The Cadiz Delegation visited Econova, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of the Careral Cartagenera organization, with great parallels with Incubazul
The State delegate, Fran González, presented on the other hand all the strategy that is consolidating Cádiz as a blue economy pole with national reference
The delegation of the Free Zone of Cádiz in Commercial Mission in Colombiamar, the main fair in the Cartagena de Indias sector, was able to visit Econova yesterday, the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship linked to sustainability and the new fuels of the Chamber of Commerce of Cartagena de Indias where local companies with ideas with ideas in the ecological field are advised and mentioned.
The delegate of the Consortium, Fran González, part of his team and the representatives of the Naval Maritime Cluster of Cádiz in the person of its president, José Luis García Zaragoza, and his vice president, Jesús Rodríguez, verified at the headquarters of the incubator the work that is being carried out in Econova and the similarities in the lines of work with the Incubazul Gaditana initiative.
Andrea Piña, executive president of the Chamber of Commerce; Carlos Payares, Director of Business Strategic Development; Jelissa Murillo, head of business strengthening; Yeimi Llerena, coordinator of competitive ecosystems; Mónica Tinoco, commercial director of Frizonia Cartagena.
The Chamber of Commerce of Cartagena de Indias also hosts the maritime cluster of Cartagena de Indias, which has a collaboration agreement with the Cadiz cluster and working in pursuit of companies in the sector. Its manager, Ana Velasco, also shared the work they are carrying out since its foundation in 2018.
Econova hosts ideas and accompanies them in their business development, generating an innovative ecosystem in collaboration with universities and other knowledge -generating institutions and is sponsored by the Ecopetrol company, the main state oil company and that has led to this innovation center to advance solutions linked to sustainability and new resources, such as biofuels and green hydrogen. Thus, they are developing ecodometics, pieces of appliances that feed on green hydrogen to the detriment of other more pollutants such as natural gas.
In the course of the visit and the exhibitions of the most important strategies of this initiative, the amount of points in common, similarities and complementary work that has an incubazul and Blue Core, the two initiatives in innovation and blue economy of the Free Zone of Cádiz and that were also represented by the coordinator of the Gaditana Incubator, José Manuel Fedriani, could be verified.
Likewise, the delegate Fran González conducted an exhibition of the entire innovation strategy of the free zone with which the ideas were strengthened and after which both teams were located to continue seeing common strategies that allow the exchange of experiences, knowledge and networking on either side of the ocean.
End of Colombiamar and visit to the Cotecmar shipyard
The commercial mission of the Free Zone in Cartagena de Indias ends today Friday with the closing Maritime and river.
In addition, in the course of the morning, there is a meeting with the representative of the Naval Sector of Andi, Juan Manuel Lesme, in which the vice president of the Naval Maritime Cluster of Cádiz, Jesús Rodríguez, who is also CEO of the company Surcontrol, a company specialized in the robotic solutions for the naval environment, to continue strengthening the internationalization of the Gaditanas companies, advancing in Synergies and possible collaborations that generate opportunities and added value.
During the last day, González has made a very positive balance of the commercial mission of the Cadiz delegation this week in Cartagena de Indias “in which the strong ties and joint strategies that the consortium with the Latin American free zones have been consolidated, in which an intense agenda of contacts and meetings with entities and gaditan companies, Andalusians Colombian, sharing knowledge, experiences and synergies that have led to different lines of joint work in favor of the internationalization of our productive fabric, generating business opportunities and advancing in the field of innovation and the blue economy. ”
The delegate of the Free Zone has highlighted the value of this type of international meetings “to continue referenced Cádiz as a large blue economy pole on the other side of the Atlantic and continue attracting talent and entrepreneurship within the framework of the strategy of consolidation of an industrial model 4.0 innovative and sustainable”.
