An integrated approach to ICT

The Hummingbird Vol.2 No.9

Monitoring of the Plan of Action eLAC2010: Advances and challenges of the information society in Latin America and the Caribbean

This monitoring report was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);, in its capacity as technical secretariat of eLAC, in collaboration with the Governments involved. Its objective is to highlight progress towards the goals identified in the Plan, identify the main areas in which the region lags behind the rest of the developed world, evaluate the position of each of the continent's countries, while at the same time bringing to light, whenever possible, the differences that exist within individual countries. The expectation is that this report will …

Monitoreo del plan eLAC2010: avances y desafíos de la sociedad de la información en América Latina y el Caribe

Este informe de monitoreo es realizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en su rol de secretaría técnica del eLAC, y en colaboración con los gobiernos que lo conforman. Su objetivo es mostrar los avances alcanzados en relación con las metas de dicho Plan, identificar las principales brechas de la región con respecto al mundo desarrollado, evaluar la posición en la que se encuentra cada uno de los países del continente y a la vez hacer visibles, cuando es posible, las diferencias existentes al interior de los países. Con este informe se espera que los gobiernos …

The Regional Coordination Mechanism for the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

Caribbean Leaders Address the Potential Development Crisis which HIV/AIDS May Pose to the Caribbean

Seventeenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee

“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC)…

XVII Reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe

Training session on increasing access to technology for Persons with Disabilities

The training will help participants to better utilise Universal service funds (USFs) to increase access to technology for persons with disabilities thereby supporting governments in the subregion in advancing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.…