FRIDA- Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean is an initiative of LACNIC (Regional Registry for Internet Addresses for Latin America and the Caribbean) dedicated to contributing to the development of the Information Society in our region by funding research projects and by recognizing and rewarding innovative approaches in the use of ICTs for development.

Join the FRIDA/IGF awards ceremony in Buenos Aires on October 6th, 2011

• Time: 5:30 to 7:00 pm
• Cocktail: 7:00 pm
• Room: "Grand Bourg"
• Location: Sheraton Libertador Hotel, Avenida Cordoba 690, Buenos Aires.

This event is free and open to the public.

Some beneficiaries

José Salinas Aramburo / Bolivia

"FRIDA is Vox Terra's starting point and driving force, as this program funded the first ICT project in 2007. It is also particularly significant because this initiative was selected to be presented in Montevideo in 2009 and one year later received the 2010 FRIDA Award which allowed us to position ourselves within the international context. In addition to these achievements at institutional level, the program's human warmth has surpassed all expectations. FRIDA marks a before and an after for our organization, and we feel we are part of the initiative. For that we thank you."

Juarez Bento da Silva / Brazil

"REXLAB (the Remote Experimentation Laboratory) of the University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil, obtained funds for two projects through the FRIDA program. In 2007 funds were received for the project titled "Use of remote experimentation in support of teaching/learning environments within the public education network", while in 2009 the program provided funds for the project titled "Learning support platform for students with special education needs". These projects are still under development: the functions of the 2007 project have been expanded by creating new utilization opportunities. All of this is possible thanks to the FRIDA Program, to which we owe an enormous debt of gratitude."

AMARC-ALC / Argentina

When we think about FRIDA we think of a fair and diverse world where radio communities around the world can install cables and implement plans for new antennas. Of the countless reasons that contribute to the impatience in the always disputed territory of the right to freedom and the countless life stories that are created each day. Of the transformation opportunities that are possible when people come together punctually yet without schedule to say we are here and we stand together before the wonders of an idea that may soon become a transistor, a speaker, a network, an article, a path. When we write about FRIDA we are thankful and think about all these political passions and sounds. We are excited by "Radio after Radio", the publication that resulted from the recent research on digital radio, new technologies, and community radio which we were able to conduct through the AMARC-ALC ICT Program thanks to FRIDA's invaluable support and trust so that these issues will promote digital inclusion strategies within the Latin American context in the peculiar environments of AMARC's members.

Ana Lourdes Acuña - Omar Dengo Foundation / Costa Rica

The Omar Dengo Foundation of Costa Rica, particularly the Department of Robotics and Learning by Design, is proud and grateful to FRIDA for the support they provided in 2006 and 2010 to help us conduct research and development processes that have catapulted our knowledge and its impact on beneficiaries to new heights. As a result of this initiative today we have the Latin American Robotics Network, http://redrobotica.org/, which brings together most of the educational robotics projects in Latin America. It is important to highlight that these research projects would not have been possible without FRIDA's support.