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550 Digital Projects to the Latin American Emprende con cultura Contest
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550 Digital Projects to the Latin American Emprende con cultura Contest

Latin American 'Emprende con cultura (Undertake with culture)' contest has received this year 550 digital projects, coming from Argentina (118), Bolivia (11), Brazil (22), Chile (21), Colombia (52), Costa Rica (12), Cuba (6), Ecuador (11), El Salvador (14), Spain (111), Guatemala (12), Honduras (7), Mexico (35), Nicaragua (9), Panama (15), Paraguay (3), Peru (33), Portugal (9), Puerto Rico (2), Dominican Republic (10), Uruguay (28) and Venezuela (9).

 

Organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, in collaboration with the OLAS (Organization of Latin American States for Education, Science and Culture), this contest takes place within the framework of the 5th Latin American Culture Congress to be held in Zaragoza, Nov. 20 - 22.

 

In early June, an international jury is going to handpick at least 22 projects, one per each participating country. The decision will be announced on July 5, as reported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.

 

The projects selected or their representatives will be invited on November 18 - 22 to the creators’ residence at Zaragoza’s Art and Technology Center so they can share experiences days before the Congress, in order to foster creativity. During the Congress days, they are going to show their projects to the attendees, as well as an exclusive group of mentors and possible investors.

 

It’s all about digital projects related to the cultural and digital creative sector and they require foreign investment to be developed. This competition is aimed at promoting digital projects in cultural and creative industries all over Latin America, shedding light on the most innovating projects, and providing ideas and speaker for the 5th Latin American Culture Congress.

 

The approaches and sectors of competing projects have been very diverse. They range from initiatives related to the technologic development of the educational sector and scientific research, to projects that bet on stage arts, tourism, painting, music, digital edition, anthropology or ecology, among others.

 

Source: Press release