01140nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245005000055210004800105260004200153520077000195100001700965856003600982       2008                        eng d  a1913-610200aA Panamanian Initiative to Embrace the Future0 aPanamanian Initiative to Embrace the Future  aOttawabTalent First Networkc10/20083 aThe International Center for Technological Development and Open Source Software (CIDETYS) in Panama is a non-profit organization, promoted by the Panamanian government to harness the potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and open source software (OSS) to create social benefits for its population. An important goal of the center is to collaborate with international organizations and become a leader in Central America in the development, use and implementation of ICT and OSS.

This article describes the main activities that CIDETYS will be focusing on during the first years of operations, how this initiative was born, and a story of the implementation of OSS in the region of Extremadura, Spain that inspired the creation of CIDETYS.1 aMora, Monica  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/197