150 secondary schools and 220 primary schools in Buenos Aires, as a result of public policies and of the INTEGRA Project, with broadband connection

100% increase in the connectivity of Innovation Centers in the schools of La Pampa

50% of the Innovation Centers in Valparaíso, Chile increased their broadband connectivity

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Buenos Aires and la Pampa, Argentina. Valparaíso, Chile

Transfer and use capabilities

The flexible solutions may be adapted to each context, providing access for other schools as well.

More information: http://www.integraproject.org

11 demonstrators have been successfully connected through, satellite connectivity, WiMax connectivity, and via Radio, and are fully equipped with computers and modems.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Abangares, Costa Rica. Torroa do Matapi, Tabuleiro, Santa Rosa-Anitapolis-Grao Para, Brasil. Cauca, Colombia. Tambores, Sarandi Grande, Fraile Muerto, Uruguay. Huinganco, Manzano Amargo, Argentina. Melipeuco, Chile.

Transfer and use capabilities

The experience may be transferred to other communities, thanks to the documentation and self-analysis activity carried out by the project.

More information: www.link-all.org

Creation of the R@IS electrification network in the Equatorial Amazonia.

Establishment of more than 50 Internet points in 6 Amazonian provinces, based on an easily transferable technology to interconnect rural and isolated villages.

18 projects related to Rural Community Electricity Companies (Empresas Comunitarias de Electrificación Rural, ECERs) are in progress. 5 of these are ready, while the rest already established their Juntas de Electrificación Rural. The ECERs take electricity to a significant number of geographically isolated villages.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Equatorial Amazonia

Transfer and use capabilities

The SILAE experience can easily be transferred to other geographically isolated areas.

More information: http://www.silae.org

Establishment of 9 Cibernarium (innovating telecenters) in Europe and Latin America based on the Barcelona Cibernarium.

140 audiovisuals which reflect the way how the New Technologies change our lives.

6 courses in e-Learning

1 Software for the management of the Cibernarium

1 Software to access the content of the Cibernarium

10 Television programs (pending on the completion of certain chapters).

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Barcelona, Brussels, San Sebastián, Tampere, Sao Paolo, Porto Alegre, David, Maule, Quito.

Transfer and use capabilities

The Cibernarium can be transferred to other cities, attracting its citizens to the new Technologies.

More information: www.alis-cibernarium.org

Establishment of the RedCLARA, the first Latin-American network of Research and Education.

The RedCLARA interconnects – with great bandwidth capacities –Latin-American research centers and universities among themselves and with Europe through GÉANT, the world’s fastest Research and Education network.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

The RedCLARA interconnects Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Perú, Uruguay, Venezuelaz

Transfer and use capabilities

To know more about the potential of Red Clara and to use its possibilities, please visit www.redclara.net

More information: www.dante.net/alice

The ATLAS methodology to provide Latin-American schools with second-hand computers, acquired free of charge (more than 1,200 PCs distributed).

Place of development/tests (city and country)

21 countries in Latin America and Europe take part in this project.

Transfer and use capabilities

Computer Aid International is available to share the transfer technology.

More information: www.atlasdeladiversidad.net

Establishment of 43 ADITAL IT rural centers with Internet connection where it never existed before, provided with 226 computers, and assuring digital alphabetization for 3,327 rural producers, thus helping 39,479 rural inhabitants.

In Chachapoyas, a wireless community was established and it was used to extend Internet access to a network of nearby municipalities, which stimulated associability and cooperation between entities in favor of divulgating ICTs.

Thanks to the connectivity employed in Hornillos (San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina) by extending a phone line, the inhabitants of that area now have the phone service they lacked before.

Pergamino, moreover, streamlined the Internet connection achieved through ADITAL in order to establish “Adital Plus”, which includes e-government services, and additionally installed cameras throughout the city in order to increase security in the city. A pilot telework experience has been carried out.

In Rancagua, e-services such as a Multimedia Agriculture Library and a mobile IT center were included.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Pergamino and Jujuy, Argentina. Sucre, Bolivia. Rancagua, Chile. Chachapoyas, Perú.

The overall territorial coverage of ADITAL counts 6.776,98 Km2

Transfer and use capabilities

The ICT implementation technology in rural areas can be multiplied in other Latin-American regions, especially in geographical areas located in the proximities of ADITAL beneficiaries in order to make use of the connection existing as a main link, which would imply a great save in terms of connectivity costs.

More information: http://adital.sigadel.com

Two new nationwide satellite systems have been installed in Argentina and Colombia - and 22 new community radio stations have been connected to the ALER satellite system, broadcasting weekly news programs in Europe and Latin America.

Production and broadcasting of radio news bulletins carried out by more than 100 broadcasters in Europe and Latin America.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Perú, Colombia, Venezuela, España

Transfer and use capabilities

The project enlarges the existing satellite system, producing news bulletins and disseminating them in Europe and Latin America, while structuring a numerous team of radio producers; it is open to external contributions.

More information: www.migrantesenlinea.org

3 Telecenters based on satellite Technologies, spaces for encounters and communication between immigrants in Europe and their relatives in Ecuador, promoting training, organization and local development projects in the villages where they are located.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Places such as Girón, Santa Isabel, and Pucara (Ecuador).

Transfer and use capabilities

The project aims at transferring the experience of other national and international institutions in order to operate Telecenters with similar features.

More information: www.migrantesenlinea.org

Equipo Técnico Latinoamericano has been organized based on the ALER Institution in Ecuador and on the participation of technical staff from various countries.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

The coordinating technicians operate in Ecuador, Argentina, and Venezuela.

Transfer and use capabilities

The aim is to respond to technical issues occurring in the Latin-American satellite system.

More information: www.migrantesenlinea.org

6 New EMPLENET Centers of New Technologies, targeted to approximate Local Administration and citizens in order to diminish unemployment through ICT, providing the following services: presence-based digital alphabetization, access to employment and assistance in the creation of new companies through various support portals.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Sao Luis (Brasil), Niteroi (Brasil), Bucaramanga (Colombia), Montevideo (Uruguay), Trelew (Argentina), León (Nicaragua)

Transfer and use capabilities

The project can transfer its experiences and local models developed in other cities, enabling the local administration to offer new services to the unemployed and to other local actors: companies, educational centers, associations, etc.

More information: www.emplenet.org

Developments of tools for healthcare training by means of telecommunication networks adapted to the rural environment, with low connectivity, low costs and easy to use. A tele-education software has been developed to include an XML editing tool to create courses (the content of which is already in progress) and an e-learning platform adapted to the conditions of rural health personnel, as well as an automation system for the epidemiological surveillance systems (generating, sending and processing reports) which will contribute to the processes of medical updating increase the solving capabilities of healthcare units.

Implementation of the Cusco-Sur and Guantánamo networks (12 healthcare units in each), which allow Internet internal VOIP telephony without operational costs.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Proyectos piloto en Perú (Cuzco), Colombia (Costa Pacífica) y Cuba (Guantánamo)

Transfer and use capabilities

The project is able and willing to be extended to other areas in developing countries.

More information: http://www.ehasalis.ehas.org

The simple yet innovating HealthCareNetwork telemedicine technology provides the possibility to get medical exams for those who can hardly gain access to health centers and also proposes a training for doctors who are remote from specialized centers.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

City of Belo Horizonte, City of Aracaju, City of Porto Alegre, in Brazil.

Transfer and use capabilities

The Project provides collaboration in Brazil and all of Latin America in order to promote advanced European experiences as regards healthcare ICTs

More information: http://www.healthcarenetwork.it/

T@lemed, an innovating telemedicine system adapted from a successful European system, focusing on ultrasound technologies for clinical use (against infectious tropical diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis) and general uses such as pregnancy control, urology and cardiovascular diagnose.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

System installed in various hospitals in Brazil and Colombia.

Transfer and use capabilities

Easy to transfer, benefiting for already completed pilot experiences.

More information: www.alis-telemed.net/

10 TV programs from the Global-Local series, on various topics, aiming to promote telematic culture among citizens and companies, coordinated by Professor Manuel Castells.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Barcelona, San-Sebastián, Bruselas, Tampere, Sao-Paolo, Porto Alegre, David y Quito.

Transfer and use capabilities

The project can create other TV programs and develop other products, in cooperation with other interested actors.

More information: www.alis-cibernarium.org

Radio Atlas: an online radio broadcasting system related to multicultural school cooperation topics, covering Latin America, Portugal, and Spain.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Latin America, Portugal, and Spain

Transfer and use capabilities

Intention to find more topics, work with more broadcasters, create products derived from radio shows.

More information: http://www.atlasdeladiversidad.net/jsp/radio.jsp

8 different radio shows on migration, dedicated to the Exchange of information related to migration, in terms of law, society, politics, culture, and economy, between immigrants living in Europe and their relatives in Latin America.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Spain, Germany, Italy

Transfer and use capabilities

Possibility to create other interactive radio shows in collaboration with new partners.

More information: www.migrantesenlinea.org

12 International Neighborhood Journals, high quality video tools providing direct and cooperative training and information. They have been made for and by the inhabitants of disfavored LA and EU suburbs, on such topics that are relevant for the envisaged places.

88 short films on local suburban realities (illiteracy, elections, racism, etc) in Latin America and in Europe.

Creation of the JIQ/specific methodology in order to create International Neighborhood Journals directly for local actors, who are normally excluded from the media.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Belgium, France, Spain

Transfer and use capabilities

To work jointly with universities in order to train students in Communication, as well as with neighborhood associations in order to produce a different type of audiovisual information.
To work for the dissemination through public libraries and multimedia centers

More information: www.nib-jiq.org

Creation of the .www.migrantesenlinea.org, a portal which offers daily information on topics concerning worldwide migration, including tools to trace migrants, web-forums and consultancy services.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

The portal is based in Ecuador and Spain, with contributions from Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Italy and Germany.

Transfer and use capabilities

The project aims at making migrants in Europe and their relatives in Latin America use the Internet to exchange news, ideas, insights, and unfold joint development projects, also connecting organisms that work in these areas.

More information: www.emigrantesenlinea.org

OSILAC : The Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, a data centralization and harmonization system providing the status of the information society in the region and supports national institutes of statistics in the recompilation of indicators related to ICTs.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

All of Latin America.

More information: http://www.cepal.org/socinfo/osilac/

The SIRTE – System of Regional Indicators for Telecommunications, a platform that stores statistics and indicators on Latin America telecom industry. The system is completely online and allows users to refer to indicators used in each country. Currently SIRTE is in the stage of inputting and capturing data, in order to soon provide users with reference information and reports.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

19 Countries from Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela, and Spain (CMT) and Portugal (ANACOM)

Transfer and use capabilities

This Project was based on a collaboration with the ICA and CEPAL-OSILAC. SIRTE intends to become the reference platform in Latin America for the inquiry of information concerning telecommunication indicators.

More information: http://www.regulatel.org

The Technet platform has been developed and displayed, as an innovating online learning ambient based on autonomous agents, connecting countries from Europe and Latin America and allowing that each software developed by any member in the network can be used by other members to build more complex applications.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Italy, and England.

Transfer and use capabilities

The platform and its contents, having been developed in open source, may be improved through contributions of third parties. The platform is open to be used by entities outside of the project partners.

More information: www.alis-technet.org

he E-LANE open source educational Platform, including, among other developments, a Random Photo Portlet, an evaluation package, an incoming mail package, a forum package and a IMS-LD package. A methodological guide to provide e-learning material and a reference model for the portrayal and diagnosis of educational processes complete the portal.

About 2,000 beneficiaries.

Content development in digital alphabetization and Vegetal Health and Post-Cropping of horticulture products and fruit, to be offered to schools in the rural area of Colombia’s Cauca Department.

A course in Microelectronic Digital Systems has been developed and a course in Basic Digital System is almost completed, to be provided to students within the Telematics technology at the Universidad del Cauca.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Various distance courses are being provided through the .LRN platform in various locations in Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico.

More precisely, in Colombia: Popayán, Silvia, Ipiales, Santander de Quilichao, Miranda, Silvia, and Bolívar (Cauca Department).

In Guatemala:

Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Peten, Chimaltenango,

Chiquimula, among many others.

Transfer and use capabilities

The E-LANE platform is open source. In the same trend, the courses developed for this platform follow an open license (Creative Commons)

It has been proven that the works carried out so far can achieve a significant social impact, in other geographical areas, thanks to the platform and the methodology, adapting to various learning procedures (Presence-based, Blended Learning, and Virtual).

More information: http://e-lane.org

Creation of the ELAC e-Learning platform based on MOODLE, tested in each of the universities participating in the project in Latin America and equipped with a number of courses in the field of ambient management and planning.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Nicaragua, Costa Rica, y México

Transfer and use capabilities

The project wants to achieve more participants in the platform, multiply the courses through new contents and collaborations.

More information: www.elac.dk

Various activities though the INTEGRA Network of Innovation Centers:

45% of the Innovation Centers develop projects in parallel with the subjects included in the curriculum.

40% of the Innovation Centers develop projects included in the usual development of the curricular subjects.

15% of the Innovation Centers develop projects for subjects across the curriculum.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Valparaíso- Chile, Montevideo. Uruguay, Buenos Aires. Argentina, La Pampa. Argentina,

Transfer and use capabilities

117 schools take part in a first stage of transfer, it is possible for other schools to join.

More information: http://www.integraproject.org

Set of CIBERNARIUM materials for eLearning study: 12 multimedia products, 6 e-learning courses, 1 simulator for technological study, and 1 browsing software to access the contents developed within the project.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Sao Paolo, Porto Alegre, David, Maule, San Sebastián, Tampere, Quito.

More information: www.alis-cibernarium.org

The establishment of ADITAL IT Centers helped decreasing the educational gap in rural communities, as children use the centres’s services in connection to their schools. In the case of Rancagua, connectivity was directly provided to a rural school.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Pergamino y Jujuy, Argentina. Sucre, Bolivia. Rancagua, Chile. Chachapoyas, Perú.

Transfer and use capabilities

The implementation methodology for ICTs in rural areas can be transferred to other regions in Latin America

More information: http://adital.sigadel.com

The ATLAS of Diversity, an intercultural community of European and Latin-American schools based on a constructivist pedagogical methodology and on a multicultural and multilingual portal, with learning games, on-line portraits made by users, and training courses for teachers.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

3,000 educators trained, 45,000 students, and 1,150 colleges and organizations in 21 different countries of Europe and Latin America.

Transfer and use capabilities

The project stimulates the involvement of other schools, teachers, Ministries of Education.

More information: www.atlasdeladiversidad.net

Creation of a community TV school in Caracas, supported by CONATEL.

Approximately 1200 persons per year were trained in audiovisual information and alphabetization, producing 50 video as well as 6 international journal (JIQ) per year.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Venezuela, Bolivia,Colombia, Brasil, Belgica, Francia, Espana

Transfer and use capabilities

The project creates and certifies professional attitude and skills in production of audiovisual information, starting from the own interests of the communities.

More information: www.nib-jiq.org

Design of a specific training methodology (training modules, tests) for basic skills on the use of ICT and for the use of the Link-all B2B platform; organization of a number of training sessions with the local communities participating in the Link-all project.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Abangares, Costa Rica, Torroa do Matapi, Brazil, Tabuleiro, Brazil, Santa Rosa, Brazil, Cauca, Colombia, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tambores, Uruguay, Sarandi Grande, Uruguay, Fraile Muerto, Uruguay, Bariloche, Argentina, Huinganco, Argentina, Manzano Amargo, Argentina, Melipeuco, Chile.

Transfer and use capabilities

The training methodology is available to be used in other geographical areas.

More information: www.link-all.org

The REGULATEL training plan aims at training a large number officers within the member regulating bodies through courses and workshops on telecommunication topics such as Competition, Interconnection, Universal Service/Access, Voice over IP, Digital Television, etc. The methodology used in the courses is based on two stages: the first virtual stage, via Internet, to study the theory, and the second, presence-based, to review the practical cases.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

19 Countries from Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela, and Spain (CMT) and Portugal (ANACOM)

Transfer and use capabilities

The plan tries to close agreements with other institutions in order to extend its range and provide more programs and courses.

More information: http://www.regulatel.org

The simple yet innovative HealthCareNetwork telemedicine technology provides the possibility to get medical exams for those who can hardly access health centers and also proposes a training for doctors who are far from specialized centers.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

City of Belo Horizonte, City of Aracaju, City of Porto Alegre, in Brazil.

Transfer and use capabilities

The Project seeks collaboration in Brazil and all of Latin America in order to promote advanced European experiences as regards healthcare ICTs

More information: http://www.healthcarenetwork.it/

Functioning of a Latin-American Team of Trainers (ELFO), for the community and educative radio, with specialists from various countries of Latin America.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

The Team headquarters are ALER in Ecuador, IRFA in Venezuela, and CNR in Peru.

Transfer and use capabilities

Training workshops and educational materials in Spanish may be disseminated among interested radio stations anywhere.

More information: www.migrantesenlinea.org

The ADITAL e-learning platform for the training of villagers currently includes a total of 11 courses on participative development, sustainable rural tourism, gender and rural development, etc.

3,327 people have been trained in the use of new technologies in the rural environment through the presence-based IT alphabetization courses.

The 128 rural animators learned how to use the on-line applications developed under ADITAL, as well as the tools and methodologies for distance remote training, the handling of traceability protocols, and knowledge of community promotion and associativeness in the rural environment, among others.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Pergamino y Jujuy, Argentina. Sucre, Bolivia.Rancagua, Chile. Chachapoyas, Perú.

Transfer and use capabilities

The courses are easily adaptable to distinctive rural realities.

Search for new participations.

Network of animators who keep providing free courses featured on the portal.

The platform can be used and has already been used by groups which were not among the initial beneficiaries, such as the wives and children of the farmers. The platform will also be used to teach courses in gender equality in LA.

More information: http://adital.sigadel.com

EMPLENET e-Learning portal, specifically designed for digital education and virtual training for citizenship and trainers training (TT).

* Course of digital literacy based on the ECDL standard:
* TT e-learning and presencial courses: Introduction to e-learning, Platform management, development of virtual contents or online tutorship.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Nicaragua y Uruguay

Transfer and use capabilities

The portal allows complete training in the development of e-learning environments.

Development and dissemination of new content.

Content sharing

More information: www.emplenet.org

EHAS training modules for the remote training of healthcare personnel: development of training courses in healthcare, certified and prepared for their sending; editing of 96 sets of “Questions of the Day” as well as 5 health information and update bulletins.

Such materials have been disseminated through the tele-learning platform already developed which, moreover, allows remote advisory from specialists, support in the access to health-related documentation, and consultancy in the development of IT means of epidemiological surveillance.
Implementation of communication networks in 3 intervention areas, with 12 points within the healthcare network connected to each (connected via HF, VHF or WiFi)

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Pilot projects in Peru (Cuzco), Colombia (Costa Pacífica), and Cuba (Guantánamo)

Transfer and use capabilities

Through the platform it is possible to maximize the training possibilities of medical personnel.

More information: http://www.ehas.org/servicios/

Provision of work-oriented materials to visually impaired persons, including free online courses of interest.

Transfer and use capabilities

The project wants to multiply the spaces and means available for the work training of visually disabled people.

More information: www.foal.once.org

The e-Learning platform of the project Health for All in LA is intended for doctors and basic health professionals, developed in collaboration by the partners form the EU and LA, with specific focus on local needs.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Department of Potosí, Bolivia. Cities of Salvador da Bahía, Vitoria da Conquista and Belo Horizonte, in Brazil.

Transfer and use capabilities

The platform is available to use other materials or to be employed by other organisms.

More information: www.healthinlatinamerica.org

A set of specialization courses on basic public health, certified by the Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías de Potosí and the CEUB (Comitee Ejecutivo Universidad Boliviana).

on:

* Primary healthcare for doctors
* Primary healthcare for nursing school graduates
* Primary healthcare for nursing assistants.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Department of Potosí, Bolivia.

Transfer and use capabilities

The courses have been designed to be easily adaptable to other national and local contexts.

More information: www.healthinlatinamerica.org

379 teachers trained in the use and application of new technologies

30 headmasters with competencies for the integration of new technologies

30 technological consultants enabled for technological support and development

20 trained institutions tutors

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Valparaíso- Chile, Montevideo. Uruguay, Buenos Aires. Argentina, La Pampa, Argentina.

Transfer and use capabilities

Training of trainer programs for institutional promoters in the use of new technologies

Programs for the Training and Coaching of Headmasters within educational administrations

Know How for institutional coaching in order to include ICTs in schools.

More information: http://www.integraproject.org

The ADITAL Service platforms for rural communities include a tool for the traceability of food, a market information service for agriculture and fishery producers, and a space for the exchange of agricultural production techniques and experiences.

Thanks to the e-learning platform, continued training is achieved.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Pergamino and Jujuy, Argentina. Sucre, Bolivia. Rancagua, Chile. Chachapoyas, Peru.

Transfer and use capabilities

The platform is available to be adapted and used in other regions of Europe and LA.

More information: http://adital.sigadel.com

A set of Link-all tools to reinforce the competitiveness of SMEs of remote communities at different levels:

* tools aimed at better promoting the local products
* tools aimed at certifying the quality of the products and their traceability
* Tools to improve direct access of the supply side to local communities and companies

Place of development/tests (city and country)

In all the local communities participating in the Link-all project

Transfer and use capabilities

The experience may be transferred to other communities, thanks to the documentation and self-analysis activity carried out by the project.

More information: www.link-all.org

A database on the safety within work environments, available via internet, as a point of reference where all citizens are able to find information regarding the documents and the instruments that improve the quality of work environments, legislation, worker health surveillance, etc.

PRODIAG pilot database to improve and merge all the existing information on work-related accidents and injuries, to be found in various Brazilian databases, free of charge.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

City of Belo Horizonte, City of Aracajuk, City of Porto Alegre, in Brazil.

Transfer and use capabilities

The project intends to exchange experiences with advanced institutions and networks from Europe and LA.

More information: www.healthcarenetwork.it

Integrated set of EMPLENET services for the improvement of job opportunities in LA:

* Job-oriented ICT training
* Service of professional counseling, information on available jobs and insertion in the labor market. (Job Club and Job Portal)
* Entrepreneurial promotion service in order to inform and support entrepreneurs. (entrepreneurship promotion portal)

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Nicaragua and Uruguay.

Transfer and use capabilities

Measurable, transferable, and extensively usable services based on contrasted methodologies and IT tools.

More information: www.emplenet.org

Dynamic system of services, mostly aimed at the field of tourism. Such services are based on artificial intelligence techniques (automatic planning) and enable the combination of many independent providers automatically, thus adapting the result to users’ requests and profiles.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Italy, and England.

Transfer and use capabilities

The technological platform used by the services is extendable and can include providers from new countries.

More information: www.alis-technet.org

Development of the SILAE Project Exchange, a dynamic collaboration tool to facilitate the cooperation of European organizations with other entities from LA for rural electrification and development projects. Currently, more than 300 project offers have been presented to the Project exchange

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Equatorial Amazonia

Transfer and use capabilities

The SILAE Project Exchange is open and may be transferred to other realities.

More information: http://www.silae.org/ec/bolsa.cfm.

The Link-all network of local communities, including intermediate organizations and universities for the exchange and collaboration in B2B issues for sustainable local development.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Abangares, Costa Rica , Torroa do Matapi, Tabuleiro, Santa Rosa-Anitapolis-Grao Para, Brasil. Cauca, Colombia. Tambores, Sarandi Grande, Fraile Muerto, Uruguay. Huinganco, Manzano Amargo, Argentina. Melipeuco, Chile.

Transfer and use capabilities

The network is open for partners from either the already involved countries or others.

More information: www.link-all.org

The i-twinnings methodology, a support mechanism for the collaboration between basic civil society organizations, resulting in more than 30 e-twinning projects between Europe and Latin America. Such methodology implies that each organization that wants to cooperate with a twin entity is supported to solve its own needs through ICT.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

More than 30 collaboration projects between Europe and Latin America

Transfer and use capabilities

By visiting the http://www.vecam.org/i-j/ portal you can take part in the twinnings.

More information: http://www.vecam.org/i-j/

The Red – SOCIAL Interactive Platform, 100% accessible by visually impaired, in Spanish and Portuguese, able to provide e-training courses at various levels and on various subjects.

A package of low-cost IT applications to facilitate the access to information of visually impaired persons, through the computer: a screen reader (LookOUT), a character magnifier (Magnus++), as well as a set of free tools for the reading and processing of documents.

10 resource centers specifically accessible to the visually impaired have been opened.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

CEE Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Cuzco, Peru). CERCIL (Lima, Peru). Universidad la Salle (Mexico D.F. , Mexico). Universidad Politécnica Nacional México D.F., México). Instituto Nacional del Ciego y Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje ( 2 in Bogotá and 1 in Chocó, Colombia). ACAPO/UBC (Bento Goçalves, Brazil). ULAC/FEVIC (Caracas, Venezuela). ULAC/FENCE (Riobamba, Ecuador)

Transfer and use capabilities

The platform is extendible to the blind and visually disabled population of all the LA countries, enabling the introduction of a large variety of accessible online training courses.

More information: http://foal.redsocial.once.org

Creation of the ATLAS school network, comprising more than 3000 schools in Europe and Latin America working jointly in a multicultural web environment, collaborating for the development of the “Atlas of Diversity”.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

More than 21 countries in Europe and Latin America

Transfer and use capabilities

Participation is open to schools and to public and private partners and sponsors.

More information: www.atlasdeladiversidad.net

The ELAC Network of Universities, a network of institutions able to prove the possibilities of the use of ICTs in higher education.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Mexico

More information: http://www.elac.dk

The Technet Network facilitates the collaborative development of applications and services based on the autonomous agent technologies and the semantic Web. The project proves the functionality of the infrastructure in the network of platforms displayed by all of the project partners and third parties.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Chile, Costa-Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Italy, England.

Transfer and use capabilities

The platform and its contents, having been developed in open source, my be improved through contributions of third parties. The platform is open to be used by entities outside of the Project partners.

More information: http://net.alis-technet.org

Creation of an intercontinental tem of radio producers, trained in the use of ICT for the production and broadcasting of radio broadcasting.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Ecuador, Perú, Colombia, Argentina

Venezuela, España

Italia, Alemania

Transfer and use capabilities

La red IALE quiere dar información veraz a través de radios comunitarias y esta abierta a contribuciones.

More information

www.migrantesenlinea.org

Projecto

IALE

A network of 20 Innovation Centers interacting with European schools

Schools twinned within each European school system and with European institutions

Collaboration agreements between the project partners for new future actions.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Valparaíso- Chile, Montevideo. Uruguay, Buenos Aires. Argentina, La Pampa. Argentina

Transfer and use capabilities

Know How for the consistency and consolidation of multicultural collaborative networks can be shared.

More information: http://www.integraproject.org

REGULATEL, the Latin-American Forum of Regulating Entities in Telecommunications, with the aims to facilitate the exchange of information on regulatory management, telecom services and market among the Forum member countries; to promote the harmonization of telecommunications regulation; to identify and protect regional interests, looking for common stands within international organisms

Place of development/tests (city and country)

19 Countries from Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela, and the regulating bodies of Spain (CMT) and Portugal (ANACOM)

Transfer and use capabilities

Further improve the collaboration between members by a wider exchange of information and experiences among regulators. The implementation of an online system for the exchange of counseling and information between members is foreseen.

More information: http://www.regulatel.org

Establishment of the RedCLARA, the first Latin-American network of Research and Education.

The RedCLARA enhances the participation of Latin-American researchers in international research and allows an unprecedented collaboration between investigators from Latin America and Europe.

RedCLARA’s impact initially affects the research and education institutions, but its benefits will soon embrace other areas, in order to improve public access to ICT technologies and the Internet.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

18 countries in Latin America take part in the ALICE project. The RedCLARA interconnects education and research institutions in: Argentina, Brasil, Chile,

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Perú , Uruguay, Venezuela

Transfer and use capabilities

The Red Clara facilitates the collaboration between Europe and Latin America as regards activities that require great amounts of bandwidth in order to establish and develop cooperation projects in research and education.

More information:

www.redclara.net

The System of Remote Electronic Exams - SISREG, elaborated within the HCN project, sets up a system for the scheduling of medical appointments and exams.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

City of Belo Horizonte, City of Aracaju, City of Porto Alegre, Brazil

Transfer and use capabilities

The project aims at providing access to its medical exam scheduling system to other countries and extending its software.

More information: http://www.healthcarenetwork.it/

The eGOIA software solution, able to integrate the front and back office applications of public e-government services: a unified approach for existing access and for new emerging government services, based on an intuitive user interface, thus binding the various e-Government services available.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

This software has been tested in e-government access points in Brazil and Peru..

Transfer and use capabilities

The front and back office integration initiatives already used can be transferred in order to apply them to other initiatives in a context of virtual spaces of integrated public services.

More information:

wwww.egoia.sp.gov.br/ http://egoia.concytec.gob.pe/

An innovating service for the management of identity cards (request, renewal, theft or loss declaration, withdrawal).

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Pilot developed in Sao Paulo (Brazil).

Transfer and use capabilities

To be extended to other cases.

More information: www.egoia.sp.gov.br/

Information Services on city tax and payment services launched in Cajamarca.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

And in San Borja, Villa El Salvador and Cajamarca (Peru).

Transfer and use capabilities:

To be extended to other cases.

More information:

http://egoia.concytec.gob.pe/

The open source Metalogo portal for local e-governments, able to provide detailed and updated information on the services provided to SMEs for the city administration, also by means of assisted forums and simple means such as the e-mail. The portal is based on the needs-analysis of SMEs and local administrations.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

14 pilot municipalities in Chile, Colombia, Honduras, and Peru.

Transfer and use capabilities

By contacting the coordinator you can use the portal in your own context.

More information: www.metalogo.org

ADITAL e-services: in Rancagua, a Multimedia Agriculture Library and a mobile IT center were established. In Pergamino, e-government services have been launched.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Rancagua and Pergamino.

Transfer and use capabilities:

For further information, please contact the project coordinator.

More information: http://adital.sigadel.com

Methodology for the determination of the specific needs of SMEs as regards the improvement of administrative procedures.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Colombia, Chile, Honduras, Peru.

Transfer and use capabilities

In order to apply this methodology in a different context, please contact the project coordinator.

More information: www.metalogo.org

Emplenet’s training, an entrepreneurship promotion services managed by the local administration.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

9 Municipalities in Colombia (Bucaramanga, Piedecuesta, Girón, and Floridablanca), Nicaragua (León), Brazil (São Luís and Niteroi), Uruguay (Montevideo), and Argentina (Trelew)

Transfer and use capabilities

To be extended to other cities.

More information: www.emplenet.org

HeathCareNetwork Electronic Medical Records: an electronic version of the citizen’s medical history, for a more accurate and more efficient healthcare service.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Implemented in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Transfer and use capabilities

It may be taken as a model and applied in other services and places.

More information: http://www.healthcarenetwork.it/

eLAC 2007, the regional action plan for the Information Society, is based on the dialogue and the cooperation of all Latin-American and Caribbean countries in order to adopt a common political agenda, with the following objectives:

* Advance towards an information society that would be beneficial for all the inhabitants of Latin America and the Caribbean;
* Stimulate development through even growth;
* Consolidate democracy and stimulate regional integration;
* Accelerate such process and reduce its economic and social costs.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

The 18 @LIS countries in Latin America and the 15 Caribbean countries.

Transfer and use capabilities

Coordination of actions of international agencies active in the region, including public and private initiatives. Focus of efforts and streamlining of the digital agenda with the region’s development agenda, depending on the priorities of each country.

More information: www.cepal.org/socinfo

The European Telecommunication Standard Institute (ETSI) set a dialogue between the European Union and the ICT communities in Latin America, developing synergies with Latin-American institutions competent with respect to ICT standards.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

Dialogue established between the 18 countries in Latin America and the EU

Transfer and use capabilities

Organize other interoperability events, get more interactive with other participants.

More information: www.etsi.org/@lis/home.htm

Regulatel, the Latin-American Forum of Regulating Entities in Telecommunications, established in order to stimulate cooperation and the coordination of efforts and promote the development of telecommunications in Latin America.

Place of development/tests (city and country)

This Forum comprises nineteen regulating bodies from Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, The Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela and the Spanish and Portuguese regulators as observers.

Transfer and use capabilities

Harmonization of the telecom regulatory framework in the Eu and Latin America by the creation of mutual cooperation links.

More information: www.regulatel.org