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Andorra is working on a digital strategy plan with the e-Governance Academy of Estonia

2021-05-31T13:33:11+01:0005/02/2021|

The Minister of Finances and Government spokesperson, Eric Jover and the Minister of Civil Service and simplification of the Administration, Judit Pallarés, along with the Comissió Digital d’Andorra led by the State Secretary for Telecommunications and Infrastructure, César Marquina, took part on Friday in a workshop session with the e-Governance Academy (EGA) of Estonia, within the framework of the Andorran Digital transformation Program (PdTDA). The session, which took place online, was attended by over 20 people from different entities in the country, and was centered around contrasting the adequate focus of some of the more structural initiatives to potentially be [...]

Fitch Ratings re-affirms the Principality´s BBB+ rating and stable outlook despite the situation created by the pandemic

2021-05-31T13:27:44+01:0001/02/2021|

Ratings Agency Fitch Ratings has re-affirmed Andorra´s BBB+ rating and stable outlook. In the note published by the agency on Friday January 29th 2021, the evaluators gave a positive assessment to the Principality´s entry into the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last October. The agency indicates that this provides, on the one hand, a safety net for the country; and on the other, provides access to technical assistance in different points. Regarding the economic effects derived from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Fitch Ratings highlighted that the rise in unemployment numbers had been modest, despite the profound economic contraction. This is due in [...]

Humanium International University, also lands in Andorra with the support of Actua Empresa

2021-05-31T13:22:53+01:0026/01/2021|

The Minister of Education and Higher Studies, Ester Vilarrubla, presented on Tuesday the creation and opening of a new higher education center in the Principality: the Humanium International University. As the Minister stated, the center wants to offer studies for Degrees, Masters and PHDs within a semi-attendance based format and in the fields of Music and the Humanities. Vilarrubla highlighted that the contacts to establish themselves in the Principality started in 2017 through Actua Business, who helped the center´s promoters with the process – especially considering that education is one of the strategic sectors in enhancing the country´s economic diversification–. [...]

The Trail 100 Andorra-Pyrenees of the Multisport Festival expects to gather 2.500 athletes who will enjoy spectacular courses

2021-03-19T12:06:11+01:0018/01/2021|

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Actua, Jordi Gallardo, the Mayor of Ordino, Josep Àngel Mortès, and the director of operations for Ironman in Southern Europe, Ferran Giménez, presented on Monday January 18th the Trail 100 Andorra-Pyrenees at Casa de la Muntanya, one of the races taking place within the Andorra Multisport Festival. The competition will take place from the 24th to the 27th of June 2021 and will be a four-day event with four races, going from least to most in distance: 7,5 km, 25 km, 55 km and 125 km. Gallardo highlighted that “without [...]

Actua Empresa creates the tourism product club for Andorra Health

2021-03-19T12:01:18+01:0012/01/2021|

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Actua, Jordi Gallardo, the Tourism Minister, Verònica Canals, the Director of Actua Business, Judit Hidalgo, and the president of the board forAndorra Health Destination (AHD), Joan Muro, presented on Tuesday January 12th, the AHD promoted by Actua Empresa with the support of Andorra Tourism at the Innovation Space in Andorra. Gallardo explained that Andorra Health Destination “is a public-private project so as to jointly promote Andorra as a Health tourism destination for companies in the sector ready to receive clients from abroad and able to offer an experience of the [...]

Actua Innovation impulses a Doctorate scholarship at the Centre de Regulació Genòmica of Barcelona

2021-08-26T08:51:57+01:0011/01/2021|

The scholarship starting in September 2021, offered by the Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG) of Barcelona is impulsed by Actua Innovation within the collaboration framework of both institutions so as to foment research in the field of sciences of life, with the aim of promoting formation for young investigators and, thus, support research groups. The student will be able to carry out his or her Doctorate studies at the CRG, an International biomedical research center made up of over 400 researchers from 44 different countries and recognized by the European Commission as a center of excellence in research having been [...]

The Andorran Association of Electronic Sports is now a reality

2021-03-19T11:45:06+01:0029/12/2020|

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Actua, Jordi Gallardo, the mayor of La Massana, Olga Molné, and the president of the Andorran Association of Electronic Sports (AAEE), Sergi Segado, presented on Tuesday December 29th, in La Massana the entity born with the aim of positioning companies, teams and players with a will to cooperate and wanting to develop the sector from Andorra. Gallardo highlighted that “we firmly believe that our country´s economic diversification involves promoting technologically based sectors with a high added value, with international projection and which benefit from the competitive advantages that [...]

The Andorra Sports Startup Challenge by Actua and GSIC powered by Microsoft select the 10 finalists among the proposals for startups from 18 countries

2021-03-19T11:39:41+01:0023/12/2020|

Invest in Andorra / Innovation Hub Andorra (Actua) and the Global Sports Innovation Center promoted by Microsoft (GSIC), have the pleasure of announcing the 10 finalists of the Andorra Sports Startups Challenge, a project looking to identify the most disruptive solutions and latest technologies worldwide through a startups tender to help improve user experience and loyalty so as to deseasonalize the sports and tourism offer in Andorra. Almost 70 companies from 18 countries applied to the process in order to offer their solutions for segmenting and personalizing content for an objective public, optimization of the client´s experience by combining and [...]

A project to reduce the ecological footprint at Vallnord wins the fifth edition of the Tàndem Actua Empresa project

2021-03-15T17:30:38+01:0017/12/2020|

The fifth edition of the Tàndem project, promoted by Actua the ministry of Education and Higher Learning of the Government of Andorra, ended on Thursday December 17th, with the grand finale held in the auditorium of the Center for Professional Formation in Aixovall. The objective of the project is to implicate the FP´s educational community in Andorra in innovative projects being developed in companies and increase students´ talent. The three finalist teams, made up of 6 students each, had 10 minutes to present their innovative solutions to the challenges posed by the Andorran Red Cross (how to increase the entity´s [...]

Presentation of IRONMAN races in Andorra la Vella

2021-03-15T17:24:44+01:0010/12/2020|

Andorra la Vella will host two of the most important races of the IRONMAN Andorra Multisport Festival.. Presented on Thursday December 10th by the minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise for the Government of Andorra, and president ofActua,Jordi Gallardo, the Mayor of Andorra la Vella, Conxita Marsol, and the regional director forIRONMAN in Southern Europe, Agustí Pérez. Both races that will take place in the capital, a 70.3 Ironman and a cycling race which will cover the 21 ports within the Principality, are expected to have an economic impact of 3,7 million euros. All information on IRONMAN races in Andorra [...]

Aistech Space, Actua Innovation and CENMA are working together on new satellite and geospatial systems applied to natural risks in Andorra

2021-03-15T17:07:22+01:0003/12/2020|

The Secretary of State for Economic diversification and Innovation, Marc Galabert, the director of Actua Innovation, Marc Pons, and the co-founder of Aistech Space, Carles Franques, signed a collaboration agreement between the two entities on Thursday, in the Casa de la Muntanya in Ordino, to explore the development of new geospatial techniques and satellite imagery related to mountains in Andorra. Aistech Space is a private entity in the space sector with the support of the European Space Agency. They specialize in the monitoring of Earth via their own constellation of satellites and the generating of geospatial intelligence from analyzing land [...]

Actua launches a free information portal with thousands of market data points to potentiate the internationalization of Andorran companies

2023-03-02T14:12:53+01:0023/11/2020|

On Monday, November 23rd, Actua Empresa presented the Actua Business Internationalization Portal (portalempresa.andorrabusiness.com), a digital platform for internationalization and business with information geared towards Andorran companies wanting to prepare themselves and do business abroad. Through this powerful tool, one can obtain all types of information on how to prepare, what to consider when selling worldwide, technical aspects of internationalization such as insurance, Incoterms and, most importantly, access to data and concrete valuable knowledge providing access to market information, International tenders, contacts and import/export statistics. The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Actua, Jordi Gallardo, indicated that the [...]

Actua Innovation and ACNAU publish a guide to promote responsible Artificial Intelligence in Andorra

2021-08-26T11:26:15+01:0019/11/2020|

Actua Innovation continues to push collaboration initiatives with renowned ethical entities in order to develop projects related to Artificial Intelligence in Andorra. One of the initiatives already set is the guide ‘Think of responsible artificial intelligence: a guide to deliberation’. A document aiming to help determine which are the current ethical debates presented within Artificial intelligence systems and to provide knowledge of related terms. This guide must serve the purpose of understanding different ethical paradigms and their implications. In this sense, the director of Actua Innovation, Marc Pons, explained that “the algorithms, the data and, nowadays, artificial intelligence are present [...]

Andorra is the 20th country with the lowest taxation in the world

2022-11-29T11:55:56+01:0010/11/2020|

Andorra has one of the most competitive tax systems in the world, according to a report provided by the Government of Andorra. The results of the analysis of the 'paying taxes' indicator, a sub-indicator of the World Bank’s 'doing business', show the taxation that companies must support in the Principality is the twentieth lowest of a total of 191 countries analysed. The study also shows that a medium-sized company with around 60 employees is taxed at 26.5%, whereas the world average is 40.5%. Consult the ‘paying taxes’ report of the Govern d'Andorra

Actua and the Microsoft GSIC launch the Andorra Sports Startup Challenge

2020-11-11T12:29:54+01:0009/11/2020|

Actua and the Global Sports Innovation Center promoted by Microsoft (GSIC), join synergies to identify the most disruptive solutions and the latest technologies worldwide through a Start-up competition to improve the user experience and loyalty to de-seasonalise the sports and tourism offer in Andorra. In this sense, participants must submit projects that operate in the following use cases: Segmentation and content personalization by target audience Optimization of customer experience by combining and integrating digital and physical aspects (phygital solutions like VR, AR, Bots…) Content monetization and sponsorship activation Compilation, visualization, and analysis of data in order to know the customers [...]

La Casa de la Muntanya, an innovative space for experimentation opens the doors

2020-11-11T11:54:37+01:0030/10/2020|

La Casa de la Muntanya, is a project worked together with the Comú d'Ordino, Actua Innovació, OBSA and CENMA. The space, located in Carrer Major, 20, in Ordino, allows visitors to discover this Living Lab and to experience the mountain in an interactive and innovative way. Also, different actors of the Mountain industry will be able to develop and create many projects. The Presidency, Economy and Business Minister, and President of Actua, Jordi Gallardo, stressed "the aim is to create a cross-disciplinary environment to jointly develop new projects, products and services, to face the current and future challenges of the [...]

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