Features Delivery of Amy Mahan scholarships to assess the impact of Public Access to ICT 2010-03-16 The Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Program is an eighteen-months project sponsored by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and managed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain ... FGV- HEC seminar on technology and inclusive finances in Sao Paulo 2009-10-09 FGV-EAESP FGV-SP’s Center of Studies on Microfinance (GVcemf) and the Canadian school of business HEC Montreal invite to the discussion of the contribution of technology to the expansion of microfinance and the ... New book is available from the Telework and the Disabled (Latin America) project 2009-04-22 A book has been published by the team from the IDRC project Telework and the Disabled (Latin America). A digital version of the book “Telecapacitados” is available online (in Spanish) at the following ... OSILAC creates new maps showing ICT access in Latin America 2009-12-01 OSILAC has produced for new maps that illustrate the penetration of various information and communications technologies among users or households in Latin America, updated in November 2009. Presentación libro “Gestión de Residuos Electrónicos en América Latina 2009-10-06 Viernes 9 de octubre a las 13:00 horas, en el Salón Camilo Mori del Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho  en el marco de la “Expo Recicla 2009”, Santigo, Chile

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In 2007, the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA) launched its second phase with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and IDRC. During this new phase, ICA will seek to deepen and expand the achievements attained during the first phase of the Institute. ICA programming will have a mix of implementation and applied research. More…

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Caribbean Innovators Challenge: Mobile Applications for Development 2010-03-04
Deadline for the submission of proposals for phase 1 is June 15th, 2010

FGV- HEC seminar on technology and inclusive finances in Sao Paulo 2009-10-09
FGV-SP’s Center of Studies on Microfinance (GVcemf) and the Canadian school of business HEC Montreal invite to the discussion of the contribution of technology to the expansion of microfinance and the access to financial services by low income populations to be held on October 15, 2009 in Sao Paulo. The seminar is linked to the FGV-HEC-IDRC Project “Information and communication technologies (ICT) for microcredit delivery - the case of correspondent banking in Brazil”.

Online e-Government courses offered through the OAS 2009-08-27
Registration is now open for online e-Government courses for more than 400 officials from 20 different countries in the region offered by the e-Government program of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC / ICA).
For more information on our online courses please visit http://www.oas.org/sedi/eo/cbf.