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The UB to participate in a European project to develop the “International Technopark of Panama”

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 09.12.2005

The UB to participate in a European project to develop the “International Technopark of Panama”

The Universitat de Barcelona (UB, University of Barcelona) and the Parc Científic de Barcelona are to participate in a European project that aims to provide support for the development and consolidation of the "International Technopark of Panama " (ITP), in the "", as a focal point for enterprises and university R+D centres. In their respective capacy as European experts and as part of this participation, the rector of the UB, Màrius Rubiralta, and the deputy director of the PCB, Montserrat Vendrell, attended a meeting in November in which scientific, academic and business interests converged.

The meeting was organised to promote agreements between the public and private sectors in issues related to R+D+I, to analyse European experiences that are transferable to the ITP, and to identify opportunities for technology and knowledge transfer aimed to strengthen the cooperative relations between Europe and Panama. In addition, the meeting contributed to the establishment of an effective alliance between universities, research centres, government and the business sector for the development of a national Panamanian strategy to generate and transfer technology.