| Devnet’s main areas of activity |
Business intelligence: tailor-made research on potential business partners, assistance for business missions, drafting agendas, organising meetings, fair trade participation, business contacts, foreign trade statistics, import tariffs, sectoral profiles, products and country profiles, consulting services for single companies and related organisations. Devnet Communication and Information Centre: design, development, implementation and maintenance of computerised internal information management systems for companies, organisations and institutions. It includes the Devnet’s Computerised Training System (CTS) and Telematic Integral Business System (TIBS); Intranet and Extranet services; and the Business Internet Through TIPS (BIT), which designs, produces, places and updates Web pages, portals, data bases on the Internet, and multimedia applications. Training. Devnet holds on-site and long-distance training programmes for enterprises and institutions on information management and full use of the network, using the Computerised Training System (CTS) technology. Information and communication networks: design, management and maintenance. Main systems developed by Devnet are: European Commission Informatic Access System; Venezuela Industrial Information Network; Fepale (Pan American Dairy Federation); Arpel (Latin American Oil Business Reciprocal Assistance); Infopesca (Fishery Information), the United Nations Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay, Peru Eurocentre, Venezuela Eurocentre, EC Delegations for Paraguay and Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador and Chile; Italian Chambers of Commerce in Rosario (Argentina), and Uruguay; Global Technological Network/Environmental Technology Network for the Americas (ETNA/GTN linking USA and 10 Latin American countries); and IADB (Infoambiente), among others. E-commerce. Development of e-commerce systems with on-line business opportunities. Mass media service: promotes offers and demands of member companies of DEVNET in newspapers and specialised publications. Environmental Information Service: promotion of proper use of natural resources, clean production technology and compliance with standards and quality regulations concerning environmental issues. Within Devnet, there are two main international programmes: Tips (Trade and Technology Information Promotion System) and Winner (Women into the New Network for Entrepreneurial Reinforcement).
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