The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications and the Colombian Association of Deafblind (Surcoe) will make a virtual forum on "Vive Digital. Technology in the life of every Colombian".

The forum aims to raise awareness on what is the Plan "Vive Digital" and is an opportunity for surfers to send their concerns, which will be solved by David Eduardo Gutierrez Muñoz, manager of the initiative, who helped design the plan by the coordination with the people involved in its development, the process of research and technical support of it.

Those interested in learning about the goals, objectives and strategies of "Vive Digital" can participate in the forum from 3th to 5th August, through the Internet platform www.conectandosentidos.org, link Forum. Everybody who wants to participate must make a prior register.

"Vive Digital" seeks that Colombia will make the technology leap, thanks to the massification of the Internet and has the goal to triple the number of municipalities connected to the information broadband, connecting to Internet 50% of MIPYMES (SME) and 50% of homes and multiple four times the number of Internet connections.

As part of the plan " Vive Digital" there is the strategy "ICT for people with disabilities", which is part of the project “Connecting Senses”, which while contribute to the reduction of the digital gap in Colombia and the service offering with the latest technology, to ensure the inclusion of education, social, work and disabled population.

The forum will be led by engineer David Eduardo Gutierrez Muñoz, Manager of Vive Digital, who helped to design the plan and now coordinates the management of Vive Digital and advises its strategic initiatives.

(Source: MINTIC – Colombia)