The Presiding Officers are the executive body of eLAC2022 and they comprise representatives from each of the following subregions: the Andean countries, the Southern Cone, the Caribbean, and Central America and Mexico. Once elected, the Presiding Officers serve until the following meeting of the Ministerial Conference. The main functions of the Presiding Officers are to: (i) oversee activities conducted in the framework of eLAC2020; (ii) ensure fulfilment of the agreements adopted by the Ministerial Conference; (iii) represent or designate others to represent the eLAC2020 platform vis-à-vis other forums or international bodies; (iv) draw up a programme of regional and international cooperation activities; (v) establish committees and subsidiary bodies to support the Presiding Officers in the discharge of their powers; and (vi) convene regular coordination meeting.

 

The board is chaired by Ecuador and the vice-presidencies correspond to representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobacco and Uruguay.

Observer agencies

The follow-up mechanism for the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean counts with a group of organizations and institutions from the private sector, the technical community, international organizations and civil society that participate as observers in the directive table assisting the mechanism. These institutions provide technical support to the platform, contribute to the link with other forums and organizations, support the design, implementation and follow-up of the program of activities and integrate commissions that are deemed convenient.

 

Currently, the observer bodies participating in the Board of Directors are:

•   the Association for the Advancement of Communications (APC) and the Alliance for an Accessible Internet (A4AI), as representatives of civil society organizations;

•   the Interamerican Association of Telecommunications Companies (ASIET), the GSMA Association and the Latin American Internet Association (ALAI), as representatives of private sector associations;

•   the Registry of Internet Directions for Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNIC) and the Internet Corporation for the Assignment of Names and Numbers (ICANN), as representatives of the technical community of the region, and

•   el Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (CAF), as representative of international organizations and the development bank.