ALLIANCES
REDCLARA: We are collaboration and development
The EU-LAC Digital Alliance is at the core of our strategic partnerships, which are essential to RedCLARA’s work and enable collaboration to transcend borders, expanding the reach of science, education, and innovation across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Through agreements with national academic networks, international organizations, and global digital infrastructure projects, we connect universities, research centers, and scientific communities with their counterparts worldwide. These partnerships facilitate knowledge exchange, access to strategic data and resources, and the implementation of initiatives that drive digital transformation in the region.
Each collaboration is a step toward a more interconnected, inclusive ecosystem capable of addressing major global challenges, from frontier research to open education and sustainability.
The Digital Alliance as a Strategic Framework
RedCLARA participates in and contributes to the EU-LAC Digital Alliance. In this context, BELLA II, our flagship project, is framed to expand advanced connectivity and strengthen the digital ecosystem for science, education, technology, and innovation, addressing the region’s challenges. Likewise, bi-regional cooperation has a long-standing precedent.
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Strategic Alliances
RedCLARA has established high-level technical partnerships that allow us to provide differentiated and robust services to our member networks, as well as to universities and research centers in countries without a National Research and Education Network (NREN), and other key stakeholders. These partnerships strengthen capacities in priority areas such as:
- Advanced Computing System for Latin America and the Caribbean (SCALAC): High-Performance Computing.-More information about the partnership
- LNET: Blockchain, academic mobility, etc.
- LAReferencia: Open science and open access. -More information about the partnership
- Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre (LAC4): Cibersecurity- More information about the partnership
Cooperation Agreements
RedCLARA maintains agreements or partnerships with key stakeholders who provide value, capabilities, and specialized knowledge in areas such as digital governance, sustainability, scientific data, and institutional cooperation.
- BID Lab - More information about the partnership
- LACCHAIN: Merged with LACNet in 2025; now operating as LNet - More information about the partnership
- Internet Society (ISOC) - More information about the partenership
- FIWARE - More Information about the partnership
- LifeWatch ERIC -More information about the partnership
- Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) - More information about the partnership
Participation in international forums and platforms (Memberships)
RedCLARA is part of organizations that lead global processes in science, technology, and digital policy.
These memberships position us in key decision-making spaces and allow us to represent Latin America and the Caribbean in the global digital agenda.
Peer Networks: Collaboration and Interconnectivity with Other Regions
Collaboration with academic networks from other regions enables us to advance shared standards, joint projects, and the strengthening of a global science and technology community. Notable relationships include: