The Cuban Industrial Information Network (RIIC, according to its Spanish initials) is a project of the Government of Cuba coordinated by DISAIC Consulting House, with the collaboration of UNIDO, based in state-of-the-art technologies, where all Cuban industrial entities can participate, being in such case its information providers and beneficiaries of its services.

Firstly, the access of Cuban enterprises and institutions to the information they need in order to be competitive will be remarkably increased, and on the other hand, contact and business possibilities with domestic and foreign enterprises will be enlarged, as the Industrial Information Network will also serve as a promotional mean of Cuban products and services abroad.

The project pursues the achievement of the following objectives:

• To act as an information and added value services provider for a large number of industrial sectors, easing the linking of ministries and institutions that design the policies in different industrial sectors of the country, as well as a number of other outstanding activities, such as R+D institutes, energy and environment, quality, standardization and metrology, etc.;

• To establish a business opportunities window for international community and, in such context, to generate and provide access to information leading to partnership opportunities on investment and technology;

• To provide Cuba with a capacity to substantially improve its access to world information networks.

e-mail: cubaindustria@disaic.cu