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To access links, see Steven Clift's blog: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=235 Post: Organization of American States says yes ICTs for strengthen democracy Updates on e-democracy happenings in Latin America would be appreciated via blog comments. Big thanks to Greg Moses for tipping me off to the OAS declaration. Steven Clift http://dowire.org P.S. On the blog view I've added a window into your recent blog comments in the right side bar as well as my del.icio.us links marked "e-democracy" at the bottom. Organization of American States ... In the final declaration, the delegations of 34 OAS member states called on the Secretary General � taking into account the OAS Charter and the Inter-American Democratic Charter � to promote the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to facilitate the participate of citizens in public life, thereby strengthening democratic governance. The foreign ministers called on the OAS General Secretariat to integrate ICTs as a "cross-cutting tool? in designing inter-American policies and programs related to governance and equitable, sustainable development. They agreed to "promote the utilization of ICTs for the follow-up, oversight and evaluation of public administration by the citizenry, in order to achieve a transparent and efficient government, and the strengthening of democracy.? ... *** Democracies Online Newswire - http://DoWire.Org *** To comment/for links: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=235 To network: http://groups.dowire.org Submit posts: http://dowire.org/submit Member profile for Steven: http://groups.dowire.org/main/contacts/stevenclift ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail: http://groups.dowire.org/main/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/topic/117534 For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
