How to facilitate and promote the participation and co-investment of digital ecosystem actors, and how to apply the capabilities offered by the BELLA II project and RedCLARA to promote meaningful connectivity, digital transformation, and socio-economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean were the main questions that guided the fourth BELLA II Strategic Dialogue, which took place in Cartagena, Colombia, on November 29.
LACNet, the non-profit legal entity responsible for orchestrating the blockchain networks of the LACChain initiative, result of the alliance between RedCLARA and LACNIC and led by IDB Lab, has successfully completed due diligence and received approval with no objections, demonstrating the competence and expertise required to contribute to the development of International Standards and promote their implementation in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies. As a result, the ISO´s Committee’s Secretariat confirmed during the Plenary in Montreal 2023 that LACNet has been qualified with the status of “Liaison category A”.
Colombia consolidates and expands its science, technology and innovation ecosystem with the linking of the National Academic Network of Advanced Technology - RENATA to BELLA II, the most important regional initiative in these areas, which seeks to reduce the digital divide between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
How to face challenges such as violence, childhood obesity, and the inappropriate use of technology was the focus of the Webinar “Health of children and adolescents in the Americas”, held on 27 november, by the Latin American University Telemedicine Network (RUTE-AL), with the support of the advanced networks of Brazil (RNP) and Mexico (CUDI).
To promote technical and technological cooperation, innovation, and digital transformation at the national level, as well as in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCYT), the Government Office of Information and Communication Technologies (OGCIT) and the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL) of the Dominican Republic signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks, RedCLARA.
The Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks, RedCLARA, has become an official member of the Latin American and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre (LAC4), an initiative implemented by EU CyberNet and funded by the European Union (EU). Accession to LAC4 aims to strengthen continental cooperation and technical assistance in the field of cyber security for the benefit of the region's NRENs.
