The European Commission has recognized e-STAS as an associated event of its “e-Inclusion-Be part of it!” campaign. The Symposium on Technologies for Social Action and the agency share the vision of the importance of sharing knowledge and expertise to bridge the digital divide and promote the inclusion.

In addition to the recognition of the event’s goals, the presence of the European Commission will be reflected in the same event with the participation of María del Mar Negreiro, representative of the i2010 – Lisbon Strategy, in the e-STAS.

The e-Inclusion campaign aims to prevent social and economic exclusion, especially of already disadvantaged people, due to divergences in knowledge and use of Information and Communication Technologies.

The e-Inclusion support the creation of spaces where individuals and organizations from all sectors could share their knowledge and experience. Be part of it!

The frame conference of the Third Edition of the e-STAS will be headed by Raul Zambrano, ICTD UNDP, rapporteur, the United Nations Development Programme.

It will be entitled “ICT as a tool for human development: action lines, experiences and practical cases.”, and will serve as a framework for the rest of the Symposium.

The Symposium on Technology for Social Action will be attended by two highest level international organisations: the Organization of the United Nations and the European Commission.

The UNDP has a worldwide network of prominent personalities from academia, government and civil society in which the UN is coordinating local and global efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

The MDGs, which were adopted in 2000 by world leaders, pursue poverty reduction, education, maternal health, gender equity and aimed at combating infant mortality, HIV / AIDS and other diseases, encouraging a global partnership for development.

To achieve these objectives, more specific targets are established. One of them is the use of ICT to reach these goals.

In this way, the e-Inclusion and the use of ICT appear as one of the indicators of development for the United Nations. This premise fits perfectly with the main objective of e-STAS: adapt and promote the use of new technologies for social innovation and human development, thanks to the union of all sectors leader and active actors of social and technologic of development.