April 15, 2009

PITA in the International Workshop ”Opportunities for business cooperation in the Mediterranean basin and the role of Science Parks in this endeavour”

The act was organised by the Technology Park of Andalusia (PTA) and the Association of Science and Technology Parks of Spain (IASP) in collaboration with the Science and Innovation Ministry within a series of seminaries of the IASP European Division.

During the sessions different actions were remarked to be done by the science and technology parks to create business opportunities for their companies and encourage the collaboration between them.

The General Manager of the IASP, Luis Sanz, has appointed that the best way to escape of the current crisis is through the innovation.

Sanz has stated that thanks to the conclusions of this meeting, the International organization will start working to know the most accessible methods for the science parks and their companies so that they can carry out the different processes of cooperation and collaboration.

The participants came from a 10 different countries, as Sweden, Germany, Estonia, Turkey, France, Belgium, Tunes, Morocco and Holland, most of them are professional from several science and technology parks in the Mediterranean basin.

360 parks belonging to 72 countries are IASP members, IASP (to which PITA belongs) is an association created 25 years ago as a link between the science and technology parks within the world and offer services that encourage them to grow up and be competitive in the international market.

PITA was represented by is Technical Director, Juan Antonio Díaz.