Within the framework of the activities included in its Open Government agenda, the IDB collaborated with the Agency for the Development of e-Government Management and the Information and Knowledge Society (AGESIC in Spanish) of Uruguay to demonstrate its commitment to the action plan presented before the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The DateIdea 2014 project is a … [Read more...] about Montevideo’s Hackathon (Uruguay)
Open Government – Mexico
On August 22, 2014, as part of the activities of the Open Government agenda of the Inter-American Development Bank, Nicolas Dassen, the expert leading this initiative, participated in the “National Dialogue among Oversight Agencies: Towards an Open State in Mexico”, held in the City of Mexico and sponsored by the Federal Institute of Access to Information and Data Protection … [Read more...] about Open Government – Mexico
Public software
Led by the Institutional Capacity of the State Division, the First Workshop on “Regional Collaborative Mechanism of Public Software” was held in the City of Mexico on July 17-18, 2014. As shown in the activity report, the first outcome of the workshop was the set-up of a knowledge community for Latin America and the Caribbean focused on the development of collaborative … [Read more...] about Public software
Cybersecurity
The Latin America and Caribbean region has achieved the fastest growth in terms of population of Internet users worldwide. This new reality brings along a series of new risks such as information theft, cyber-terrorist attacks, cyber espionage and identity theft, among others. As part of the Bank’s endeavors to support the region in the protection of cyber space, the … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity