The Plan of Action eLAC2015, adopted at the Third Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, agreed to establish 14 working groups.
The working groups provide a forum for cooperation among countries in the region, involving actors from government, civil society, private sector and academia, among others. The objective of the working groups is to strengthen and find spaces for communication and collaboration in order to encourage and promote the implementation of the Action Plan eLAC2015. The activities of the working groups are to guide their work in accordance with the guidelines and targets that have been agreed in eLAC2015 and constitute temporary committees or task groups for specifics tasks or actions.
The working groups have a chair and vice-chair, under the responsibility of the countries designated in each case.
The Regional Action Plan for Information Society eLAC2015 recognizes 14 work groups: i) access and infrastructure, ii) E-government and interoperability, iii) technological waste, iv) ICT and Health, v) Innovation and appropriation ICT in SME, vi) digital content, vii) software and information technology services, viii) E-work ix) Regulatory framework of information society, x) E-commerce, xi) Internet Governance, xii) Gender, xiii) Funding and xiv) Digital development in education.
The responsibilities of the Work Groups under the Plan, are: "i) To guide its work in accordance with the guidelines and targets that have been agreed in eLAC2015, ii) Set up temporary committees or tasks oriented to deliver a product or performance of a specific action." The Plan also determined the composition of the Working Groups as follows:
- Countries will be in charge of the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Working Groups.
- Each country shall indicate the national institution that will participate in the working group and the person or persons to represent it.
- Each country will identify international and regional agencies, entities, associations, NGOs and individual experts who have the right to speak. The technical secretariat and other international agencies can make suggestions to the chair of a work group.
Any person, institution or organization, from the public or private sector and the civil society that wishes to participate in Working Groups of eLAC2015, can do so, without any conditions or prerequisites, and must only make a contact with the Chair or Vice Chairman of the Work Group in order to manifest the intention to participate in group activities. Following such requests, the focal point of the country from which the participant represents will be notified about this request.
Work Groups
Access and infrastructure
Chair: Mexico
Contact: Leticia Díaz, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT)
email: letydiazvgmail.com
Vice-chair: Brazil
Contact: Artur Coimbra, Ministério das Comunicações (MC)
Email: artur.coimbramc.gov.br
Download the work plan (in spanish)
E-government and interoperability
Chair: Colombia
Contact: Ana Carolina Rodríguez, Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones.
Email: ana.rodriguezgobiernoenlinea.gov.co
Vice-chair: Argentina
Contact: José María Trillo, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto.
Email: jmtmrecic.gov.ar
Download the work plan (in spanish)
Technological waste
Chair: Ecuador
Contact: María de Lourdes Cervantes, Ministerio de Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad de la Información.
Email: maria.cervantesmintel.gob.ec
Vice-chair: Chile
Contact: Andrea Allamand, Ministerio del Medio Ambiente.
Email: aallamandmma.gob.cl
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ICT and Health
Chair: Cuba
Contact: Alfredo Rodríguez, Ministerio de Salud Pública.
Email: ardguezinfomed.sld.cu
Vice-chair: Argentina
Contact: Santiago Spadafora, Universidad de la Fundación ISALUD.
Email: sspadaforaisalud.edu.ar
Contact: Guillermo Landman, Fundación Iberoamericana de Telemedicina
Email: gschortelemed.org.ar
Digital content
Chair: Brasil
Contact: Cosette Castro, IBICT-Brasil
Email: cosetteibict.br
Vice-chair: Argentina
Contact: Eva Piwowarski, Ministerio de Planificación Federal, Inversión Pública y Servicios.
Email: evapiwowarskigmail.com
Software and information technology services
Chair: Brazil
Contact: Rafael Henrique R. Moreira, Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia.
email: rafael.moreiramct.gov.br
Vice-chair: Peru
E-work
Chair: Argentina
Contact: Maria de las Mercedes, Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social.
email: mmgonzaleztrabajo.gob.ar
Vice-chair: República Dominicana
Contact: Ángela Jaquez, Cámara de Diputados.
Email: jaquezrodriguezyahoo.com
Download the work plan (in spanish)
Regulatory framework of information society
Chair: Peru
Contact: Erick Iriarte, Alfa-redi.
Email: eiriartealfa-redi.org
Vice-chair: Argentina
Contact: Raul Palenque, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto.
Email: DrPalengmail.com
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E-commerce
Chair: Brazil
Contact: Humberto Luiz Ribeiro da Silva, Ministério da Indústria e Comércio Exterior do Brasil.
Email: scsmdic.gov.br
Vice-chair: Dominican Republic
Contact: César Moline, INDOTEL.
Email: cmolineindotel.gob.do
Internet Governance
Chair: Peru
Contact: Carlos Horna Vallejos, Oficina Nacional de Gobierno Electrónico e Informática (ONGEI).
Email: sgsi_ongeipcm.gob.pe
Vice-chair: Chile
Contact: Catalina Achermann, Subsecretaria de Telecomunicaciones.
Email: cachermannsubtel.cl
Gender
Chair: Dominican Republic
Contact: Amparo Arango Echeverri, Comisión Nacional Sociedad de la Información (CNSIC).
Email: aarangoindotel.gob.do
Vice-chair: Argentina
Contact: Dafne Plou, Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones (APC).
Email: daphneapcwomen.org
Download the work plan (in spanish)
Funding
Chair: Argentina
Contact: Silvia Bidart, Agencia Federal de la Sociedad de la Información - AFESIF
Email: Silvia.BidartAFESIF.gov.ar
Vice-chair: Costa Rica
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Digital development in education
Chair: Argentina
Contact: Laura Marés Serra, RELPE Red Latinoamericana de Portales Educativos.
Email: lauramaresrelpe.org
Vice-chair: Bolivia
Download the work plan (in spanish)
