Innovation is crucial for Curaçao’s economy as it supports sustainable development, diversifies the economy, and boosts global competitiveness.
Innovation & Digitization
Curaçao’s Innovation goals
Innovation is crucial for Curaçao’s economy as it supports sustainable development, diversifies the economy, and boosts global competitiveness. It creates new industries, making the economy resilient, and enhances tourism with unique, sustainable practices. Innovation drives sustainable solutions in energy and waste, attracting foreign investment and opening international trade opportunities. It’s essential for creating jobs, attracting investments, and ensuring long-term economic health by moving beyond traditional sectors.
Our strategic goals for innovation are:
Strengthening businesses, particularly SMEs, and making them export ready;
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- Reinforcing existing economic pillars;
- Promotion of new business models and activities;
- Transformation into a more resilient and digital economy which requires collaboration between government, business, knowledge institutions, the community, and other stakeholders;
- Positioning Curaçao as a focal point for fostering and supporting innovation in the region.
Developed innovative software or patented IP in Curaçao? The Innovation Box regime offers 0% profit tax on qualifying income from R&D-based intangible assets, ideal for startups and small businesses creating novel, useful, and non-obvious innovations.
Want to protect your brand, invention, or creative work? The Bureau for Intellectual Property of Curaçao helps safeguard your intellectual property, fostering innovation while ensuring public access to knowledge and creativity.
The Start-up Launch pad offers businesses in the start-up stage a chance to participate and win Technology, Knowledge and Support vouchers to invest in their company. This is in addition to an extensive mentoring and coaching program and the exposure your business will get in the local media.
There will be three rounds of competitions. The winner of the final will get the chance to compete on an international level. The Start- up Launch pad is executed by the Curaçao Innovation and Technology Institute (CITI) with the goal to enhance the chances of success for businesses in the start-up phase and stimulate the development of solutions for a Smart Community.
Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur, a passionate student, or simply have a vision for a better tomorrow, Curaçao Innovation & Technology Institute invites you to submit your innovative product, service or organization. The innovation Awards is an annual incentive program executed by the Curaçao Innovation and Technology Institute awarding businesses for their innovative evolutions.
Are you an entrepreneur, startup founder, or business professional looking to stay ahead of the curve? During Innovation Week, we’re offering a series of practical and forward-thinking sessions designed especially for you. Learn about digital tools, explore sustainable practices, and connect with innovators shaping the business landscape of tomorrow.
Digital Hub Americas
The Digital Hub Americas (DHA) platform facilitates the interaction between businesses active in the digital economy eco-system on the island to offer commercial or professional services to Governments or the private sector in the Americas & Europe. DHA believes that together the digital sector can be developed as the fourth economic pillar of Curaçao that can create new jobs to attract diaspora to re-migrate and offer opportunity for locals to switch to a different sector.