► Spanish Ministry of Economy
► Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia (MCYT)
► Spanish Agency for International Co-operation (AECI)
► Iberoamerican Educational Television Association (ATEI)

Guiding Principles/Objectives

Programmes

Inside MCYT the General Direction for the development of Information Society promotes the widest implementation of the advantages of the use of ICT tools and IS services among the citizens and in all sectors of the economical, social, cultural and politic.

In the Director Plan of the Spanish Co-operation 2001-2004, it is foreseen the use of science and technology as a tool for the development.

On the last ATEI institutional statutes, established on 2002, scientific communications network, specialized for TV, radio, videoconference and internet via broadband satellite is foreseen, for its associate and co-worker institutions in America spreading.

Areas of Application:

► Telecommunications
► Support to SMEs
► Education
► Human rights
► Development of Spanish and Portuguese content on the Internet
► e-government
► Local governance
► Institutional strengthening
► Transport
► Environment
► Tourism

Realising the importance of training in economic development, the Ministry of Economy took over the opportunity offered by the World Bank to join the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) that aims at providing institutional strengthening through training programs. With this objective in mind the Ministry created the CEDDET Foundation that provides training courses to high-level civil servants using IT. CEDDET offers online courses through internet to Latin American Institutions with the objective to improve their management procedures and ameliorate services rendered to citizenship.
(www.ceddet.com)

Ciberamerica is a programme of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCYT) that has led to the creation of a prototype of institutional portal for the whole Iberoamerican community.

MCYT is collaborating with Casa Asia to launch Casa Asia Virtual. As a general concern Casa Asia Virtual is devoted to promote programmes on ICT and to present in Internet the activities of Casa Asia.  Casa Asia is a public consortium to foster activity.

CYTED Programme: Iberoamerican Programme for Science and Technology for Development.

Regional Programme for Training in Economy and Agricultural and Rural Development Policies (FODEPAL) launched by the Spanish Agency for International Co-operation (AECI) in 2001. It is a programme on distance learning for civil servants and technicians of the public and private sectors, producer organizations.

The programme on “Consulting, Technical Support and Creation of Co-operation networks for the Fishing Arrangement in the Occidental and Central Mediterranean Sea” (COPEMED) uses the ICT for the sustainable management of the Mediterranean fisheries through:

► Fishing Communication informatic networks
► Common databases that let relevant information to be exchanged in the fishing environment

The Iberoamerican project on Communication, Diffusion, Information, Divulgation and Training in Science and Technology of the Iberoamerican Educational Television Association (ATEI), started in 1992 and from its birth has been strengthened on one side by the Programme on Teachers Distance Learning for Nature.

(For more information on the various projects carried out by the above-mentioned actors and others, see the document entitled “Detailed records of projects and initiatives” under the “Strategy papers and related documents” section.)

Participation in Multi-donor Programmes:

► Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)
► Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
► Interamerican Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OEA)

(See the document entitled “Detailed records of projects and initiatives” under the  “Strategy papers and related documents” section for a comprehensive list of partnerships forged.)

Latin America, Iberoamerica, Mediterranean countries, Africa

Approx. US$38 million for the 2002-2004 period. (See the document entitled “Detailed records of projects and initiatives” under the “Strategy papers and related documents” section for specific programme budgets and respective time frameworks).

► Ms. Margarita Ramón, Senior Ministry Advisor, Ministry of Economy, Multilateral Finance Unit, margarita.ramon@sscc.mcx.es
► Ministry of Science and Technology, julian.montalban@setsi.mcyt.es or secretaria.gabinete@setsi.mcyt.es
► Spanish Agency for International Co-operation (AECI), infoaeci@aeci.es
► Iberoamerican Educational Television Association, gojedai@ateiamerica.com