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As information technology companies look to expand their service delivery capabilities and increase
their competitiveness, Newfoundland and Labrador is quickly emerging as a
location for nearshore services. Offering its own competitive advantages, the
province is strategically situated close to the United States Eastern seaboard
and Western Europe.
Nearshore Atlantic is a public-private
partnership between the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Aliant and the
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technical Industries (Nati). This
initiative has been developed to promote the province as a premier destination
for nearshore services in the expanding global IT service delivery
model. Nearshore Atlantic is governed by a Steering Committee comprised of
partner representatives.
The Nearshore taskforce was
established with an objective to increase business development and gainful
employment of the province’s residents in the ICT sector and to increase the
overall usage of the province’s technology infrastructure.
- The areas of work being considered for this
development initiative include software engineering, software design, and
software maintenance and support.
- Through the Nearshore development initiative,
government and Aliant want to foster greater collaboration between all
stakeholders including, the government, industry and its support organization
to facilitate attraction of ICT work to Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Government and Aliant also agree that Nati, as
the voice of the technology sector in this province, will assist and help
direct interaction in developing specific objectives and terms of reference.
- Nearshore Atlantic will run as a business
attraction agency whose mandate is fixed on attracting non-NL based companies
into the province to conduct software related work for international markets.
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To Find Out More
For information and assistance go to the
Nearshore Atlantic website
www.nearshoreatlantic.com or contact the
INTRD office nearest you.
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