There is an old question in Chilean history: ¿ when will Chile become a developed country? Being a developed country is not simple arithmetic for reaching a certain per capita income, say US$ 25.000/inhab, for example. There are three crucial differences between developed and developing countries: (i) Existence of a long term perspective; (ii) innovative […]
Fundación Chile, together with Pro Chile and Achilles Chile, published the first Export Suppliers Report for the Mining Sector 2010-2014, a project developed within the High Grade Mining National Program, the one that is mainly intended to boost the mining exports, pretending to reach sales for US$10,000 million on year 2035. “The High Grade Mining […]
The objective that the students of Estado de Israel School in Valparaíso chose is very specific: they want the elevator of the school to start working properly again, so that Ignacio, a student of seventh grade who is in wheelchair, can move around easily. “What made me and my colleague happier is that the decision […]
The only way to obtain maqui nowadays is through harvesting wild trees, since so far has not been developed a technological package for its commercial production. For this reason, the volume obtained is limited and cost is high. With the presentation of first maqui clones in SAG (Agricultural and Livestock Service, the official Chilean State […]
UBI Global, leader organization in analysis and measurement of performance of incubators for companies associated to universities, announced that EmprendeFch – Entrepreneurship Platform of Fundación Chile – positioned itself between the five bests “Business Incubators Associated to Universities” in its annual ranking, This ranking highlights incubators and accelerators that have a better average performance. With […]
Accelerate and boost the efficient lighting market is the objective of the international Project Enlighten, that Fundación Chile will implement at national level within three years. The program’s goal is to save 4,8% of the country’s electricity consumption and 34% of lighting, which results in 1,2 million tons of carbon emissions reduction and savings for […]
Revisa fotos del Demo Day aquí Ante el desafío de impulsar el ecosistema de emprendimiento e innovación en torno a la minería, Fundación Chile creó el programa Think Big Mining, que realizó un Demo Day con el objetivo de presentar nuevos proyectos que diversifiquen y refuercen la industria. El subsecretario de minería, Ignacio Moreno, quien […]
Los mayores de 60 años alcanzan un 14,9% de la población del país, las estadísticas indican que para el 2020 llegarán a casi un 18%. Al mismo tiempo, los problemas cardiovasculares en este segmento de la población son notoriamente más críticos que en el resto de la población. El estudio Chile Saludable, desarrollado por Fundación […]