GKP Project Proposal. Final

							                                 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




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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.




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