Innovapp
Details of the organization
Name *
Community Technology Centers (Centros Tecnológicos Comunitarios)
Country *
Dominican Republic
Website (URL)
http://ctc.gob.do/
Type *
Governments
National implementation mechanism
The organization has a strategy for coordinating WSIS Implementation at the national level:
Yes
The organization has a national e-strategy:
Yes
Information about the project
Project title *
Innovapp
Title acronym
Innovapp
Description *
INNOVAPP is a contest that seeks to promote the entrepreneurial spirit and innovation using technology and celebrating digital entrepreneurship through the solution of social, environmental and educational challenges through the development of applications (APP) in different programming languages. At the time of the creation of Innovapp in 2014, the public sector of the Dominican Republic did not have a youth-oriented initiative that combined interdisciplinary factors in the creation of technological products that respond to the most pressing problems posed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This initiative was created by the Vice Presidency of the Dominican Republic within the framework of the Community Technology Centers. The Community Technology Centers (CTC) are multipurpose physical spaces that provide free access to all people without distinction of gender, age or condition, to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and to educational and cultural training programs in vulnerable areas of the Dominican Republic to help close the existing digital gap. We are living in the knowledge era and technology has become a powerful tool to promote human development and transform people's lives. Innovapp, as its name suggests, has represented a new solution model to the social, environmental and educational challenges of the Dominican Republic through the development of diverse technological applications.
Project website
http://innovapp.com.do/index.html
Geographical coverage *
National implementation:
Dominican Republic
Status *
Ongoing
from 14/11/2014
to
10/11/2020
Partners
Innovapp has the support of: - Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Dominican Republic. - United Nations Development Program (UNDP). - Microsoft Dominicana. - Reserve Bank of the Dominican Republic. - Center for Innovation for Development (CIDE) - Pedro Henríquez Ureña University (UNPHU) - Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE)
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Project type *
Project
