Launch of ICT4D Andean Network
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and a number of organizations working on ICT issues in the Latin American region, recently participated in a workshop in Quito, Ecuador to build up a ICT4D Andean Network - APC’s CILAC project Communication for influence in Latin America (CILAC - Andean Region), which seeks to integrate research, research communications, network-building and advocacy for affordable universal broadband.
Among other presentations, Hugo Carrion from Imaginar introduced Situación de las TIC Acceso a infraestructura en la Región Andina.
Click here to download an interview with Julián Casasbuenas, director of Colnodo for the radio program ALER Contacto Sur.
The main objectives of the new ICTD Andean Network are to undertake research, disseminate and advocate on improving access to infrastructure, enhancing the connection between e-strategies and poverty reduction strategies and taking forward the ICTD agenda.
The network partners are: TICBolivia, Colnodo and the Red Nacional de Telecentros from Colombia; Infodesarrollo.ec, NuevaRed.org and the Foro de la comunicación from Ecuador; CEPES from Perú; EsLaRed and Funredes from Venezuela; and the regional networks ALAI, ALER, APC and OCCLAC.
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