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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 [...]

Andorra MTB Classic-Pyrenees in the Multisport Festival hosted by la Massana

2021-03-19T11:30:55+01:0022/12/2020|

La Massana will host one of the main races in the Andorra Multisport Festival by IRONMAN. Presented on Tuesday December 22nd by, the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Actua, Jordi Gallardo, the Mayor of La Massana, Olga Molné, and the regional director for IRONMAN in Southern Europe, Agustí Pérez. The race has been given the name of Andorra MTB Classic-Pyrenees and will take place from the 28th of June to the 3rd of July 2021 and will be made up of a 168 km MTB circuit. PDF presentation with all the information [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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