Input Paper Digital Agendas Working Group
Digital Agendas Working Group
Chair: National Council for Science and
Technology of Mexico (CONACYT)
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Input Paper Digital Agendas Working Group
Digital Agendas Working Group
It is conformed by 14 high-level experts from the industry,
academia, and scientific community
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experts
*The LAC-ICT Expert Group description
and members can be found in www.lacictexpertgroup.eu
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Name*
Humberto Sandoval (Chair)
Organisation
CONACYT
Country
Mexico
Carmen Agüero
Luis Guillermo Fernández
Moira Karosuo
Adrián Lira
José María Louzao
Silvia Monzón de Bidart
Alex Mora
Juan Carlos Sosa
Francisco Camargo
Moacyr Martucci
Héctor Torres
Miguel González
Yolanda Ursa
ITESM
SOFTEL
CONACYT
IJALTI
CESSI
ALETI
CAMTIC
ODI
Consultant
USP
ProteinLab - UTEM
ITESM
INMARK
Mexico
Cuba
Mexico
Mexico
Argentina
Argentina
Costa Rica
Colombia
Colombia
Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Spain
Objective
Create a dynamic and updatable input
paper, including identification of areas
of mutual interest where joint actions
could be possible, recommendations
for enhanced cooperation and
suggestions for strengthening and
supporting national Digital Agendas
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Introduction
• Input Paper on Digital Agendas Working Group addresses
8 LAC countries:
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Countries
Analysed
Peru
Costa
Rica
Colombia
México
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Chile
Content
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Gives an overview of the Digital Agendas in Latin
America (by country) and provides the insights
gathered from the Digital Agendas Working Group
Describes the key aspects of the Digital Agenda for
Europe
Showcases potential synergies between LAC and
European Digital Agendas
Presents
mechanisms
and
measures
to
strengthen LAC Digital Agendas
Finally, it provides overall conclusions and
recommendations
Methodology
• Literature review
– Digital Agendas and other documents containing the ICT policies
in the target countries (i.e. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and
Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru and Uruguay)
• Expert Interviews
– Six experts from the Digital Agendas Working Group were
interviewed following common guidelines to harmonise
information and to gather insights for further recommendations.
Experts profile
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Innovation Technological managers.
International consultants.
Members of the Industry, universities and researchers,
Business developers.
President of Chambers and ICT associations.
Policy makers
Methodology
• Digital Agendas
Meeting
Working
Group
– Held on September 29th, 2014 in
Guadalajara, Mexico in the World
Congress on Information Technology
(WCIT 2014) under the theme “Building
the Digital Age Together”
– Organised by the partner chairing the
Digital Agendas (CONACYT) along with
ITESM, INMARK and the WCIT team
– Gathered 33 participants from LAC,
including all members of the Digital
Agendas WG and members of other
WG of the LAC-ICT Expert Group; and
LAC Technology Platforms
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Overview of the Digital
Agendas of LAC (by Country)
• The term “Digital Agenda” is not commonly applied in all of
the Latin American countries to refer to political documents on
Governments’ strategies to develop the digital economy and
society
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Overview of the Digital
Agendas of LAC (by Country)
Analysis structure*:
a) Policy framework
b) Ministry/Agency Responsible
c) Implementing stakeholders
d) Official website
*The main chapters and topics per country.
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Argentina
a) Policy Framework: Argentina Innovadora 2020 Plan, six strategic
sectors:
b) Ministry/agency responsible: Ministry of Science, Technology and
Productive Innovation, National Presidency (Ministerio de Ciencia,
Tecnología e Innovación Productiva, Presidencia de la Nación)
through the National Plan for Science, Technology and Productive
Innovation
c) Implementing stakeholders: Argentina created working groups to
assure the implementation of Innovative Argentina 2020 “Mesas de
Implementación MI”
d) Official website: link
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Brazil (I)
a) Policy Framework: There is not an official Digital Agenda for Brazil.
Instead, there are several initiatives from ministries and state
governments the country’s Digital Agenda
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The National Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation (ENCTI 20122015), launched by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI)
in 2011, advocates the ST&I as the central dynamism of the economic and
social development of the country
As part of the Priority Programme for ICT, it proposes building a strategy for the
sector of software and IT services
The "Strategic Programme for Software and IT Services" (TI MAIOR) has five
pillars
There are other programmes to develop several action plans such as Start up
Brasil; CERTICS; Ecossistemas Digitais; Brasil Mais TI; Atração de Centros
Globais de P&D; and more
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Brazil (II)
b) Ministry/agency responsible: Ministério de Ciência, Tecnologia e
Inovação (MCTI)Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Promoting Research Agencies, industries and Universities
c) Implementing stakeholders: Ministério de Ciência, Tecnologia e
Inovação (MCTI)Funding Agencies, Federation Industries,
Universities and the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Administrating Committee of the Digital Inclusion program, (Comitê
Gestor do Programa de Inclusão Digital- CGPID), universities and
other public and private entities, businesses and organizations
d) Official website: link
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Chile
a) Policy Framework: Imagina Chile Digital Agenda 2013-2020, five
strategic pillars:
b) Ministry/agency responsible: The Telecommunications
Undersecretary (Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (SUBTEL)
depending on the Ministry of Transportation and
Telecommunications
c) Implementing stakeholders: The Telecommunications
Undersecretary; Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (SUBTEL)
depends on the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications
d) Official website: link
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Colombia
a) Policy Framework: Vive Digital Plan 2, four pillars of the digital
ecosystem:
b) Ministry/agency responsible: Ministry of ICT, Government of
Colombia, MinTIC (Ministerio de las Tecnológias de la Información
y Telecomunicaciones - Gobierno de Colombia)
c) Implementing stakeholders: MinTIC Regional ICT Clusters, ICT
Industry
d) Official website: link
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Mexico
a) Policy Framework: National Digital Strategy (Estrategia Digital
Nacional – EDN), objectives and enablers:
b) Ministry/agency responsible: The National Digital Strategy is the
result of the collaboration of the Federal and State Governments
working together with the industry, academia and society through
special programs
c) Implementing stakeholders: The Federal Government is
responsible for the National Digital Strategy Coordination
d) Official website: link
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Synergies between LAC and
European Digital Agendas
Pillars
Priorities
Goals
Internat.
Internat.
Aspects
Coop.
of DAE
w/LAC
Digital Agendas
of LAC
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Synergies
Synergies between LAC and
European Digital Agendas
• Identified common actions lines with DAE
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Mechanisms to strengthen
LAC Digital Agendas
• The Digital Agendas WG experts and the
LEADERSHIP team discussed a list of
relevant aspects to be considered in the
Digital Agendas in Latin America
• The list was proposed by CAF based on the
World Economic Forum Networked
Readiness Index and key aspects were
classified in five groups
– Infrastructure
– Digital Inclusion/Human Talent
– Institutional Framework
– Digital Public Services
– Digital Economy.
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Measures to
enhance Digital
Agendas
Recommendations to
EU-CELAC SOM ICT Working Group
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Recommendation 1. To take advantage of the discussions on digital
agendas and ICT strategies in Latin America carried out by the LAC-ICT
Expert Group set up by the LEADERSHIP project
Recommendation 2. To follow up the evolution of Latin America Digital
Agendas, deepening the comparative their analysis in order to align Latin
American national strategies in ICT.
Recommendation 3. Promote areas of common interest for EU-LAC
cooperation in ICT R&I, i.e. those priority areas and topics identified by the
LEADERSHIP project and validated by the LAC-ICT Expert Group
Recommendation 4. To explore the possibilities of the SOM Energy and
Health thematic working groups to jointly or transversally develop proposals
for pilot activities together with the ICT WG.
Recommendation 5. To endorse emerging initiatives at the bi-lateral level
between some countries in LAC with the EU, which could be considered in
future Digital Agendas in Latin America.
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Recommendations to
LAC Governments/ICT Agencies
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Recommendation 6. To update priority areas for ICT in the content of the
Digital Agendas or National Digital Strategies, on the basis of recent
surveys and insights from relevant stakeholders involved in the
development and implementation of Digital Agendas.
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Recommendation 7. To explicitly include innovation in the structure of the
Digital Agendas. They should include actions and measures to support
innovation in strategic sectors for the respective country.
Recommendation 8. To establish an administrative office for “ICT affairs”,
so each country can follow up the implementation of the National Digital
Agenda despite changes in the government administration.
Recommendation 9. To establish coordination mechanisms through Digital
Agendas in Latin American countries. Possible mechanisms should be
discussed and promoted in international events or spaces for discussion
and interaction between the ministries, agencies and stakeholders involved
in the development and implementation of the ICT policies in Latin American
countries.
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Recommendations to
European Commission
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Recommendation 10. To include the need of coordination of Digital
Agendas in the political agenda of EU-LAC dialogues. Topics for discussing
in the EU-CELAC SOM should cover:
– Topics of common interest addressed by the Digital Agendas in Latin
America and the Digital Agenda for Europe, as they show the areas with
potential for bi-regional cooperation.
– International aspects that specifically affect EU-LAC cooperation, such
Internet governance, market access and regulatory aspects.
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http://www.leadershipproject.eu/?page_id=3442
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“Input Paper Digital Agendas Working Group – Analysis of the Digital Agendas in Latin America and their relations
with the Digital Agenda for Europe”, LEADERSHIP project.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for
research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 611099
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Thank you
Yolanda Ursa
e-mail: yolanda.ursa@grupoinmark.com
Humberto Aarón Sandoval Herrera
e-mail: asandoval@conacyt.mx
www.leadershipproject.eu
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