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Title: Porto Digital


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Porto Digital
  • Julianne Pepeu, Brazil
  • julianne_at_portodigital.org.br
  • Cardiff, 01/27/04

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Brazil, some information
  • Population 169 million people (2000)
  • Around 13 of population have access to computers
  • Around 7 of population have access to Internet
  • Many governmental services in the Internet
    (e-gov)

3
Brazil, more information
  • Main problems related to social exclusion in
    information society
  • Costs (equipment, telephone calls, etc.)
  • Language (just 3 in Portuguese)
  • People with special needs
  • Elderly
  • Many libraries and public schools still offline

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Porto Digital
  • Urban technological park which promotes an
    innovative environment for ICT business in
    northeast of Brazil

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Porto Digital
  • 68 ICT companies settled at the park in 2 years

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Porto Digital
  • Porto Digital provides an environment that
    connects business components so companies and
    institutions can develop, commercialise and
    explore advanced technologies
  • Economical development of the state

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Porto Digital
  • How to extend the benefits of the park to the
    social and economically excluded portions of the
    society?

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Porto Digital Social Agenda
  • Social inclusion through the use of ICT
    technologies
  • Training programmes
  • Centers for Internet access

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Porto Digital Training
  • 2 training programmes (network support and
    generation of digital content)
  • 200 youth
  • Language skills
  • Social behaviour

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Porto Digital Access
  • 2 telecentre
  • Digital literacy
  • Public and free access to computers and Internet
  • The demand is always bigger

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Porto Digitalmore informationwww.portodigital.
org,julianne_at_portodigital.org.br
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