NOTES

      1. For more details about information related to the Third Summit of the Americas, visit the site “Summit of the Americas Information Network” (http://www.summit-americas.org/summit.htm)

      2. These documents can be found on the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development web page (http://www.iacd.oas.org).

      3. Data from the International Telecommunication Union (http://www.itu.int/home/index.html)

      4. Among the corporations, institutions and organizations that have cooperated in the creation and development of the Educational Portal of the Americas are: the Microsoft Corporation, the Cooperation Fund of the United States, Centro de Cooperación Regional para la Educación y Formación de Adultos en América Latina y el Caribe (CREFAL), Latin American Institute for Educational Communication (ILCE), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Inter-American Commission of Telecommunications (CITEL), Technological Institute of Monterrey (ITESM) and its Virtual University, Library of Congress of the United States, National University of Quilmes, National University of Distance Education of Spain (UNED), University of New Mexico (UNM), U.S. Department of Education, Foundation of the Universidad de la Producción y del Trabajo en la República Argentina, the Ibero-American Science and Technology in Education Consortium (ISTEC), Ibero-American Association of Distance Education (AIESAD), and the Connectivity Institute for the Americas established by the Quebec Summit.