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Connecting the Americas, the phantom issue of the Quebec summit - Page 2

© Alan Kotok

The declaration points out the importance of human resources in making technology work, agreeing "to seek out innovative ways of facilitating access to and the use of computers and software in our learning environments" in order to address the needs of national education and health systems. The document also cited the importance of continuing education and training and encouraged expansion of internships, volunteer programs, and training of educators.

The statement makes one reference to electronic business, encouraging the growth of e-commerce and putting as much government information online as possible. During the summit, the White House announced an Inter-American E-Business Fellowship Program to help Latin American and Caribbean business people learn U.S. business methods to apply to their e-business activities back home. This 5-6 week training course would match Latin and Caribbean executives with selected U.S. companies and focus on both traditional manufacturing and hi-tech industries. The program expects to begin this Fall.

Links:

Summit of the Americas 2001, final declarations: http://www.americascanada.org/eventsummi...

Summit of the Americas 2001, declaration on Connecting the Americas: http://www.americascanada.org/eventsummi...

White House Fact Sheet on Inter-American E-Business Fellowship Program: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/...

Stop the FTAA, an organization protesting the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas: http://www.stopftaa.org/

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