Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2013 Nominee

Digital Agenda Uruguay (Uruguay's digital policy)

Description

Sustained and continuous effort through several versions: 2007-2008, 2008-2010, 2011-2015. It's not a government's plan, is a multistakeholder commitment. It's not a technology plan, is a social inclusion agenda.

Highlights:
-Regional leader in ICT access; outstanding plans offered by government such as 1GB broadband, no monthly fee
-First country where all public schools students have their own PC; reducing PC access gap between lower-income and upper-income households to only 10%. No child should walk more than 300mtrs from home to access Internet
-Main software exporter per capita
-First country with 100% livestock traceability

Project website

http://www.agesic.gub.uy / information society

Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development 2013
Millennium development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: Eradicate poverty and hunger
  • Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education
  • Goal 3: Promote gender equality & empower women
  • Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
  • Goal 5: Improve maternal health
  • Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
  • Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
Global digital compact (GDC) objectives related to this project None
Coverage
Status

Completed

Start date

01 January 2007

End date

28 February 2015

Entity name

Agency for e-Government and Information Society

Entity country—type

Uruguay — Government

Entity website

http://www.agesic.gub.uy

Partners

Government, Academy, Private Sector, Civil Society

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Email Address
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Phone Number
+41 22 730 5111
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