1. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 Regional Action Plans & Next Steps Project partners:

2. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 “The” Long road to Hyderabad: Processes, some milestones and actions!

3. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 Key areas and Challenges Areas of WorkIssues / ChallengesActivitiesWhom Entrepreneurship and TICs entrepreneurial culture Discussion ForumBrazil On-line entrepreneurship courses Mexico/ Colombia Management of the incubation process Limited growth Exchange of entrepreneurs across countriesUruguay Networking of entrepreneurs across countriesChile on-the-job training On-line workshop on incubator operations and incubator services Mexico External support and networks Access to markets Connection with Caribbean Business Club/ Chamber of Commerce Jamaica/ Colombia On-line course on international marketingColombia peer-to-peer networking Regional/ sub-regional conferences Chile, Peru, Dominican Rep. Use of linked-in communityChile Evaluation Monitoring and Evaluation On-line training on M&EColombia Discussion Forum on social indicatorsBrazil Public PoliciesFinancing of start-ups Mapping of “social” donorsBrazil On-line Seminars on fund-raisingMexico

4. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 Areas of Work Entrepreneurship and TICs Management of the incubation process External support and networks Evaluation Public Policies Newtok members “feeding and exploring / drawing from the system” Institutional and technical Support for the network: Network space… the final frontier …! PROCESS…

5. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 Previous workplan for the network region… Identification of activities to be added to the regional plan: –Beneficiaries in more than one country –Substantial contribution by the proponents (in kind/ cash) Identification of + tools / contents for iDISC Toolkit for the region Identification of opportunities for international collaboration (“bulletin board” type) Some Milestones…

6. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 Examples of activities to be added to the Regional Plan… Areas of WorkIssues / ChallengesActivitiesWhom Entrepreneurship and TICs entrepreneurial culture Discussion ForumBrazil On-line entrepreneurship courses Mexico/ Colombia Management of the incubation process Limited growth Exchange of entrepreneurs across countriesUruguay Networking of entrepreneurs across countriesChile on-the-job training On-line workshop on incubator operations and incubator services Mexico External support and networks Access to markets Connection with Caribbean Business Club/ Chamber of Commerce Jamaica/ Colombia On-line course on international marketingColombia peer-to-peer networking Regional/ sub-regional conferences Chile, Peru, Dominican Rep. Use of linked-in communityChile Evaluation Monitoring and Evaluation On-line training on M&EColombia Discussion Forum on social indicatorsBrazil Public Policies Financing of start- ups Mapping of “social” donorsBrazil On-line Seminars on fund-raisingMexico

7. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 Specific contributions (products) for “regional” iDISC Toolkit Tools –E-Quipu, methodology for team-based incubation and B2B platform (Peru) –E-waste, computer recycling toolkit (Bolivia) –Software for diagnostics/monitoring of incubatees (Chile) –Performance Indicators (Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica… man!) –Polling tool (Chile) Contents –University curriculum on entrepreneurship (Brazil) –Case studies on PPPs and fund-raising in stock market (Ecuador) –Regulatory/ legal frameworks for incubation/innovation activities (all countries) –Training materials (various countries)

8. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 Opportunities for International Collaboration (activities that are being/ will be carried out and can be expanded to other countries; to be added as a tool in the Red-LAC’s website) –Program for incubator mentoring (Brazil) –Capacity building on dynamic ventures and creation of angel networks (Chile) –Study on best practices/ success cases (Chile) –Articulation of commercial networks for incubatees (Brazil) –Co-incubation (Chile, Colombia, Brazil) –Annual report on the state of incubation (Chile)

9. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 Action Plan… Switch files!

10. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 Thank you… Project partners: Paulo C. de Miranda – paulocm@anprotec.org.brpaulocm@anprotec.org.br Tel.: +55-61-3201155

11. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006.... That’s not all “amigos”!

12. Latin America and Caribbean Network of Business Incubators Supported by: 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation - Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship Hyderabad, India – November 2006 Hasta la vista baby…. Project partners: 3 rd Global Forum on Business Incubation…? Rio de Janeiro – 2008!