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“Women that inspire 2.020” Award

March 23, 2020 - During the month of March we had various activities to honor women and also to show positive examples. Within this premise, we present the “Women that inspire 2.020” award. This award, held for the first time this year, was created to honor the careers of outstanding women and entrepreneurs whose career can inspire girls, young women, and women. The profiles of the 4 selected women are published on a weekly interview on the WTC Asunción Facebook fan page. Visit the site to get inspired with the amazing stories of these remarkable women. Link: https://cutt.ly/itvPDRZ Read More

"behind the skin" Photographic Exhibition

March 23, 2020 - Within our efforts to visualize positive examples for women, WTC Asunción invited award wining photographer Andrea Ferreira to showcase the portraits taken to more than 30 women from all around Paraguay. Behind the Skin is a photographic essay, by Paraguayan photographer Andrea Ferreira, in which every photograph tells the brief history of each one of the portrayed women. Everyone of them, with their own differences, endured fighting against the stereotypes that society have about women. By revealing these stories it is possible to see and understand that what makes us different it's exactly what makes us authentic. The essay turned into a book was the winning project of the international photo book contest "El Ojo Salvaje 2019", a very important award in Latin America. The photographic exhibition is available from Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. until March 30 Access is free. The inauguration was held on March 8th, celebrating International's Women's Day. Read More

WTC Asunción joins fight for inclusion

September 16, 2019 - WTC Asunción joins Fundación Saraki´s SUMMA network, a business motivation program which proposes the creation of a Paraguayan network of friends of inclusion companies, that will bring together organizations interested in strengthening their corporate efforts of innovation in inclusion policies. Saraki is an NGO working since 1996 on creating, promoting and disseminating ideas based on the inclusion, equality and equity of people. The launching event was held at the WTC Asunción auditorium and was attended by prominent businessmen and local authorities such as the Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security, Carla Bacigalupo. From this network, its members will initiate processes of mutual empowerment in matters of inclusion, through conversation, workshops for their work teams, international webinars, and an executive advisor who will accompany them in the process that will position their companies in the national and international market as business references of inclusion. Read More

Creating awareness about organ donation

September 16, 2019 - For the third year in row, WTC Asunción organized a collaborative campaign called “Seamos donantes” or “Let´s be donors” in English, designed to educate about the importance of organ, blood and bone marrow donation. The actions have included a social media campaign, workshops and illuminating the 4 towers of WTC Asunción in green, the given color to organ donation campaign, red for blood donation awareness and orange for bone marrow donation. This year´s campaign had a successful day dedicated to blood donation, more than 40 people donated blood and over a hundred more sent emails and congratulations on the actions of the campaign, also asking for another day dedicated to donating blood later on the year. This campaign collaborators are: Carlos Chytil Fundation, dedicated to creating awareness on bone marrow donation, The National Blood Program, and the National Transplant and Ablation Institute. Read More

Reinventing cloud business

August 26, 2019 - WTC Asunción and the Paraguayan-Israeli Chamber of Commerce (CACOPI) are having very interesting and educational conferences with foreign experts. These conferences are open to the general public, WTC Asunción and CACOPI members have special discounts. This month speaker Rodrigo Benzaquen´s subject was “Reinventing cloud business” this tech expert shared his experiences on Silicon Valley with more than 70 participants. These events are held every month at WTC Asunción´s New York Auditorium with the main goal of generating dynamic spaces of participation, to exchange experiences, knowledge and networking. The foreign experts are provided and coordinated by CACOPI. Read More

Paraguayan economy over the next 4 years

July 24, 2019 - World Trade Center Asunción supported the event of the Israeli Paraguayan Chamber of Commerce (CACOPI). The keynote event focused on “The Economy and Politics in Paraguay for the next 4 years”, with Alberto Acosta Garbarino and César Barreto, as speakers. The CACOPI Business Talks Cycle, co-produced with WTC Asunción, aims to generate a participatory and dynamic space to exchange experiences, knowledge, update and network. Held at WTC Asunción´s New York Auditorium, with more than 60 people on attendance, these monthly keynotes are very important to generate and share knowledge about economy, trade, and commerce. Read More

Important agreement with the Ministry of Commerce

July 23, 2019 - World Trade Center Asunción signed an agreement with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to promote the constant growth of industry and commerce in Paraguay. This agreement is intended to support the opening commercial roads in the world through joint actions, training, events, talks and trade missions through our international network of more than 300 WTCs in 90 countries. Present at the signing of the agreement: the President of the WTC Asunción, Víctor González Acosta and on behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Minister Liz Cramer and Luis Elias B. Coordination Director. Read More

WTC Asunción Trade Mission to Israel

July 23, 2019 - The members of the board of directors of WTC Asunción visited Israel in June, to get to know about the latest advances in technologies regarding agriculture, cyber technology, real estate development, digital media, geopolitics and innovation as well as pursue trade opportunities. The mission started with a visit to the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, founded in 1.996 by the late Israeli president, Shimon Peres. This center focuses on implementing programs that promote a prosperous Israel, fostering and highlighting Israeli innovation and paving the way for cultural exchange. The next stop was Taranis, here they were welcomed by the director, Eduardo Zlotnik.Taranis is an agricultural intelligence platform that helps farmers monitor their fields with a revolutionary tool that changes the way agricultural activity is managed through big data analysis. This visit was particularly important, because Paraguay, where WTC Asunción is located, has an economy where agriculture and livestock are very important. WTC Asunción is also part of the WTCA´s Agriculture Member Advisory Council. The trade mission lasted a week, visiting a few of the most important companies of Israel. Playbuzz, an Israeli technological entrepreneurship that has become one of the main platforms on the web for the creation and publication of materials that generate engagement, was also visited and the mission. Members held meetings with high executives from Playbuzz that explained the importance of media presence and how the news and content sharing is evolving. The next visit was to the IDB Group, where the president, Eduardo Elztain, gave the group a warm welcome. IDB Group is one of Israel´s most outstanding holdings with companies in areas such as agriculture, real estate, asset management, telecommunications, insurance, food retail, cybertechnology and medical devices. This company has influence and relevance worldwide. The mission´s last stop was a private meeting with Mr. Roni Kaplan, an ex-spokesman for the Israeli´s defense force, that gave a very detailed glimpse of the geopolitical situation as well as current and historical context of Israel´s relation with the region and the world. Read More

Agreement to promote Paraguayan products

May 23, 2019 - With the idea of promoting Paraguayan products and industries to the world, WTC Asunción has signed an agreement to work in unison with the Young Industrial Union of Paraguay (UIP Joven). The mutual cooperation agreement is considered very important for young industrial entrepreneurs. One of the benefits will be having special discount rates on the services that WTC Asuncion provides. Such as, meeting and conference rooms, auditoriums, and a chance to showcase the joint initiatives through our global WTCA network. The Young Industrial Union of Paraguay (UIP Joven), is a division of the Industrial Union of Paraguay, formed mainly by young industrial entrepreneurs. WTC Asuncion's chairman, Victor Gonzalez Acosta, Industrial Union of Paraguay's president, Gustavo Volpe and Paulo Duarte, president of the Young Industrial Union of Paraguay, signed the agreement documents. Read More

Conferences to promote knowledge on commerce

May 21, 2019 - The Paraguayan-Israeli Chamber of Commerce and WTC Asuncion have signed an agreement to make a strategic alliance to promote knowledge about commerce to the general public. One if the initiatives to achieve this goal, is a cycle of business conferences hosted at WTC Asuncion’s auditorium, the first Tuesday of every month. The first of these events was hosted by Liz Cramer, Minister of Treasury of Paraguay. The subject of her dissertation was” Reforms for an improvement in Paraguay's business climate” The focus of these events is to generate a participatory and dynamic space to exchange experiences, knowledge and networking. Also, to have a chance to converse with the main actors of the economic scene of Paraguay. About the Paraguayan-Israeli Chamber of Commerce: It was created on 2016, it has the goal to promote, facilitate and increase commercial exchange, investment, and cultural relations between both countries. Read More

4th YEAR OF WTC ASUNCION BUSINESS BREAKFAST

April 10, 2019 - March 2019 marked the 4th consecutive year of this successful event, that gathers executives and CEOs of companies from all Paraguay. With an average of 80 participants per edition, this year’s WTC Asunción Business Breakfast calendar has 8 spectacular speakers from all over the world. A full auditorium welcomed lawyer, scholar and journalist, Felipe Iglesias. The subject of his keynote was “The legal aspect of the electronic media of your company.” The interaction with the audience is key on these events, putting together an atmosphere where networking and keeping an open mind to new ideas are the most remarkable aspects. WTC Asunción Business Breakfasts started in 2016, bringing ideas from all over the world to our WTC executives and companies, the event quickly started to open to all the Paraguayan business and companies. WTC Asunción members have preferential registration. This event is co-produced by Teraré Paraguay, and is held at the New York Auditorium at WTC Asunción Services floor, tower 2 - 10th floor. Read More

WTC Asunción successful events of 2018

December 18, 2018 - This year WTC Asunción held 6 editions of an event called "WTC Executive Breakfasts". Executives from WTC Asunción and special guests, had the chance to hear from excellent and diverse international speakers while having a great opportunity for networking. Another highly attended event was "The world comes to WTC Asunción", where embassies and chambers of commerce of varios countries such as, Great Britain, Uruguay, Hungary, Japan and Chile, had each one special night where they showcased their culture, gastronomy as well as their achievements and companies in Paraguay. The last edition of "The world comes to WTC Asunción" of the year was held December 6, at the New York City auditorium, with Hungary as host. On this occasion art was very well represented by Hungarian painter Melitta Marcali, who became the 12th artist in 2018 to have an exposition in the lobbies of the 4 towers, as part of the WTC Asunción Cultural Program. This events are produced by Terare Paraguay and WTC Asunción and sponsored by prestigious companies. Read More