New Zealand's Minister of Digital Government Services, Clare Curran, said she was "delighted" that her country and Uruguay are members of the Digital 7 (D7). She also assured that both countries will remain "a resilient, relevant and robust forum for practical collaboration on how to advance truly digital nations.
For his part, Juan Andrés Roballo, Uruguay's representative at the group's annual summit held yesterday in Wellington, told the attending delegations that he took joining the D7 "very seriously" and understood it "as a great responsibility".
On the other hand, the deputy secretary added: "We are excited to contribute from the focus on equity and social inclusion that characterizes our actions and that has guided the country's digital policy for 11 years".
The guiding principles of D7 point to the development of connectivity, digital citizenship, early childhood programming, open government, open standards and open source, and people-centered government.
In this context, Uruguay stands out for the reduction of the digital divide, the Ceibal Plan, the progress in the digitization of government services and the commitment to a closer and more open government, according to the institutional website of the Presidency of the Republic.
The Agency of Electronic Government and Information and Knowledge Society (Agesic) will be the institution that integrates this network. Its executive director, José Clastornik, was in charge of presenting the country's main advances to the attendees at the summit, which earned it entry into the group.
Participation in the D7 is, in turn, an opportunity for Uruguay to contribute to the construction of the direction of digital government at a global level and to be part of the debate on current and future issues, such as the ethical aspects of artificial intelligence or the applications of electronic identification in everyday life.
Source: La República
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