The Foundation Iniciativa de Desarrollo, Innovación y Sustentabilidad (IDIS) is a non-profit institution recently created by a group of professionals, researchers and entrepreneurs with extensive experience in projects related to environmental management, sustainability and energy efficiency at a regional, national and international background. IDIS Foundation was created recently, in December of 2014, therefore, its trajectory and experience is still short, nevertheless, its Direction team is conformed by a group of professionals with good formation and trajectory, thus obtaining as a group Wide experience, given his participation in various regional development projects, consultancy to small and medium-sized companies in various localities of the country, entrepreneurship projects, engineering projects, among others.
IDIS professionals have performed a significant number of jobs throughout their professional career, so they have extensive experience in the development of projects, consultancy and training in the area of environmental management, clean production (in various fields), Regional and national ERNF implementation, energy cogeneration and energy efficiency. This group of IDIS professionals presents different domains and technical specialties, such as mechanical engineering, industrial civil engineering, commercial engineering, chemical engineering, geography, as well as specializations in environmental management and / or energy.
The IDIS Foundation was set up to develop and participate in sustainability projects, as indicated by its statutes, carrying out its activities in areas such as education, culture, tourism, the environment and renewable energies. It also aims to promote, research and develop the following subjects.
The IDIS Foundation has members who have participated in the formulation, management and execution of projects on various topics such as sustainable tourism, renewable energies, clean production, biofuels, the environment, and in general, projects Linked to the promotion of innovation and development in the Region. Thus, in each of the projects, in which its members have been involved in one way or another, they have linked key actors from the public and private sectors, from companies to municipalities and community organizations.
In this context, the articulation of business networks, as well as the public-private linkage, is for the Foundation an indispensable element for the fulfillment of the goals set forth as a non-profit organization. Within the Foundation there are members of the public and academic sector, from the private sector, with successful entrepreneurship experiences, consolidated entrepreneurs and business advisors with wide experience and experience in the field of their field of action.
Members of the Foundation have participated in projects Innova Corfo, Sercotec, Projects of the Fund for Innovation and Competitiveness, Conicyt Projects, among others. The Founder partner has enabled large projects in the field of renewable energies and climate change for the Ontario region, thanks to the strength of the networks of companies and world-class organizations with which it interacts.