The ‘Espacio Andalucía’, which is managed by the Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, brings together 160 Andalusian organisations at the 36th edition of the International Quality Food and Drink Fair (Salón Gourmets). This international event, which is being held from 17 to 20 April at the Madrid exhibition centre (Ifema), is […]
Exports from Andalusia reached the historical record figure of 3,206 million in January 2023, which represents a growth of 6.2% compared to the same month of the previous year, and makes it the best January in history since comparable data has been available (1995).
The Government of Andalusia has promoted Andalusia’s participation in the Foodex Japan 2023 fair this March, the main agri-food fair in Japan, the second largest Asian market for Andalusia’s food and beverages, after China, with 164 million euros exported in 2022. The event, which is considered the most important in the Asia-Pacific region, was held from 7 to 10 March at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center.
The number of scientific publications from Andalusian public universities registered in the Andalusian Scientific Information System (SICA) and the Web of Science (WoS) has grown by 35.8% from 2018 to 2022, from 12,248 to 16,635 publications per year.
The Department of Tourism, Culture, and Sport of the Government of Andalusia, through the Directorate General for Documentary and Bibliographic Heritage, has begun contracting a cloud storage service, with an initial capacity of 25 Terabytes, for the documents of Andalusia’s documentary heritage which are conserved and digitised in the archives managed by the Department and […]
Renault Group has inaugurated in Seville, Andalusia, its only hybrid gearbox production centre in the world. This factory is also the model for an innovative circular economy project that is unique in Spain for recycling and renewing vehicles and components, prolonging their life, and reducing pollution.
Research, technological development, and innovation accounted for a large part of the expenditure executed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in Andalusia in 2021, with a total of more than 293 million euros. Together with these data, it has been achieved that within the framework of the ERDF Operational Programme, the implementation of these funds has been very prominent in the promotion of research and innovation, in improving the competitiveness of SMEs, in initiatives to promote a low-carbon economy in all sectors and in promoting sustainable transport.
Extenda Global 2022, the annual event that brings together Andalusia’s foreign sector, will be held once again on 16 and 17 November at the Trade Fair and Congress Centre of Malaga (Fycma). The event, which is the largest international trade meeting organised in the region, will allow, as every year, Andalusian companies to find new business opportunities in the world through the development of B2B meetings with representatives of the markets they are interested in exploring in the 62 countries served by Extenda’s Foreign Network.
Andalusia’s public health system has recently achieved a major milestone in improving the health of the population. Professionals from up to seven organisations linked to the Regional Ministry of Health and Families have for the first time successfully implanted personalised veins in a patient suffering from deep vein insufficiency.
The Regional Ministry of Health and Families of the Government of Andalusia and the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) are research partners in the Digi-ID programme, a pan-European project whose main aim is to educate in digital skills to achieve better health outcomes and promote the social inclusion of adults with intellectual disabilities.
