During the meeting, the coordinating minister stressed that “the sector has worked very well during the year” and congratulated everyone for the significant progress made since the first meeting with the chain. Notably, during 2014, the level of overall turnover in the sector was equivalent to 4,380 million, showing an increase of 27.2 percent.
Moreover, the expansion of software service exports was 12 2% yoy, achieving export by 1,117 million dollars. While in the case of employment, about 100,000 people currently work in the industry, including employees and small entrepreneurs, which means an increase approximately 10.6%.
From the Law 25,922 of 2004, based on the Promotion of the Software Industry and amended laws, this value chain has achieved an expansion of employment of 418%, an increase of 557% in the volume of exports and an expansion of 378% in volume total turnover if 2003 data are compared to 2014.
Finally, different themes were developed related to the sector that ranged from funding programs through the Trust Fund for the Promotion of the Software Industry (Fonsoft) which has invested 95 million pesos in 2014, and the Argentine Technology Fund (Fontar) to the challenges in the training of human resources, the importance of technological poles and decentralization of universities and exports to Latin American markets.
were present along the Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich, Secretary of Employment, Matías Barroetaveña; chief of staff of the Department of Economic Coordination and Improvement of Competitiveness, Laura Fernández; Under Secretary for Industry, Stella Maris Ayala Escobar.
For the private sector the president of the Chamber of Software and Computer Services of Argentina (CESSI), José María Louzao Andrade participated, among other officials, consultants and representatives of the Chamber.
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