Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean OSILAC United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA)
Benchmarking the WSIS Plan of Action in Latin America and the Caribbean (version 2.0)
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INDEX
A. INTRODUCTION...... 4 B. OBJECTIVES, GOALS AND TARGETS...... 5 C1. THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PROMOTION OF ICTS FOR DEVELOPMENT ...... 15 C2. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE: AN ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE INFORMATION SOCIETY ...... 22 GROWTH...... 25 C3. ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE...... 30 COUNTRY ...... 32 C4. CAPACITY BUILDING ...... 37 C5. BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY IN THE USE OF ICTS...... 41 C6. ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ...... 49 C7. ICT APPLICATIONS: BENEFITS IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE...... 53 15. E-GOVERNMENT ...... 53 16. E-BUSINESS ...... 58 17. E-LEARNING ...... 62 21. E-AGRICULTURE...... 71 C8. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND IDENTITY, LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND LOCAL CONTENT...... 73 C9. MEDIA...... 75 D. DIGITAL SOLIDARITY AGENDA...... 77 D2. MOBILIZING RESOURCES...... 77 E. FOLLOW-UP AND EVALUATION ...... 81
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A. Introduction
This document is the second version of an ongoing exercise to benchmark the Plan of Action of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The first version has been presented to the delegates of PrepCom I of WSIS in Hammamet, Tunisia, June 2004. A third version is being prepared for PrepCom II in Geneva, February 2005. The graphs and tables are indicative and aim at demonstrating which is the current situation of the region in achieving the actions proposed during the Geneva phase of WSIS and the consecutive challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean. Given the limited data available, the presented evidence is sporadic and sometimes anecdotic. OSILAC welcomes any comment, suggestion or additional information to improve the document. The outline follows the WSIS Plan of Action. Every section is built on the following structure:
“# Citation(s) of the WSIS Plan of Action”
EVIDENCE IN THE RESPECTIVE FIELD
Graph(s) or policy table(s)
Source of graph or table.