<<Biblioteca Digital del Portal<<INTERAMER<<Serie Educativa<<Digital Libraries and Virtual Workplaces Important Initiatives for Latin America in the Information Age
Colección: INTERAMER
Número: 71
Año: 2002
Autor: Johann Van Reenen, Editor
Título: Digital Libraries and Virtual Workplaces. Important Initiatives for Latin America in the Information Age
CHAPTER 11
AN OPEN DOOR TO EDUCATION IN THE AMERICAS
Carlos E. Paldao
Organization of American States
Organization of American States
SUMMARY
This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the Educational
Portal of the Americas (www.educoas.org). The Portal is an initiative of the
IACD/OAS implemented within the framework of the Cooperation Fund of the United
States, with the goals of fulfilling a portion of the mandates emanating from
the Third Summit of the Americas and contributing to the achievement of the
Connectivity Agenda for the Americas. The Educational Portal is an online tool
in the service of the democratization of information, whose primary aim is to
increase opportunities for training of the highest academic quality that are
available in distance education.