Its the 28th of July in Punta Arenas, Chile. The worst month of the winter is over, and lets get spring on! Well, we have to wait a little bit longer, but the days are definitely getting longer. Its been cold but sunny. I feel very very sorry for those Europeans which are living through the wettest summer in recent history. But Ive been told its not cold....
So what up?! You may ask yourself, (or not). What has ig been up to? I haven't heard from him for ages. Well lets start by saying that i have added some new pics to my website, (through the link). Work has been good. I got paid this week which was a plus and Sheila Saraiva arrived to volunteer with us for 2 months.
Sheila is from Sao Paolo, Brazil, and is freezing her $%& off, but she has a lot of knowledge about CSR and is very interested in product development. She thought our business plan was good. So i like her!
Carine is off to Peru, although today she is in Chile still. I do wonder whether that bus strike is still on in Peru......Well I'm sure she knows.
Since the last post the work for SERCOTEC hasn't really advance. This has not been my decision but a combination of factors which lead to things going slow. This week coming should see this change. There have also been some very interesting new licitations.
I suppose the one i have spent the most time on has been one for CORFO. They are licitating a research project with the aim of creating a base line for a new public - private agency that is being set up. This agency should act as a coordinating body between the different government tools for productive growth and focus them towards priority areas. It is these priority areas that the study we are applying for should establish. Obviously we are not doing this on our own. this is being done with a partner, and we created a little working team. The study should take 4.5 months.
Some other projects are also being licitated which we are considering. This includes one other for SERCOTEC, and another which is a study for the SAG about the economic feasibility of the erradication of the beaver. Pretty interesting hey?! The government seems to have a lot of cash lately!
There are some other as well, but i wont talk about them just yet.
We should know by next week if we got it. What i will talk about is the application Marieke and I are preparing for Impulsis. I really hope this one goes through. This application is almost finished although the budget section still has to be developed fully. I hope to send this off soon. FYI - it is focused on Puerto Williams, and would allow us to further develop the concept of the facilitating ME.
Hey! I'm getting myself a webcam next week, so lets meet up and look at each other on skype...just a reminder my sign in name is blanco.ignacio
Well for now that's it! I was wondering about Bart....where are you Bart!?
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