Features Listen to the Podcasts       English podcasts of the event will be available soon.  Panel 1 - Regional Issues Relating to National ICT Policies and Strategies for Achieving the MDGs Monday, February 4 10:00 – 11:30 Panel 2 - Technology for the Poor: ICT innovation for poverty eradication. Are there ICT innovations that are truly making a difference in education, health and youth employment? Monday, February 4 3:00 – 4:30 Panel 3 - How to develop e-government application in order to enhance citizen’s participation and promoting accountability, transparency and efficiency in governance processes? Tuesday, February 5 9:15 – 10:45 Panel 4 - Multistakeholder frameworks for developing effective policies and partnerships for mainstreaming ICT Tuesday, February 5 2:00 - 3:30 Panel Recommendations See recommendations emerged from each panel.

February 4 and 5, 2008 89 Radisson Hotel Avenida Norte y 11 Calle Poniente, Colonia Escalón San Salvador, El Salvador

On February 4-5, leaders from the ICT community gathered before the II Ministerial Conference on the Information Society eLAC2007.

The main objective of the seminar was to gather ICT4D experts together to elaborate concrete proposals to present at the Ministerial Conference eLAC2007 in the areas of ICT and poverty eradication, health, education, youth employment, and e-government for improved accountability, transparency, and citizen participation.

The meeting was bilingual with simultaneous translation (Spanish-English)  and the agenda can be accessed here.

The seminar is a joint effort of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Development Research Centre-Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (IDRC-ICA), and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

For more information please contact:
Ms. Carolina Jara at carolina.jara@cepal.org or
Ms. Enrica Murmura at murmura@un.org