Digital Agenda Uruguay (Uruguay's digital policy)

Details of the organization
Agency for e-Government and Information Society (AGESIC)
Uruguay
http://www.agesic.gub.uy
Governments
  • The organization has a strategy for coordinating WSIS Implementation at the national level: Yes
  • The organization has a national e-strategy: Yes

Information about the project
Digital Agenda Uruguay (Uruguay's digital policy)
ADU2011-2015 Uruguay
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
http://uruguaydigital.gub.uy/
National implementation: Uruguay
Ongoing from 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2015
Government, Academy, Private Sector, Civil Society

WSIS information
* The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
  • Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
  • Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
  • Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
  • Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
  • Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
  • Project