The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining, Antel and the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technologies (Cuti) launched the Jacarandá project last May. Jacarandá is a tool that allows companies across the country to access a variety of technological resources and services with the aim of boosting their development and skilled employment.
Jacarandá embodies a synergy between the private sector, the State and the service and infrastructure provider. The national extension of the fibre optic network and the presence of trained human resources throughout the country have led to the emergence of new business projects aimed at global markets.
Engineer Nicolás Antoniello, advisor to the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining, explained to Uruguay I+D what the Jacarandá Project consists of. For her part, engineer Silvia Motta, advisor to the Presidency of Antel, listed in the report some of the tools that the telecommunications agency makes available to the project.
The engineer Leonardo Loureiro, president of CUTI, recalled that the sector he leads has a growth potential that can multiply its activity by two or three times. And that geographical decentralisation allows companies to plan for the opening of different development centres throughout the territory.
Antoniello said that the Ministry of Industry is committed to the generation of synergies that foster innovation and take advantage of the development of communications that has taken place in Uruguay. He commented that the geographical distribution of qualified human resources in information technologies allows a cascade effect to be generated, leveraging the emergence of related activities in various parts of the territory and opening possibilities for professionals in other fields of knowledge.
Motta explained that in the few weeks since the project was implemented, a company has already set up in Bella Unión and created skilled jobs in that part of the country.
Antoniello recalled that, although in Montevideo it is claimed that there is zero unemployment in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector, this is not replicated in the interior of the country. ICT is an industry that needs more and more people, has negative unemployment and is therefore considered a great opportunity for Uruguay.
According to data presented by the Minister of Industry, Carolina Cosse, wages in the sector are 27 % above the industrial average, which in turn is the highest average of all sectors of activity.
Motta recalled that there is an online portal through which all the information on the Jacaranda Programme can be accessed and applications are also received there, both for business projects and for trained people who wish to explore job opportunities in their place of residence.
Source: Radio Uruguay
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