PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS

Virtual Educa Caribe

Virtual Educa Caribe, with headquarters in the Dominican Republic, was launched during the closing ceremony of the VI Virtual Educa International Forum in Mexico City, on June 24, 2005 Virtual Educa is an innovative initiative in education, professional development and continuing education providing a space for the exchange of experiences, success stories, and to design projects associated with the impact that ICT has in our society.

Its mission is to establish and foster collaboration between public, private and non-governmental sector within the Ibero-American world with the aim to study and exchange experiences and spread good practices that showcase how, through a synergy of efforts, it is possible to train human resources in information and communication technology, introduce them successfully and efficiently into the labor force, promote innovation, and contribute to the sustainable development at the same time. The program seeks to create new alliances at domestic and international level, spark the multiplication and expansion of successful practices, and create the conditions for permanent collaboration and exchange.

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) identify themselves with the aims of Virtual Educa, and are proud to be the regional hosts of the Caribbean chapter of the program.

Virtual Educa promotes educational development in basic areas responding to the main regional challenges on the subject, some of them being:

• Training for the labor market
• Higher education and technology
• Cooperation and innovation in educational systems
• Information center

Virtual Educa is associated with the Ibero-American Presidents and Heads of State and Government Summit Program and it develops innovative multi-sector initiatives in education, professional development and continuing education. The association took place during the XIV Meeting held in San José, Costa Rica, November 18-20, 2004.

In the context of Virtual Educa Caribe, GFDD/FUNGLODE held the Ibero-American Forum on New Technologies, Virtual Educa Caribe 2006, on April 24-26, 2006, at FUNGLODE’s headquarters in Santo Domingo.

Annual forums like this one, trainings, new content development for Univirtual Global Dominicana, and many other activities will be carried out by GFDD/FUNGLODE with the collaboration of the Virtual Educa headquarters in Spain, within the Ibero-American General Secretariat, and other associates of this Ibero-American initiative.

Some Dominican partners in this program are: the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (SEESCYT), the Ministry of Education (SEE), and Las Americas Technological Institute (ITLA).

Virtual Educa Caribe structure:

Headquarters: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hosts: Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD)/Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE)
President: Ligia Amada Melo, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology (SEESCYT)
Executive Director: Natasha Despotovic, Executive Director of GFDD/FUNGLODE
Information and Technology Director: Domingo Tavárez
General Coordinator: Yamile Eusebio

Contact Information:

Virtual Educa Caribe
c/ Capitán Eugenio de Marchena, #26
La Esperilla, Santo Domingo (REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA)
(809) 685-9966

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