A seminar organized by the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA GAID), the Inter- American Development Bank, the IDRC-ICA and ECLAC, will take place from 4-5 February 2008 at the Radisson Hotel in San Salvador, preceding the II Ministerial Conference on the Information Society eLAC2007.
Location(s)
Radisson Hotel
89 Avenida Norte y 11 Calle Poniente, Colonia Escalón
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