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Twenty-first
Century Leadership Perspectives (Forum)
Excerpts
from articles and speeches by public, private and civil society
individuals describing innovative approaches using ICT for carrying
out a democratic process of efficient, equitable and sustainable
development
"The
new era demands the integration of Chile in the Internet Revolution.
Our prosperity and the welfare of future generations depends on
what we do now."
"This new
era demands that the weakest and most unprotected be incorporated.
People and communities will be the source of change, avoiding
tedhnicratic visions that have done so much damage in the past.
The goal of
this era is to expand freedom as well as the capacity of people,
families, and communities to take risks and innovate; without
creating dependencies."
Ricardo Lagos
Escobar
President of Chile
Presidential
Message, May 21, 2000
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National ICT for Development Programs in Latin American and Caribbean
Alphabetical
list of countries with contact
information and hyperlink to sites
Twenty-first
Century ICT for Development Seminars
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Latin
America and Caribbean Regional ICT for Development Forums
(Harmonizing national efforts)
- Summit
of the Americas, Strategic Programs, The Agenda of the IDB
- Declaration
of Florianopolis,
Brazil
- IDB
Response to the Declaration of Florianopolis, Brazil
- Summit
of South American Presidents, Brazil
- First
Latin American Workshop on Information and Communication
- Technology
for Development, Venezuela
- Second
Summit of the Americas Work Plan, Santiago, Chile "Continue
implementing the Cartagena Plan of Action, agreed to in 1996,
with emphasis on strengthening the capacity of countries in
the Hemisphere to participate and benefit from the knowledge-based
economy, promoting among other actions, the growth of the communications
and information industries as strategic components of national,
subregional, and regional integration processes."
- XV
Summit of Chiefs of State and Heads of Government of the Rio
Group, Santiago, Chile , August 17-18, 2001
- Latin
America - Asia Pacific Forum
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Latin
America and the Caribbean in Global ICT for Development
Forums
(Building Consensus for Regional Positioning)
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Measuring
the knowledge economy
The shortage
of information on the information sector of the Latin American
and Caribbean economy is most acute in the area of macroeconomic
statistical information, including the impact of information and
information and communication technology of growth, employment
and trade as well as productivity and competitiveness. Efforts
to overcome this statistical gap will be posted in this section
to stimulate regional dialogue on measuring the "new", "information"
and "knowledge" economy at the national and regional level.
"On
Information Technology and Competitiveness in Latin America"
by Alberto Chong and Alejandro Micco,
Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank.
Prepared for the seminar on "Towards Competitiveness: The Institutional
Path", Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, Inter'American
Development Bank,
Santiago, Chile, March 16, 2001.
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Creative
Communities Forum (Building local capacity in ICT for development)
The use of
information and communication technology by local communities,
be they neighborhoods in large urban centers or in rural areas,
will significantly determine the degree to which development objectives
are achieved and the digital divide overcome. The Information
Technology for Development Division is promoting a dialogue regarding
what role the Bank can play in assisting countries in strengthening
local community efforts to participate and benefit from expansion
of the knowledge economy.
As part of
this effort the ICT for Development Division has received support
from the Japan Fund to examine options for working with local
communities. A copy of the preliminary
report
of this effort is available.
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Integration
and Knowledge Economy Forums
Andean
Development Corporation
Association
of Caribbean States
Community
of Andean Nations (CAN)
Services
Caribbean
Community (CARICOM)
21st
Century
Economic
System for Latin America (SELA)
Free Trade
Area of the Americas (FTAA)
Competition
Electronic
Commerce
Intellectual
Property
Services
Integration
Secretariat for Central America (SIAC)
Latin
American Integration Association (ALADI)
North
American Free Trade Agreement
Southern
Common Market (MERCOSUR)
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