| |  | ICT for growth and equality: renewing strategies for the information society (Summary)
In this new phase of post-financial-crisis economic recovery, the countries of the region are meeting considerable challenges and opportunities involving the information society, an economic and social system in which knowledge and information are vital sources of wellbeing and progress. It has been said that the countries of the region will be able to achieve greater and better growth only if they renew their strategies for development with equality and lay a sounder foundation for growth and greater social inclusion in a new technological era based on information and communications technology (ICT), whose transformational potential can be used to add value to economic activity, to public services and to social organization. | |
|  | Monitoring of the Plan of Action eLAC2010: Advances and challenges of the information society in Latin America and the Caribbean
This monitoring report was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in its capacity as technical secretariat of eLAC, in collaboration with the Governments involved. Its objective is to highlight progress towards the goals identified in the Plan, identify the main areas in which the region lags behind the rest of the developed world, evaluate the position of each of the continent?s countries, while at the same time bringing to light, whenever possible, the differences that exist within individual countries. The expectation is that this report will allow Governments and other stakeholders to draw their own conclusions about the effectiveness of their policies and the pace of progress in their respective countries. | |
|  | Public Consultation eLAC2015. WHAT DO THE EXPERTS SAY?
As an aid for drafting the third Plan of Action for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2015), it was decided to gather the opinions of experts who were not directly involved in government deliberations. This was done by means of a public consultation on the priorities and target issues for eLAC2015 | |
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