Partner profile
The Fundación Insula
Barataria, created in 2000, is in charge of developing the information and
knowledge society in the Spanish region of Castilla-La
Mancha, and is composed by different regional bodies:
Regional Government, and most specifically the Regional Ministry of Industry and
Technology, Bank of Castilla-La Mancha
and the
The
main objective of this non for profit organization is to promote and improve
the use of new technologies, research and innovation, and to drive the
information society technologies in Castilla-La Mancha.
Most of the
action implemented are focused, on the one hand, on regional SMES, as for
examples, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
PLATFORM, PORTAL OF INNOVATION, FORMATIC PROFESSIONALS, POL 360 Project, and,
on the other, on citizens, as DIGITAL LITERACY, PUBLIC INTERNET ACCESS POINTS,
PORTAL OF CASTILLA-LA MANCHA, CONECT@TE,
As for EU project, the FIB is involved in several EU projects. Mainly:
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INTERREG
III B Sudoe,
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EQUAL
and
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VI
Framework Program (Research & Innovation Area).
FIB aims as well at disseminating the European opportunities among
regional actors as for Research and Innovation policy. FIB has prepared dissemination
events whose aims were promoting the Innovation Technology for SME:
Opportunities & Supports.
FIB is member and contact point of several national and
European Networks in the framework of Research, Innovation and Information
Society:
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PYMERA. www.pymera.org
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ERIS@/IANIS+. www.ianis.net
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IRE. www.innovating-regions.org
FIB has collaborated in several regional, national and
European events organised by these European networks with the aims of
presenting regional initiatives and projects, as good examples and exchanges of
good practices for other European regions. Most significants
were
Its permanent involvement with Regional
Administration, contribute to collaborate in preparing regional plans and
programs, as for example the last Regional Plan for Scientific Research and
Technological Innovation 2005-2010 PRINCET.
SPECIFIC INTEREST IN SOCIO ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND
HUMANITIES
Taking into account the background of our action and
projects implemented, FIB would like to contribute to the objectives of SSH line.
Area of interest are
mainly:
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8.1: Growth, employment and
competitiveness in a knowledge society
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8.3: Major trends in society and
their implications.
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8.6: Socio-economic and scientific
indicators.
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