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Seminar Will Analyse Plans for New Submarine Cable between Europe and Latin America

27 Sep 2013 | News

The project to build a new submarine cable between Europe and Latin America will be analysed at an international seminar organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Barcelona Institute for International Studies (IBEI) in Barcelona, Spain. The seminar Innovation and regulation in ICTs - a comparative view between Europe and Latin America will be held on 30 September and 1 October at the headquarters of the Spanish Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT), and will be attended by authorities, academics and private-sector representatives from the two…

Women's Autonomy in the Digital Economy Will Be Discussed in the Dominican Republic

2 Jul 2013 | Announcement

This year, governments, civil-society organizations and experts will have the opportunity to review progress and challenges in gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean, at the 12th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This intergovernmental meeting, which is convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), will be held in the Dominican capital from 15 to 18 October and will focus on gender equality, women's empowerment and information and communications technologi…

Executive Secretary of ECLAC Visits the Internet Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean in Uruguay

3 Apr 2013 | News

As part of her visit to Montevideo to attend the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Wednesday 3 April, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, visited the central offices of the Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre (LACNIC, which is the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry) and the Internet Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms. Bárcena was received by Raúl Echeberría, Executive Director of LACNIC, Pablo Bello, Secretary-General General of the Latin American Association of Research Ce…

In Costa Rica, Officials and Experts Analyse Links between Autonomy, Innovation and the Work of Women

19 Feb 2013 | News

Around 40 public policymakers and business sector representatives from Costa Rica met on Monday 18 February in the capital, San José, to discuss the relationship between the productive development of economic growth sectors that introduce technological innovation and the level of female labour participation in such sectors. This is the main focus of the ECLAC project on the Promotion of productive development through the inclusion of women in quality jobs in Central America, which will be implemented in the next few months in Costa Rica and El Salvador with funding from the German Agency for T…

How ICTs Can Contribute to Inclusive Education in Latin America

11 Feb 2013 | News

A new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analyses eight cases of good practice in which information and communications technologies (ICTs) can be used in the Latin American school system to contribute to inclusion and reduce social inequalities. The document Las tecnologías digitales frente a los desafíos de una educación inclusiva en América Latina. Algunos casos de buenas prácticas (Digital technologies facing the challenges of an inclusive education in Latin America. Some cases of good practice) was drafted as part of the activities …

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