Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean
Details of the organization
Name *
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Country *
Chile
Website (URL)
https://www.cepal.org/es
Type *
International organizations
Information about the project
Project title *
Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean
Title acronym
eLAC2018
Description *
The Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2018) is a platform for regional cooperation with the mission to strengthen digital policies, addressing technology challenges and the transition towards a knowledge based society. The Digital Agenda consolidate a set of regionally-focused actions designed to act on critical factors that condition the digital ecosystem, such as institutional and regulatory issues, broadband deployment, skills and content development. This agenda sets out 23 interdependent and complementary objectives that will produce mutually reinforcing results, mapped into five areas of action: (i) access and infrastructure; (ii) digital economy, innovation and competitiveness; (iii) e-government and citizenship; (iv) sustainable development and inclusion; and (v) governance. eLAC2018 was adopted in 2015 at the fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Mexico City. The first regional action plan was adopted in 2005 in Rio de Janeiro at the Preparatory Ministerial Conference for the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society.
Project website
https://www.cepal.org/es/proyectos/elac2018
Geographical coverage *
Regional implementation
Regions of implementation
Latin America and the Caribbean
Status *
Ongoing
from 07/08/2015
to
20/04/2018
Partners
Mexican Government
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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International and regional cooperation
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Project type *
Project