Companies participating in the draw will have the opportunity to win 60% co-financing to cover the cost of a stand. There will also be a special emphasis on mussel farming, inviting sector suppliers to participate in the new call.
A new opportunity to participate as protagonists of AquaSur 2024 will have the micro, small and medium enterprises (mipymes) that submit to the competition Launch your business, which extended the deadlines for applying to benefit from a 60% co-financing to fund a stand at the aquaculture fair more relevant in the southern hemisphere.
This initiative is driven by a group of american universities with the support of IncubatecUFRO of the La Frontera University and of FISA, company organizing AquaSur 2024.
The new call was extended until Wednesday, 31 January and will consider in the selection some elements such as the diversity of mipymes suppliers, representatives of the aquaculture industry in the region - as well as of the salmon farming and mussel cultivation- among others.
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The extension of the deadline, reported the organizers, was due to the high demand that has aroused the contest in the aquaculture industry. This was explained by Duke University's economics professor and who leads the competition's organizing team, Federico Huneeusdetails that this initiative, which is part of a study implemented by researchers from Harvard, Yale, Boston and Duke University"It focuses on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises – mainly suppliers – rather than large companies, as what is sought is to close the gaps we have detected in the Chilean aquaculture sector".
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In this context, the specialist summarized that the main "is to facilitate access to companies startups and SMEs to strengthen their growth, close technological gaps with industry leaders and increasing the productivity of the sector as a whole.
Prize
On the side of IncubatecUFRO, its representative for the southern macro area, Mario Núñez Arancibia, said that "the participating SMEs will have the unique opportunity to participate in the most important aquaculture fair in the southern hemisphere, event that will bring together the national and international aquaculture industry and will be the most relevant meeting point for decision makers seeking disruptive solutions to improve the different processes involved in aquaculture".
One factor highlighted by the manager of Regional Strategic Programme (PER) of the Chilean Mejillón, operated by the Los Lagos Directorate of the Production Development Corporation (Corfo), Javier Aros, is the impulse to a greater diversification of aquaculture in AquaSur 2024.
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"Our country is the second world producer of mussels o choritos and the world's leading exporter of this product. So count on suppliers that offer products and services to mussel producers fundamental and even better if you have the option of having a co-financing to be present at the fair. That is why we are joining the invitation to run for this one background that is open," said Javier Aros.
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The winners of the contest Launch your business may be eligible for a 60% subsidy for the value of a stand of 2 square metres (m2) to display their products and/or services at the AquaSur 2024 fair. The prize has an estimated value of $537.000 Chilean pesos (the total approximate cost of a stand is $895.000) and may apply at no cost all legal persons they are suppliers of products or services to the aquaculture industry.
How to apply?
Follow these steps:
1. Fill out the form in this page.
2. The page will automatically be redirected to the second step: a Short survey of registration. Complete this survey. If you are not redirected to the survey, please send an email to despega@aqua-sur.cl
3. When completing the survey, you will automatically be sent a confirmation email. If you filled out the survey but did not receive the confirmation email, please let him know by writing to despega@aqua-sur.cl
4. The call will be open until Wednesday, 31 January.
5. The winners will be chosen from random way (the administrative committee of the competition reserves the right to select participating companies that fulfil the basis of the call).
*Photos courtesy of AquaSur | FISA.
