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Coordination Ministry for Productivity, Employment and
Competitiveness. Projects identified and validated are
admitted to Portfolio of Investment Projects.
The inclusion of projects for the Portfolio are made based
on the following criteria:
• Being a company and / or financially stable promoter
• Be predisposed to the opening of capital (joint ventures)
• Maintaining the level of their liabilities not exceeding 70%
of its asset,
New projects, expansions and / or rehabilitation financially
feasible, to seek technological innovation, quality
employment generation, selective substitution of imports.
• Search for investment amounts above $ 1,000,000.
Projects must be loaded in the “Rate your projects” on this
website for a first evaluation.
The selected projects will be promoted locally and
internationally through the different channels that for this
purpose InvestEcuador has: Web Site, embassies, trade
offices, international organizations, etc.
Companies or individual entrepreneurs can approach
InvestEcuador with your project or project idea for a first
evaluation.
Foreign investors interested in identifying and meetings
with relevant contacts in the country, such as authorities,
service providers, partners or potential partners, among
others, can contact INVESTECUADOR to assist them
locally.
The main responsibility of InvestEcuador is to promote
Ecuador as a destination for domestic and foreign
investment and the opportunities the country presents to
investors.
In this line, InvestEcuador makes investment promotion
activities at various levels:
• Promoting the country as a destination
for investment
• Promotion of the sectors considered most
|promising for investment (Betting Production)
• Promotion of specific investment opportunities
(investment project portfolio)
To perform these activities they have different channels that
contribute to its implementation: Trade shows, business
conferences, External Trade Offices, Embassies and
Consulates, Website, related institutions, among others.
Investment & Legal Framework
Building of the Pichincha Government in Quito
PICHINCHA GOVERNMENT
Gustavo Baroja
Prefect of Pichincha
Ed. Consejo Provincial. Manuel Larrea
N1345 and Antonio Ante
Tel: +593 2 22549222 / 2236982
csgpp@pichincha.gov.ec
www.pichincha.gov.ec
Activity: Government of the Pichincha Province
Date of creation: 1830
The Core Mission of the Pichincha Government is to
promote human development through an effective and
participative government model that allows and encour-
ages a sustained institutional strengthening, social
commitment and attractive investment opportunities.
The Pichincha Government is a decentralized autono-
mous government and one the key building blocks in
the process of community management.
Currently, it is involved in a wide array of programs and
projects:
• Safe Water and Sanitation in Public Schools
Aim: Reduce water-borne diseases through the con-
struction of a water treatment system and thereby im-
proving health.
• Toachi-Pilatón