Who is it aimed at?

All Latin American and Caribbean Entrepreneurs with an operating business, and whose orientation resides in offering products and/or services that use new technologies and that have a mission to solve a problem or satisfy a need in the matter of integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, through an innovation proposal with concrete demand and potential growth.

What kind of projects can apply?

INTAL D-Tec will reward start-ups that contribute to the solution of problems related to regional integration through the use of innovative technologies in the following areas, defined as priorities by the organisers of the present competition:

– Regional and international trade
– Sanitary and phytosanitary measures
– Regional trade agreements
– Foreign trade single windows
– Customs transit
– Integrated border management
– Internationalisation of SMEs
– Exports promotion
– Infrastructure maintenance
– Border crossing logistics and modernisation

Special consideration will be given to the following technologies: Big Data; Artificial Intelligence; Robotics; Drones; 3D printers; Biotechnology; Nanotechnology; Internet of Things; Virtual Reality and Digital Networks, among others.


What is the prize?

- USD 10,000 prize
- A six-month strengthening process at Endeavor Argentina Foundation to define a strategic investment plan together with experts in the field 
- Case Dissemination in Eandeavor’s Emprende supplement, published by Argentine newspaper La Nación
- Advice from IDB experts at any time and access to the network of contacts provided by ConnectAmericas
- Participate in Outsource 2 LAC, an event on the services sector organised by the IDB, which will be held in November in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico

For more information, see: http://www.endeavor.org.ar/intal-d-tec/

Registration Deadline: September 2, 2015

Please see the Eligibility Criteria Checklist attached. Interested applicants must fill out the checklist and email to the following persons for assistance with developing grant proposals: 

1. Ms. Patti Mohan – Grants Coordinator, International Office and Grant Funding at 642-8888 Ext 46122 -patti.mohan@utt.edu.tt 
2. Mrs. Debra Haniff-Gobin – Grants and Proposals Writer, International Office and Grant Funding at 642-8888 Ext. 46118 – debra.haniff@utt.edu.tt

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