Italian Chambers of Commerce on site, the project “B2B electronic Mercosur” provides contacts of entrepreneurs operating in Latin America. The focus will be on Argentina and Uruguay, as there is a strong presence of natives Venetian who established strong relationships with their homeland. The 2011 figures speak of more than €12.5 million worth of imports and more than €25 million in exports between Veneto and Uruguay;a nd more than €76 million euro of imports and €121.5 million in exports for Argentina, with a 31% increase over the previous year. The project is co-financed by the Veneto Region and coordinated by Unioncamere Veneto; it will focus on mechatronics sectors, agricultural machinery, woodworking machinery, shipbuilding, renewable energy, machinery for the food, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, metalworking, and ICT. The second session of the workshop will provide an opportunity to take part in bilateral meetings with representatives of the Italian Chambers of Commerce in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. The aim is to select private sector participants for the cyber B2B, to be held with the support of Unioncamere Veneto and the CCIE of Buenos Aires, Rosario and Montevideo by June 2013.
