The Compendium of practices on the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT); questions in households and businesses surveys has been prepared by the Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSILAC);, in cooperation with the working group on ICT measurement of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC with the following objectives: i); to collect and organize the main developments in the design and implementation of questions on access and use of ICT in the household and business surveys of the countries of the region, ii); …
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This research and report is aimed at highlighting the ICT developments in the Caribbean subregion and to make the eLAC initiatives more visible, serving as a catalyst to deepen the level of coordination and cooperation from all governments, inter-governmental agencies, other regional institutions and stakeholders in general in the eLAC process.For the purpose of this paper the countries covered are: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Sa…
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Comunicado de prensa
(11 de marzo de 2010) Delegaciones ministeriales de América Latina y el Caribe y de la Unión Europea se reunirán en el V Foro Ministerial ALC-UE sobre Sociedad de la Información para debatir sobre las necesidades y prioridades de futuras agendas digitales entre ambas regiones. El encuentro tendrá lugar en La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia, España), el 14 y 15 de marzo de 2010.
Bajo el lema "Contenidos Digitales para una Sociedad Digital", los delegados de gobierno discutirán cómo adecuar las futuras agendas digitales a las especificidades de cada región, para que así contribuyan a redu…
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(26 de octubre, 2010) Autoridades ministeriales, representantes de organismos internacionales y de la sociedad civil se reunirán del 21 al 23 de noviembre en Lima, Perú, para celebrar la Tercera Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información de América Latina y el Caribe.
En este foro los países miembros de la CEPAL buscarán aprobar un nuevo plan de acción regional, denominado eLAC2015, que concibe a las tecnologías de la información y de las comunicaciones (TIC) como instrumentos para el logro de un desarrollo con más innovación e igualdad.
La conferencia será inaugurada el…
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(15 de marzo, 2010) Los asistentes al V Foro Ministerial ALC-UE sobre Sociedad de la Información acordaron hoy en Segovia, España, fortalecer las estrategias digitales para seguir desarrollando la regulación del sector de tecnologías de información y comunicaciones (TIC), el acceso y uso de Internet, la privacidad y fiabilidad de la red, el desarrollo de contenidos digitales, el gobierno electrónico y la gobernanza de Internet.
El Foro de dos días fue organizado por la Presidencia española de la Unión Europea, en colaboración con la Comisión Europea y con el apoyo de la Comisión Ec…
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This document starts by identifying and describing the several benefits expected as a result of incorporating ICTs in health and goes on to summarize present and future challenges for health policies, especially inasmuch as the most vulnerable populations are concerned. Thirdly, the document showcases global progress made in several applications, strategies implemented and difficulties faced in some developed and LAC countries. The document finishes with generic proposals for the formulation of policies and strategies to be considered and adapted by countries throughout the region.…
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This document describes and analyzes implementation of eHealth in several European countries, as well as strengths and weaknesses, using this experience in order to support the management and execution of this kind of projects in other scenarios. Five EU member States evidencing different degrees of advancement in their national eHealth projects have been selected for this purpose: Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the United Kingdom and Sweden.
In addition to these five cases, a brief study has been made of several international collaboration projects for the implementation of cross-border spaces for…
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Los capítulos que conforman este libro, abarcan desde la visión más general del sistema de banda ancha hasta la propuesta de líneas de acción específicas para la política pública. Una parte importante del mismo se destina a evaluar la dinámica y los efectos económicos de la banda ancha en América Latina y el Caribe, esfuerzo que es particularmente difícil, dada la carencia de información sobre el particular, tanto a nivel agregado como sectorial. Esto reafirma una de las recomendaciones de política del último capítulo: la necesidad de avanzar significativamente en el desarrollo de sistemas de …
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El Foro Ministerial fue organizado por la Presidencia española de la Unión Europea, en colaboración con la Comisión Europea y con el apoyo de la CEPAL. Alrededor de 150 representantes de las dos regiones participaron de las labores de redacción de la Declaración de La Granja e intercambiaron experiencias en estrategias de desarrollo de las Sociedades de la Información.
En el evento participaron representantes de Alemania, Argentina, Austria, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Comisión Europea, Costa Rica, Cuba, República Checa, Dinamarca, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eslovaquia, Eslovenia, España, Hungría…
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The rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICTs), in terms of access to mobile telephony and Internet services, the incorporation of computers into everyday activities and the development of electronic services and applications, took Latin American societies and governments by surprise, as their sudden proliferation in the second half of the 1990s called for a new public policy focus when areas traditionally considered as development priorities had not yet been fully addressed. Although the countries of the region acknowledged ICTs as a means for economic and social d…
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In this new phase of post-financial-crisis economic recovery, the countries of the region are meeting considerable challenges and opportunities involving the information society, an economic and social system in which knowledge and information are vital sources of wellbeing and progress. It has been said that the countries of the region will be able to achieve greater and better growth only if they renew their strategies for development with equality and lay a sounder foundation for growth and greater social inclusion in a new technological era based on information and communications technolog…
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This report proposes a framework for locating, collecting, creating, sharing and applying information and
knowledge (from within and outside the subregion) for development purposes in the Caribbean subregion.
The framework emphasizes the importance of protecting and tapping into the rich cultural heritage and
traditional knowledge of the Caribbean to support its development.
This knowledge management for development framework, advanced by ECLAC, is proposed for
consideration in the design and implementation of both national policies and strategies, and communitylevel
projects to support the ac…