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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Our History
1998.
Foundation and first projects with institutional clients.
1999.
Consultancy service for the project Project 2000, financed by the Initiative
ADAPT
. We soon became technical assistants to the coordination, management and direction of projects from the
eQual
initiative, such as,
Red Rural
, Zeleste,
Lugo-Emprende
, Local Activ@,
Muller XXI
and
Adequalnova
amongst others.
2000.
First version of
euroalert.net
. Service portal for information about the management community of European projects.
2001.
Execution of our first project of
R+D+i
, co-financed with regional funding from the
Agency of Investment and Services
. We continued to learn and gain experience from projects such as this, which allowed us to prefect our management skills in the area of publications and information systems.
We managed our work for the Argo project, throughout all phases (from initial submission to justification), through
FUNDECYT
and co-financed the project with help from the
Leonardo da Vinci Programme
and the
Ministry of Science and Education
. To date, this was the largest project of mobility realised in Spain. Within two years, the project provided 858 grants to undergraduates from all over Spain to finish their formal training and studies with European companies.
We provided consultancy for
CECALE
in the design and development of their strategies for the promotion of the Information and Communication Technologies for
SMEs
(e-business, electronic business, etc). The projects were co-financed by the
ARTE PYME II Programme
from the
The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Business
and by the
Consolidation and competitiveness Plan for Small and Medium Enterprises
from the Agency of Investments and Services.
2002.
We became partners with
CEDETEL
a regional leader in the
ICT
sector. After continued partnership with the organisation and after discussions in 2003-2005, we were appointed Associate Directors of the centre, under the full Direction of
Telefónica
I+D
.
For the first time, our turn over rose to over €500,000.
2003.
Agreement from the EuropeAid Co-operation of the European Commission for the joining of
Gateway
S.C.S.
to a network of European and Latin American operators whom work together to create business opportunities: The
COOPECO
network from the European programme AL-INVEST.
Our work in R+D+i gave birth to the
GTW
-Framework
, the largest technological initiative that Gateway S.C.S. have undertaken to date. We chose the
Microsoft.NET
platform, as the base upon which we could build GTW-Framework. We abided by the strictest policy standards as set by
W3C
also, 2003 saw our first approach towards dealing with the
accessibilty network
.
2004.
The first software developed using GTW-Framework was launched.
Becalia.net
(solutions for graduate and undergraduate work placements). Work started on the personalisation of
cvnet-fue.com
for the
The University-Enterprise Foundation
.
2005.
Member of the
Spreex
consortium (2005-2007) in colaboration with
Puertos del Estado
(
Ministry of Public Services
) set out within
Sexto Programa Marco de I+D
. We managed a budget of of almost 1 million Euros.
Agreement to join with CEDETEL for the development of activities through
Centre of Innovation and Mobility
.
Certificate received for the quality of all activities developed by Gateway S.C.S., related to “Strategic Consultancy” according to the
Norma
UNE
-
EN
ISO
9001:2000
.
2006.
Execution of our fifth R+D+i project, for the incorporation of the principle emerging technologies associated with Web 2.0 of our platform GTW-FrameWork.
2007
Technical Advisers to Puertos del Estado and The Ministry of Public Services for the elaboration and approval of the project
WEST-MoS
within the framework of the
TEN-T
programme, approved by the 2005-EU-90609-S Commission with a budget of 3 million Euros.
After almost ten years on the internet, we launched, in Beta phase and in Spanish, a new version of
Euroalert.net
(
ISSN
1988-3382). A free informational website in which Gateway S.C.S. combines all its
Information Services concerning the European Union
(European Union Mail, Euro-management club and Euroalert) and includes it's knowledge and experience from previous years.
Awards
Website chosen as one of three finalists for the
III
T.A.W
website accessibility awards
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