The Academic Center for Information Technology (CAITI) seeks to promote collaboration between local software companies and academia to foster sustainable growth in the sector.
CAITI's board of directors consists of a representative from the executive branch, a representative from the University of the Republic, a representative from private universities, two representatives from the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology, and a representative from the UNDP.
CAITI is currently engaged in the following activities:
- A software development project involving collaboration between academia and industry;
- Promotion and coordination of activities to develop a multisectoral project at the national level;
- Collaboration between industry and academia to develop commercial applications based on the new technologies provided by ANTEL.
CAITI has published a database containing information on academic groups in the sector that are interested in collaborating with companies.