The Electronic Government Network of Latin America and the Caribbean, GEALC Network, is the creation of a group formed by e-government authorities from the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. This composition is transformed into a unique instrument to promote horizontal cooperation, support for the elaboration of citizen-centred e-government policies, the training of public officials, knowledge of key aspects of the construction of a national strategy for e-government, and the exchange of solutions and experts among the countries of the region.
The general objective of the GEALC network is to support e-government policies that put the citizen and specially the most vulnerable population in the centre.
Stand out, among other achievements:
A reference environment for more than 60 high public officials responsible for boosting the e-government in the countries of the region.
Annual meetings to stablish priorities and to know experiences
Repository of information and documents updated daily and available online, with public access, through this platform, which, at the moment, has become the main online reference in the region in this subject (www.redgealc.net). It includes a subportal for each country in the region with its strategies, state of the art, legislation and news in e-government
A database with almost 300 experts on electronic government.
Leadership of the eLAC process-working group on e-government driven by the countries of the region that conform it.

http://www2.redgealc.org/

• Latin America and the Caribbean

• Youth
• Older persons
• Women
• Indigenous and nomadic peoples
• People with disabilities
• The unemployed
• The poor
• Migrants
• Refugees and internally displaced people
• Remote and rural communities
• all citizen´s

The first global guidelines date back to the beginning of the World Summit of the Information Society in 2003, with the results of Geneva and Tunisia. In line with this process, the Information Society Action Plan in Latin America and the Caribbean, known as eLAC, was created in the region, with a strong focus on the need to generate equal opportunities in the access and use of TIC. In that sense, the network incorporates the WSIS values in its initiatives and projects, and transfers them to the entire Latin American and Caribbean community.