Sistemas computacionales para tareas estadísticas: posibilidades de cooperación interregional = Computing systems for statistical tasks: possibilities of interregional co-operation

Presenta en forma sintetica un conjunto de sistemas computacionales que se utilizan actualmente en tareas estadisticas en los paises desarrollados, y describe las actividades que la CEPAL esta desarrollando en este campo y las posibilidades de cooperacion regional en que esta empenada.

Report of the Joint Meeting of the SIDS Bureau and the Inter-Agency Collaborative Group

Summary An account of the proceedings of the meeting which discussed the following agenda items: report on regional implementation of the SIDS POA; status of regional projects for submission to the meeting of prospective donors and representatives of Small Island Developing States; the regional position on UNDP compendium of project proposals; status of consultations with CARIFORUM and the EU; budget for the regional co-ordinating mechanism and consultation; preparation for the Special Session on the UN General Assembly (UNGASS); to discuss the SIDS plan of action; and a Ministerial meeting on SIDS POA implementation.

Report of the Inter-Agency Collaborative Group Meeting Preparatory to the Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of the World Summit for Social Development

El informe da cuenta de las discusiones sostenidas en la reunión, las que se centraron en: a) la revisión y evaluación de la implementación del Programa de Acción de la Cumbre Mundial para el Desarrollo Social, con énfasis en las actividades específicas incluyendo informes por países y estudios temáticos en torno al empleo, la erradicación de la pobreza y la integración social; b) el examen de la situación del envejecimiento y de los ancianos, relevando las necesidades de información para la implementación de políticas, las estrategias y programas, y el logro de un consenso subregional frente a la tercera edad.

Cloud computing in Latin America: Current situation and policy proposals

Includes bibliography.

The advance of cloud computing

The “Implementation of the National Data Centre” project, Augusto Espín, Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society, Ecuador .-- Cloud computing and public policy in Brazil, Rafael Henrique Rodrigues Moreira, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil .-- “The cloud is being taken up more quickly in Latin America than in the rest of the world”, interview to Lalo Steinmann, Microsoft .-- The impact of education and research networks on the development of cloud computing Eduardo Vera, University of Chile .-- “The cloud helps to narrow divides by providing access to technology resources that used to be unaffordable”, interview to Luis Urzúa, Movistar Chile .-- “Cloud computing will be a strategic sector of the economy in the coming years”, interview to Jean-Bernard Gramunt, France’s digital strategy .-- “If take-up in Latin America is as strong as predicted, it will be a good opportunity to create and export technology”, interview to Flavio Junqueira, Yahoo! Labs.