Project GKPLAC

Directory of Information and Communication Technologies for Development Multi-Stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean

Executive Summary

The Project "Directory of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Multi-Stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean” (code named: “Project GKPLAC”) is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership, GKP, with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC, implemented by an ad hoc consortium integrated by Fundación Redes y Desarrollo (Funredes), Grupo Redes, and Fundación Acceso.

September 2004

The Project "Directory of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Multi-Stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean” (code named: “Project GKPLAC”) is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership, GKP, with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC, implemented by an ad hoc consortium integrated by Fundación Redes y Desarrollo (Funredes), Grupo Redes, and Fundación Acceso. It is conceived as a two phase Project: 

The first one  as an outreach analysis mechanism for the Partnership, to identify interesting potential members among key stakeholders operating in Latin America or the Caribbean region.. A limited directory of a highly selective set of institutions fulfilling pre-established criteria was built by the consultancy group, enabling the GKP Secretariat to consider their participation in the GKP Annual Meeting celebrated in San José, Costa Rica in May 2004. 

The second  aims  to build a comprehensive inventory of Latin American and Caribbean organizations, who through the use of Information and Communication Technologies, strive to contribute to the social, political, academic and economic development of the region. An expected additional value from this effort refers to both, the lessons learned in the process of implementation of this project, and the opportunity for the contacted institutions to provide extra information with regards to their activities, background, experiences, interests and needs, as a strategy to establish or strengthen synergistic relationships. 

By design, the welcoming message, instructions to fill the questionnaire on line, the interface for updating and consulting the database, and the navigation facilities of the Web Site,  are presented in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French. Some relevant documents such as this one, project objectives and institutional presentations of sponsoring organizations and those of the consultancy,  are presented in their original language. The data received from contacted institutions remains in the language they were registered in.