This document summarizes the effort of the Region of Extremadura in Spain to reach the Society of Knowledge. In 1998, when the Regional Strategy was launched, the Information Society was still the future. Under the leadership of the Government (Junta de Extremadura), the regional stakeholders decided to be The inventors of our future and to anticipate, through concrete actions, where they would like to be when all the potential of NICTs became real.

Nowadays, everybody knows that this potential is endless and one of the keys to success in the new Knowledge Society is to be permanently prepare to afford the challenge set by a world in continuous change. But we are actors of this change and nothing is written: the roadmap doesn't exists.

But experience does.

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The UN DESA GAID LAC Network will be the Latin American and Caribbean focal point for the Global Alliance for ICT and Development. The Network will take stock of the current situation in the ICT for Development field in the Region, establish links among stakeholders, help them to coordinate and meet, and identify key areas in order to create an action-oriented agenda. Our objective is to bring together people and organizations from throughout the Region to promote intra and inter-regional collaboration among interested stakeholders.

Mission

The mission of the Global Alliance is to promote ICTs as a tool for development as stated in the Millennium Development Goals (#8) and the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis Agenda). The GAID-LAC site furthers that goal in Latin America and the Caribbean within the framework set out by the Seminar in San Salvador and the eLAC Plan of Action

The Network will rely on participants who will:

• Demonstrate leadership in ICT4Development issues
• Share best practices and knowledge
• Engage in policy dialogues
• Share innovative business models for economic growth and empowerment of people

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