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Did<span class="longtext"><span
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lang="EN-US"> your research
or innovation project contribute to the advancement of the Information
Society
in Latin America and the Caribbean?</span></span>
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your project at</span></span><span class="longtext"><span
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lang="EN-US"> <a href="http://premiofrida.org/eng/">http://premiofrida.org/eng/</a><span
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<span class="longtext">You can compete for prize money and present your
project
at the Third Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin
America
and the Caribbean to be held from November 21<sup>st</sup> to 23<sup>rd</sup>
2010
in Lima, Peru.</span></span></p>
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<span class="longtext"><b style="">Applications are open
until 2010.10.16!</b></span></span></p>
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<span class="longtext">Choose one of the <b style="">six
thematic areas of eLAC2010</b>:</span><br>
</span><span class="longtext"><span
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Education</span></span><span
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<span class="longtext"><span
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Infrastructure
and Access</span></span><span
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<span class="longtext">- Health</span><br>
<span class="longtext">- Governance</span><br>
<span class="longtext">- Productive Sector</span><br>
<span class="longtext">- Policy instruments</span><br>
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<span class="longtext">All projects coming from one of the four
proposed areas of
activity (Civil Society, Government, Academia, Private) can participate.</span></span></span></p>
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<span class="longtext"><a
href="http://premiofrida.org/eng/projects?utm_source=LACNIC%2BLists&utm_medium=emailing&utm_campaign=premioFrida">Vote
online</a> and broadcast your application via Twitter (# premiofrida).</span><br
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<span class="longtext"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span class="longtext"><span
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lang="EN-US">The most voted projects
will be sent to a committee of independent experts who will be
responsible for
assessing the different initiatives and identify the winners.</span></span><span
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<p style="margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span class="longtext"><span
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lang="EN-US">For more
information about the FRIDA/eLAC2010 Award, like the rules and the
application
form, visit the website of the award FRIDA in: </span></span><a
href="http://bit.ly/brurlN" target="_blank"><span style="" lang="EN-US">http://bit.ly/brurlN</span></a><span
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With the FRIDA/eLAC2010 Award, the
Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in the Latin America and Caribbean
seeks
to recognize the research initiatives and digital innovation that
contributed
the most towards the development of Information Society in Latin
America and
the Caribbean in recent years. </span></span>
<span class="longtext"><span
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lang="EN-US">The FRIDA/eLAC2010 Award is made possible thanks to the
support of the Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the
Caribbean
(LACNIC), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the
Internet
Society (ISOC) and the Economic Commission </span></span><span
class="longtext"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Georgia","serif";" lang="EN-US">for
Latin
America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).</span></span>
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