Global Foundation for Democracy and Development - GFDD
Objectives
INTER-AMERICAN FORUM ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Virtual Educa Caribe, with headquarters in the Dominican Republic, was launched in Santo Domingo during April 24 and 25, as the Inter-American Forum on New Technologies. International and Dominican experts discussed during this first edition
the subject of “Training, Innovation, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development.”
Virtual Educa is an innovative initiative in education, professional training and continuing education providing a space for the exchange of experiences, success stories, and to design projects associated with the impact that IT has in our society.
Virtual Educa promotes educational development in seven basic areas responding to the main regional challenges on the subject:
• Training for the labor market
• Higher education and technology
• Cooperation and innovation in educational systems
• Information center
• Virtual Educa Observatory
• Conferences, seminars and meetings
• Other complementary areas
The creation of the Inter-American Forum on New Technologies is part of a broader effort by GFDD/FUNGLODE to explore, develop, and adapt successful and innovative approaches encompassing the use of technology in education, training and development of human capacity. The creation of a portal of the Dominican Republic (www.dominicanaonline.org) with information on the country, and the development of a virtual university (www.univirtual.edu.do) are also part of this larger endeavor.
