Mayor Federico Gutiérrez traveled to Seoul, Korea, to sign the Letter of Intent with MOLIT and implement the Traffic Function Improvement Project in the city and to officially start cooperating between both entities. This Project seeks to implement three fundamental … Read More
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Medellín is the host of the World Cities Summit 2019
During the World Cities Summit 2018 in Singapore and as part of the commitments acquired for winning the Lee Kuan Yew Award 2016 , Medellín has been presented as the host city of this event’s next year version. It is … Read More
Securitas Healthcare officially opens new office in Medellín
The official presentation of the new offices of the international health network Securitas Healthcare. A Chilean company specializing in providing health benefits programs. The event will take place in the Golden Mile building, tower 1, floor 3, room 2 on … Read More
Medellín presented its sustainability strategy in Montreal
Every three years, the international network ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, carries out its World Congress to gather cities and territories and work towards the construction of a sustainable future. This year, the attending cities met in Montreal (Canada) between … Read More
Medellín will be the first Latin-American city to be visited by Sophia the robot
Although it seems like a science-fiction scene, the most advanced artificial intelligence android in the world, Sophia, arrives in Medellín. She will participate as the key speaker in the Summer School of the Pontifical Bolivarian University to be held in … Read More
Sana Commerce Enters the Latin American Market with New Office In Medellín
We are excited to announce that Sana Commerce’s global expansion steadfastly continues. Just two months ago, we shared that Sana would be operating locally in the Australia/New Zealand region, out of our brand-new office in Perth. Today, we officially opened … Read More
Medellín will host SAHIC Latin America 2018
SAHIC South America 2018 will take place from September 24 to 25 at the Intercontinental Hotel. This internationally renowned meeting seeks to promote the most important hotel, tourism and real estate business in the region. This will be the perfect … Read More
Sos Paisa launches its new website!
Starting on May 30, the Sos Paisa Network renews its website. This new website includes profiles of Paisas who stand out abroad, information about meetings with Paisas all around the world, news about Medellín and the region. This will be … Read More
Medellín: on the way to become a learning node
Knowledge management has become one of the pillars of the Agency for Cooperation and Investment of Medellin and the Metropolitan Area in the attraction of cooperation and foreign investment into the city. Knowledge transfer initiatives have been designed and implemented … Read More
Medellín becomes a strategic member of the International Network for Climate Protection
The capital of Antioquia, headed by mayor Federico Gutiérrez, is now one of the cities that make up the C40 Steering Committee. C40 connects about 100 cities, totaling a population of about 700 million people in the world. The network, … Read More
Medellín opens the first Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence of Colombia
On Tuesday, May 22, the first Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence of Colombia will be officially opened thanks to the agreement signed between Ruta N and the Institute for Automation of Processes and Artificial Intelligence (IRPA AI), of the … Read More
The meeting with Paisas in New York was a success!
On May 2nd, the mayor of Medellín, Federico Gutiérrez Zuluaga, met with the Paisa community in New York. The event was held at the Consulate of Colombia and was attended by the consul María Isabel Nieto Jaramillo. The Sos Paisa … Read More
Mexico is ACI Medellín’s last destination on its tour around countries of the Pacific Alliance
Monterrey, Mexico City and Puebla are the three cities Colombia’s main Investment Promotion Agencies will visit to promote the country as investment destination. ACI Medellín, Invest Pacific, Invest in Bogota, ProBarranquilla, Invest in Armenia and Invest in Cartagena participated in … Read More
Iberacademy echoes with melodies through Medellín
Founded by Alejandro Posada, Colombian orchestra conductor and his wife María Helena Tamayo, the Ibero-American Philharmonic Academy – Iberacademy – is committed to support the talent of young people from Medellín and Colombia and to a comprehensive development of musicians, … Read More
Networks of Cities, an international relationship strategy
The networks of cities are a means of strengthening the international insertion of local governments, increasing opportunities for decentralized international cooperation and exchanging knowledge. These networks act as bridges on the international discussion and the dissemination of the challenges faced … Read More
Investment tour in Lima and Santiago sets new challenges to attract investors to Colombia
A team made up by ACI Medellín, Procolombia, Invest in Armenia, ProBarranquilla, Invest in Bogota and Invest in Pacific have started the Alianza Pacífico tour in Lima and Santiago, which has left important relations for future projects between these countries … Read More
Medellín sets up a new strategy to protect the environment
In compliance with the Development Plan 2016-2019 Medellín Cuenta Con Vos and its 7th dimension: “To collectively protect the environment,” the Medellín Mayor’s Office and the Secretariat of Environment have developed a new process that seeks to protect the hydrographic basins … Read More
SOS PAISA arrives in Lima and Santiago de Chile
*The demonym for people of Antioquia, Colombia.
Medellín joins powerful international strategy to strengthen foreign investment
Colombia seeks to attract foreign investment to its regions with a tour around Peru and Chile from April 15 to 21. The international promotion tour supported by Procolombia, will take place in Lima on April 17 at the Country Club … Read More
Medellín starts celebrating the Mexico – Colombia Year
The Mexican embassy to Colombia will offer a serenade to the country in the framework of the Mexico – Colombia Year. The Symphony Orchestra and Mariachi of the Ministry of Defense of Mexico will lead the show at Metropolitan Theater … Read More
Spanish Multinational brings its innovation center to Medellín
Konecta is a Spanish multinational provider of comprehensive BPO and Contact Center services for several sectors wich consolidates is offices in Medellín. It has 100 engineers in Ruta N facilities co-working in an environment that favors the generation of new … Read More
The United Nations’ Global Marketplace opens the door to new suppliers
The United Nations has launched Global Marketplace, a digital platform to make public the bids of its organizations for vendors from all around the world.. More than 40 UN organizations publish their bid announcements on this platform and vendors can … Read More
Dreams Fulfilled in the Metamorphosis of a City
With three comprehensive intervention projects, in urban renewal, mobility and attention to early childhood, Medellín has become an international model of overcoming low levels of human development and caring for the most vulnerable populations. From ACI Medellín, these are the … Read More
The commitments of a city open to the world
The economic dynamics of a city like Medellín stimulate the opening of new markets and the strengthening of relations with international actors. To do so, not only technological or legal tools are needed, also human talent capable of communicating in … Read More
Stanley Black & Decker arrives in Medellín creating more than 200 Finance jobs
With 175 years of experience, more than 50,000 employees worldwide and total revenue exceeding $12B, Stanley Black & Decker is known for superior quality, continual innovation and rigorous operational discipline. Stanley Black & Decker has built a winning organization that … Read More
Green Hair arrives in Medellín, the first ecological hair salon in the city
The Venezuelan ecological hairdressing establishment settles in the capital of Antioquia thanks to the support of Procolombia Venezuela and the Agency for Cooperation and Investment of Medellín and the Metropolitan Area – ACI Medellín. “We are an ecological hair salon … Read More
Welcome to ACI Medellín!
New winds of leadership arrive to ACI Medellín on behalf of the Business Administrator, Catalina Restrepo Carvajal. Restrepo has an extensive experience in project management and advisory. She has served as Replicability Director of the JuanFe Foundation; Advisor to Medellín … Read More
The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley will coordinate ICLEI International Network offices in Colombia
Medellín― February 28, the ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability presents its regional office for Colombia which will be coordinated by the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley , leaded by Eugenio Prieto Soto, director of the institution.. As part of … Read More
Medellín’s challenge: to become a Global City
David Escobar Arango, current director of Comfama, had the chance to give a close look to the performance of the Agency for Cooperation and Investment of Medellín and the Metropolitan Area, ACI Medellín since its very beginning. He remembers that … Read More
Medellín talked about Smart Cities
According to the Inter-American Development Bank – IDB, “a smart and sustainable city is an innovative that which uses information and communication technologies (ICT) and other means to improve decision-making, the efficiency of operations, the provision of urban services and … Read More