Fundación Chile (FCh) is a non profit corporation created in 1976 through a joint agreement between the Chilean government and

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. It is essentially a technological do tank that has worked successfully to foster Chilean business and industry growth through technological innovation and implementation.

Projects

* Fundacion Chile's most notable success has been in the

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industry. FCh is widely credited with turning Chile (a country with no native salmon population) into the world's second largest salmon producer. They have done this through a number of different business ventures. * FCh has worked with the public Chilean school system to create EducarChile, an internet portal which has become a pillar of the national school system and the 7th most visited site in Chile. * FCh has worked with the competences of employment of people to create an internet portal which has become the first observatory of labor market movements in Chile. They also have a special program to train people in employment skills with a constructivist methodology.

External links

Fundación Chile website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fundacion Chile Government agencies of Chile Non-profit organisations based in Chile Non-profit corporations Organizations established in 1976 Think tanks established in 1976 1976 establishments in Chile