OECD
Global Forum on Policy Frameworks for the Knowledge Economy:
ICTs, Innovation and Human Resources
16-17 September 2002 Brasilia, Brazil
The
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
will host a Global Forum on Policy Frameworks for the Knowledge
Economy:
ICTs, Innovation and Human Resources, in Brasilia on 16-17
September 2002.
The event is co-sponsored by the Government
of Brazil, and the Inter-American Development Bank and the
World Bank InfoDev Conference Scholarship Fund are
providing additional support.
This Global Forum is one of a series of outreach
initiatives for policy dialogue organized under the auspices
of the OECD
Center for Co-operation with Non-Members.
Though the focus of this event is on global issues and will be of interest
to countries from all regions, experts will have the opportunity to examine
challenges specific to Latin America within the global context.
The Forum will concentrate on the main policy areas that
together make up a coherent strategy for the development
of a knowledge-based economy, such as
information technologies including telecommunications and e-business;
science, technology and innovation; and skills, education and
employment. It will
focus on the way such an integrated approach links to
overall economic and social
goals.
The Forum sessions will present the experiences and lessons
of both OECD and non-OECD economies.
For further information,
please visit the Forum website: http://www.oecd.org/sti/information-economy/
International
Conference on e-Government for Development
Palermo,
Italy, April 10-11, 2002
President Iglesias participated via teleconference to the International
Conference on "Government for Development" in Palermo, Italy. The
event, organized by the Government of Italy - Ministry for
Innovation and Technologies, was part of an articulated initiative
of the Italian
Government that aims at providing an effective contribution
towards the awareness, planning and implementation of e-government
also
in those countries that have not or have only partially benefited
from this important tool for bridging the social and economic
divides.
The Information and Communication Technology for Development
Division (SDS/ICT)
was represented at the Conference by Danilo Piaggesi, Chief of the Division.
De brecha digital a oportunidad
digital en América Latina y el Caribe
En
noviembre del 2000, Enrique Iglesias, Presidente del Banco Interamericano
de Desarrollo habló en la Sociedad de Tecnologías de Información
(Information Society Technologies) 2000 en Niza sobre los medios
a través de los cuales América Latina y los países del Caribe pueden
alcanzar las oportunidades ofrecidas por la revolución digital.
(Texts in Spanish
and Portuguese in PDF format)
Reprinted from Business Management South America (BMSA),
Issue No. 5
Keys
to Latin American Prosperity: The IDB Role
On
July 9, 2001, in Cartagena de las Indias, Colombia, in the
opening keynote remarks for the First Hispano Andino Forum
on New Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Paulo
Paiva, IDB Vice President for Planning and Administration,
stated that ICT can help the Region in six principle areas
to address the challenges and benefit from the opportunities
of the global economy. The Vicepresident also said that the
Bank is well positioned to take timely and effective action
so that more and more persons in each country have access to
and benefit from the new technologies.
...more (Text
in Spanish in PDF format)
El
Futuro no será el mismo
(O Futuro não será o mesmo)
Carlos
Jarque, Gerente del Departamento de Desarrollo Sostenible habla
sobre la tecnología de información y comunicación para el desarrollo
y la orientación de las políticas de numerosos países se ha
centrado en el componente de tecnología para el desarrollo,
descuidando en muchos casos los aspectos institucionales.
El
Desarrollo de E-Strategies para América Latina: Una Nueva Cooperación
entre el BID y la Comisión Europea
El
primer artículo de una serie del Banco Interamericano de
Desarrollo acerca de los programas de cooperación técnica
regional en el área de la Tecnología de la Información
y la Comunicación en América Latina.
Digital
Convergence, Regulation and Sustainable Development: The Role
of the Inter-American Development Bank
Digital convergence trends reinforce the efforts of countries
in Latin America and the Caribbean to translate their political
will into actions that expand their knowledge economy — an
essential foundation for the process of sustainable economic development.
Since digitalisation, the capacity to carry audio, image and
data signals over the same line has blurred the distinction
among various
media. Countries and development institutions, such as the
Inter-American Development Bank, are challenged to address
the deployment of these
technologies in a comprehensive manner.
Financing
and Regional Cooperation Strategy of the Inter-American Development
Bank for Geospatial Technologies
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia - May 14-17, 2002
Presentation
during the "IV Spatial Conference of the Americas: Spatial Science
and Technology Applications in the Americas and their Benefits
for Civil Society". The event was sponsored by the Government
of Colombia, the United Nations Offfice for Outer Space Affairs
(OOSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
Latin
American-European Union Forum on an Alliance for the Information
Society
Rio de Janeiro - Nov. 21-22,
2001
@LIS (Alliance for the Information Society)
Conference
in Albi (France)
Video file (AVI)
Size: 3.73MB
Length: 6:46 min
Inter-governmental
Meeting on Information and Communication Technologies for Development:
The view of developing countries
Rio de Janeiro, June 18-19
II
Foro Empresarial EUROPA-LATINO AMERICA de tecnología de la
Información.
Uruguay - Corad Resort & Casino de Punta
del Este
April 22-25, 2001
Cámara Uruguay
de Software con la colaboración de SEDISI(Asociación
Española de Empresas de T.I.).
