(15 November 2010) Government officials and representatives of international agencies and civil society will gather from 21-23 November in Lima, Peru for the Third Ministerial Conference on the Information Society of Latin America and the Caribbean.
In this forum, ECLAC member countries will approve a new regional plan of action called eLAC2015, which conceives information and communications technologies (ICTs) as tools for development with more innovation and equality.
The conference will be inaugurated on Monday, 22 November at 9 a.m. by the President of Peru, Alan García Pérez, the Executiv…
(15 de noviembre, 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 aprobarán 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 lune…
(13 October 2010) According to Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC, speaking at a conference at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile: "Science, technology and innovation have become increasingly important in recent years and have become fundamental elements for growth and competitiveness in the world market".
The high-level conference entitled "The Importance of Public Policies for Innovation" was attended by science and technology ministers from many of the region's countries, as well as international experts, who analysed the various initiatives under way in this area in Lati…