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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 [...]

Creu Roja, Vallnord and Via Moda will work with Vocational Training students on Actua’s Tàndem challenges

2020-10-27T09:58:04+01:0020/10/2020|

The fifth edition of the Actua’s Tàndem project was presented on Tuesday, October 20th at the Andorran Innovation Space. The Tàndem’s purpose is to involve the educational community of Andorra with innovative projects being developed in companies and to promote the talent of students. This year, 80 students and 12 teachers from the Aixovall centre will be taking part, working on the challenges set by Creu Roja Andorrana (How to increase the presence of the Creu Roja in the country); Vallnord (How to reduce the ecological footprint of the ski resort); and Via Moda (How to reformulate Via Moda's internal [...]

Andorra will host the Winter Triathlon World Championship in 2021

2020-10-21T15:00:16+01:0019/10/2020|

During the month of August, The IRONMAN Group announced the Andorra Multisport Festival, to be held in 2021. A festival of sports and nature that will start in March, with the Andorra Winter Triathlon, until July. This event has been selected to host the Winter Triathlon World Championships in 2021 and expects to receive athletes from all over the world for a high level competition in Andorra. "When you think of an excellent combination of tourism and sport, you think of Andorra. The country may be small, but it lives with great passion for sports and sporting events," says Stefan [...]

Andorra becomes the 190th member of the International Monetary Fund

2020-10-29T12:30:33+01:0017/10/2020|

The Principality of Andorra became the 190th member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday, October 16th. This process began last January, when the Andorran Minister of Finance and Spokesman, Eric Jover, submitted the formal request to the international body. After months of joint work between the technical teams of both the Government and the IMF, the Andorran Ambassador to the United States, Elisenda Vives, submitted on Friday IMF headquarters in Washington, coinciding with the organisation's annual autumn meeting. Vives, empowered by the Government, signed the statutes on behalf of Andorra, and the Minister Eric Jover and the Secretary of [...]

Gallardo signs an agreement with Fundació la Salle to promote the Strategic Plan for Innovation in Andorra

2020-10-13T15:01:27+01:0009/10/2020|

The Minister of the Presidency, Economy and Business, and Actua’s President, Jordi Gallardo, signed an agreement with the Fundació Universitat i Tecnologia LA SALLE on Friday, October 9th in Barcelona to promote the Strategic Plan for Innovation in Andorra. Gallardo stressed that "the goal is to boost the promotion, economic diversification and innovation in order to increase the competitiveness of Andorran companies, their economy, as well as to attract foreign investment". In this regard, the minister emphasized "the desire to lay the foundations to support the development of this strategic plan with the participation of the Government, the universities, the [...]

GSIC by Microsoft and Actua close an agreement to position Andorra as a reference for Innovations in the mountain, winter sports and cycling sector

2020-11-09T12:45:26+01:0001/10/2020|

The president of the Global Sports Innovation Center (GSIC) powered by Microsoft and director of Microsoft Sports, Sebastian Lancestremere, the GSIC’s general manager, Iris Córdoba, and the Presidency, Economy and Business Minister of Govern d’Andorra, and president of Actua, Jordi Gallardo, signed a telematic agreement to position Andorra internationally, as a reference in the ecosystem of startups, innovation and digital transformation of winter sports, mountain and cycling. The agreement includes the implementation of a programme of online and face-to-face activities for companies and startups in Andorra and around the world that want to bring their innovations to the Principality. In [...]

Actua Empresa’s 2020 subsidies programme benefits 51 Andorran companies

2020-09-01T11:02:52+01:0019/08/2020|

The call for applications for a new edition of the Actua’s subsidies programme was launched last July. The programme is addressed to Andorran small and medium businesses. It has a budget of 180,000 euros. It has a budget of 180,000 euros. In its third consecutive year, Actua received 74 applications. Of those, 51 have been approved and 23 rejected, due to non-compliance with the criteria or for having exhausted the financial amount allocated. The criteria specified the maximum amount per beneficiary was of 6,000 euros. The Actua Empresa’s director, Judit Hidalgo, emphasized that "the goal of these subsidies is to [...]

El grup Ironman obre delegació a Andorra i organitzarà al país esdeveniments al març i al juliol

2020-08-06T11:22:43+01:0028/07/2020|

Actua, Andorra Turisme i The IRONMAN Group han presentat aquest dimarts, 28 de juliol al llac d’Engolasters, l’Andorra Multisport Festival per al 2021. Els participants podran escollir entre una àmplia selecció d’esports, que inclou l’Andorra Winter Triathlon el març de 2021, així com el nou triatló IRONMAN® 70.3® Andorra, la prova de mountain bike Andorra MTB Classic-Pyrenees, la cursa de ciclisme de carretera Andorra 21 Ports i la competició de trail running Trail 100 Andorra-Pyrenees, previstes el juliol de 2021. Per al ministre de Presidència, Economia i Empreses, i president d’Actua, Jordi Gallardo, l’acord amb Ironman ofereix a Andorra l’oportunitat [...]

Una solució basada en càmeres i intel·ligència artificial guanya el Repte Covid-19, impulsat per Actua

2022-11-29T11:21:31+01:0027/07/2020|

Actua ha fet públic aquest dilluns, 27 de juliol, el nom de l’equip guanyador del Repte Covid19 que pretén millor la gestió de l’afluència de persones als establiments comercials del país. Després de les presentacions de cada equip i amb la valoració de l'equip de mentors del repte, els membres del jurat format per Actua, la Cambra de Comerç, Serveis i Indústria d'Andorra, la Universitat d'Andorra i Andorra Telecom, van escollir la proposta de l'equip Broox, de Ramón Poca i Albert Minguell, que presentaven una solució basada en càmeres i intel·ligència artificial juntament amb una plataforma de màrqueting. A més [...]

Foreign investment in Andorra grew by 82% in 2019 and represents 10 times the amount of 7 years ago

2020-08-05T10:22:55+01:0010/07/2020|

The total number of foreign investment applications submitted in 2019 represents a variation of -13% with respect to the previous year. Even so, the volume of initial investment declared reflects a variation of +88.1% with respect to 2018 and reaches almost 337 million euros, according to the latest report provided by the Government of Andorra's Department of Statistics. On the number of applications formalized (which correspond to authorized applications that have been formalized before an Andorran notary), 2019 presents a variation of -9.3% (-47 applications). But the volume of the investment formalized grows 82% in 2019 compared to the previous [...]

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