TIPS elaborates and disseminates offers and demands collected directly from the companies that are part of the network. The information, regularly checked and updated by Devnet bureaux, covers the following production and service sectors: agro-industry, food, construction, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, fishery, biotechnology, machinery, packaging, tourism, leather, energy, electronics, transportation, textiles and environment.

TIPS portals in Internet also provide policy papers and analyses on regional integration, information for environmental management, systems for production activities, technical standards and quality regulations, calendar of fairs and congresses, international co-operation, financing and projects. www.tips.org