The response to the coronavirus crisis has revealed the shortage of personal protective equipment and critical medical devices. According to the WHO, the worldwide capacity to supply needed items through traditional suppliers is under stress. To produce and provide supplies directly in the service of local first responders, maker communities across Latin America, the Caribbean, … [Read more...] about Responses in 3D: Opening up the production of critical medical supplies
Jesenia Rodríguez
Jesenia Rodríguez é graduada em Administração de Empresas. Após terminar a faculdade, colaborou em atividades de voluntariado relacionadas à gestão de projetos com enfoque educacional. Em 2016, entrou no bootcamp de código para mulheres, Laboratoria, e mais tarde trabalhou como desenvolvedor front-end na IBM. Atualmente trabalha como consultora para a Divisão de Gestão do Conhecimento do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID), apoiando diretamente a iniciativa do Código de Desenvolvimento.
How to make the most of the IDB’s Code for Development platform
Have you ever started looking for software or a digital tool to strengthen a project? Or have you thought about hiring the development of a new tool to solve a challenge? If so, the new code.iadb.org can help you. The IDB launched the Code for Development initiative in early 2017 precisely to serve teams that seek to incorporate software into their responses to the challenges … [Read more...] about How to make the most of the IDB’s Code for Development platform
Free software? Open source? We answer your questions
What is open-source software? Is that different from Free Software? And, can we trust something "open" to support public services? In our experiences promoting the IDB Code for Development initiative, we have heard these questions and others like them. The dynamic and collaborative nature within the technological ecosystem sometimes contributes to confusion. That is why we … [Read more...] about Free software? Open source? We answer your questions