ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies) has just signed an agreement with the Southern Riograndense Association for Supporting Software Development - SOFTSUL with the objective of improving the performance of entities and their partners, offering support, incentives and legal guidance to associated companies.
With about 250 members, SOFTSUL was created more than 20 years ago with the main objective of managing the SOFTEX Program in Rio Grande do Sul, in addition to encouraging socioeconomic development and increasing the competitiveness of companies in the productive sector of Information Technology and Communication (ICT).
This is the fourth agreement that ABES holds this year between technology parks and associations with the aim of strengthening the technology sector in the country. Only in the first semester, partnerships were closed with the Belo Horizonte technological park (BH-Tec); Digital Port of Pernambuco and Itaipu Technological Park.
“SOFTSUL is an important representative of the sector in the southern region of the country. With this approach, we want to join forces in joint work in terms of national representativeness and contribute to the development of the sector, leading to opportunities for the entity. SOFTSUL will also add with its know-how, through a joint work agenda that includes support and encouragement for the development of technological innovation ”, explains Jorge Sukarie, president of ABES.
According to José Antônio Antonioni, president of SOFTSUL, this agreement brings the opportunity for the entities to exercise even more their role in making the actions of collective interest reinforce the economic activity of the associates. “The agreement with ABES has the objective of complementing the activities of the entities through collaborative work, creating benefits to qualify the associated companies. This reciprocal support can optimize resources and generate greater reach of information for a greater number of companies that participate in the opportunities offered to the sector, creating new business and positive results for both companies and the country ”, he says.
About ABES
ABES, the Brazilian Association of Software Companies, is the most representative entity in the sector with around 1,600 associated or associated companies, distributed in 23 Brazilian states, plus the Federal District, responsible for generating more than 120 thousand direct jobs and a turnover annual turnover of US$ 20 billion per year.
The companies associated with ABES represent 85% of the turnover of the software development and commercialization segment in Brazil and 33% of the total turnover of the IT sector, equivalent in 2014 to US$ 60 billion of sales of software, IT services and hardware.
Since its foundation, on September 9, 1986, the entity has exercised the mission of sectorial representation in the legislative and tax areas, in proposing and guiding policies aimed at strengthening the value chain of the Brazilian Software and Services Industry - IBSS, in defense intellectual property and combating piracy of national or international software and supporting initiatives to promote research, development, innovation and the development of national software. Access the ABES Portal - www.abes.org.br or talk to our Relationship Center: (11) 2161-2833.
About SOFTSUL (www.softsul.org.br) - The Sul-Riograndense Association for Supporting Software Development (SOFTSUL) is a non-governmental organization constituted in the form of a civil society, non-profit, of private law and of a public character. The Institution aims to promote the development and training of the software and information technology services industry.
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