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Migration and Xenophobia, microplastics, public domain works and wetlands were the four major social impact themes tackled by the winning teams of CoAfina, the Latin American science and education hackathon, held on 19, 20 and 21 July. They convinced the judging panel by the quality of the solutions proposed using open access data. In this third edition, the podium was made up of students from seven universities in Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.
The Delegation of the European Union in Guatemala, the National Research and Education Network of Guatemala, the National Secretariat of Science and Technology (Senacyt), the University of the Valley of Guatemala, and the Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks (RedCLARA) spearheaded the establishment of the National Copernicus Academy Committee of Guatemala today. This event took place within the framework of the BELLA II project, in close collaboration with the EU Space Support Office and EUreCA.

Más de 150 participantes, cincuenta universidades, 15 países de América Latina, en más de veinte áreas de conocimiento. Estos son los impresionantes números de la tercera edición del Hackaton CoAfina, que se llevará a cabo este fin de semana, del 19 al 21 de julio. La iniciativa, impulsada por el proyecto LA-CoNGA Physics, busca que estudiantes universitarios (pregrado, maestría, doctorado u otro programa) de América Latina desarrollen soluciones de forma colaborativa para resolver problemas relacionados con temas científicos y educativos de impacto social.

Nominations for the Postel Award, organised by the Internet Society and presented annually to an individual or organisation that has made outstanding and sustained contributions in service to the Internet community, will be open until Friday, 12 July.

Almost one year after the EU-CELAC Summit and the launch of the European Union's Global Gateway Investment Agenda (GGIA) in Latin America and the Caribbean, representatives of the EU-LAC Digital Alliance Member States met in Madrid (Spain) on July 9 to review the achievements, lessons learned, and challenges in implementing the Agenda.

The annual meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean community of research and education networks, organized by RedCLARA, already has a date for its new edition. TICAL2024 will be held from December 3 to 5 at the Windsor Barra Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, with the support of Brazil's National Research and Education Network (NREN), RNP.