The State delegate in the Free Zone of Cádiz participates in Curaçao in the XXVII Conference of Free Zones of Ibero-America, where he has presented the role of Cádiz as a great hub of the Blue Economy of the South of Spain
The Cádiz representative has been elected member of the board of directors of the international institution with 51 votes, being the second with the greatest support of all the members
The State delegate in the Cádiz Consortium has also participated in the panel of experts on blue innovation, where he presented the Incubazul and Blue Core projects as innovative models
The State delegate in the Cádiz Free Zone, Fran González, has joined the Board of Directors of the Association of Free Zones of the Americas (AZFA) during the general assembly that took place within the framework of the XXVII Conference of Free Zones Ibero-American Games held in the Caribbean town of Curaçao.
The Free Trade Zone of Cádiz, which joined the AZFA in November of last year during the celebration of the XXVI Conference that took place in Barcelona, is having a very active presence in the event of the Ibero-American free zones, with the participation of its own delegate to a panel of experts and the intervention of the coordinator of Incubazul, José Manuel Fedriani, in a round table on incubators.
The appointment of Fran González as a member of the AZFA board of directors was achieved by 51 votes, being the second candidate with the greatest support, and represents an important element because it represents the opportunity to increase the visibility of Cádiz in the Latin American market and, at At the same time, promote its capabilities and potential in sector forums, in addition to actively working on the coordination of all free zones and synergies on both sides of the ocean.
Furthermore, the delegate of the Cádiz Free Trade Zone has highlighted “the position of Cádiz as a reference in the Blue Economy. It is important to note that they require our presence at national and international events related to innovation and the blue sector and ask us to explain our project as an example of good practice.”
Along with the assembly, held on Wednesday afternoon, Fran González participated today in a panel titled “Blue Innovation: Promoting the future in Free Zones”, sharing the bill with Rene Ramos, general manager of Aristos Inmobiliaria; Danilo Zabala, COO of Blue Nap; Karim Palmieri, CEO of Quadrian; and as moderator Gustavo González de la Vega, Deputy Minister of Economy and Internationalization of the Government of the Canary Islands.
Fran González explained the projects that the Cádiz Free Trade Zone is developing in the field of blue innovation and how, after the success of the Blue Economy incubator Incubazul, it is launching ZF Blue Core, a 4.0 incubator that will complement the program of acceleration and the path taken with Incubazul.
For his part, the coordinator of the incubator participated yesterday in the round table “Incubators and Venture Studios: catalysts for the success of Free Zones”, in which he presented the success model of the incubator of the Free Zone of Cádiz and its acceleration program through which 100 startups have already passed, a third of which are billing. Also participating in the table were Karim Palmieri, CEO of Quadrian; Rafal Zelazny, CEO of Katowice Special Economic Zone; and Pere Navarro, delegate of the State of the Free Zone of Barcelona, acting as moderator Julio Rodríguez, executive director of the Association of Free Zones of Ibero-America.
AZFA, founded in 1997, brings together more than 700 free zones and 10,700 companies from 25 countries, representing a business network that generates around 1,180,000 direct jobs. The association's main objective is to promote commercial, economic and cultural exchange among its members.
Cádiz, with a historic role in international trade and with Latin America, thus reinforces its role in the network of free zones, remembering its hosting role in the VI Latin American Conference of Free Zones in 2002, an event that was held outside of America for the first time. .
