About ACI

 
Internationalizing Medellin has been key for the city since it leads to establish and enhance networks of allies and partners worldwide and in time, represents a platform to help us achieve our purpose of turning into an increasingly competitive society with better living conditions. ACI is the entity responsible of boosting this process.
 
Hence, ACI promotes Medellin and the metropolitan region to create and enhance ties with strategic partners, which enable us to obtain resources from cooperation and international investments hand-in-hand with our development plans. The purpose is to improve the quality of life of the city’s population since we are aware that this favors creating jobs and consolidates productive chains and economic growth.

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The World Believes in Medellin

 
A City of Opportunities – A City that Surprises
 
Medellin surprises. Today, this city has undergone a deep transformation and glances at its future with hope and trust because it still dreams, plans, builds and is well aware that there is still much to do to become an increasingly solidary and competitive society.
 
Today, Medellin is an international city and a destination of businesses, tourism and cooperation thanks to its the physical, social, educational and cultural renewal, showing itself the world as a model of inclusion, cohabitation, solidarity and competitiveness.  
 
It’s not uncommon now for Medellin to host economic, academic, touristic, cultural, scientific and sports events, which in turn yield new stands, new visions while it bets on the global purpose to generate development and opportunities for all, without exceptions. That’s why we proudly say today: The World Believes in Medellin.
 
You too can be part of this collective project which seeks transformation and development; be it for business, for work, for leisure or for plain curiosity. Medellin waits for you with open arms from the bottom of its heart. 

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Wednesday, August 04, 2010 The ACI, an strategic actor for competitiveness in Medellin

The ACI, an strategic actor for competitiveness in Medellin

After the technology giant Hewlett Packard (HP) announced, on July 13th, its decision to set up in Medellin to offer BPO services, we collected the versions of the ACI Executive Director, Mónica Pérez, and the Assistant Director of International Business, Santiago Viera Ochoa, on the importance of this fact to the city and the role the institution met to ensure that HP considered Medelli, the best choice for their business.

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Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Colombiamoda 2010 finished successfully

Colombiamoda 2010 finished successfully

This Thursday July 29th, in the press conference held to mark the closing of of Colombiamoda 2010, the Mayor of Medellin, Alonso Salazar Jaramillo seemed very pleased with the results.

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Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Colombia is also an economic promise

Colombia is also an economic promise

Just as the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India and China) will experience an outstanding economic growth in the coming years, the CIVET, five emerging potential countries, including Colombia are starting to shape.

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Friday, July 02, 2010 New businesses, stronger cooperation networks and internationalization of the region in the 5CLAC

New businesses, stronger cooperation networks and internationalization of the region in the 5CLAC

The creation of the Latin American Network of Clusters became official in Medellin. After assessing the Conference, the TCI Network will consider the possibility of establishing a Global Cluster Conference in 2012, which would be taking place in a Latin American country.

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