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More than 80 researchers, scientists, and experts within the region are participating in the BELLA Ideathon, an innovation challenge between Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean, organized by RedCLARA, GÉANT, and the NRENs of both continents. 

RedCLARA will launch the Regional Training Platform on Thursday, March 16, an initiative developed in conjunction with its member networks RNP (Brazil), CUDI (Mexico), CEDIA (Ecuador), RAU (Uruguay), and RENATA (Colombia) that aims to provide international training programs to all the members of the National Research and Education Networks (NREN) in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The recent history of collaboration between Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe moved a chapter forward. On 14 March in Bogotá, Colombia, the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean (EU-LAC) Digital Alliance was launched, a joint initiative that will provide a forum for regular high-level bi-regional dialogue and cooperation on digital and space topics.

The EU-LAC Digital Alliance is the first regional digital partnership between the EU and Latin American and Caribbean countries. It is based on a shared commitment to a human-centric vision of the digital economy and society, one guided by universal Human Rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law and democratic principles, transparency and accountability, high levels of cybersecurity and protection of privacy and personal data.

As part of the launch of the Digital Alliance between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean, RedCLARA and the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) signed an agreement to promote the adoption, training, deployment and promotion of the Earth Observation Strategy in the region.

The BELLA II project, implemented by RedCLARA and funded by UE’s DG INTPA, aims to contribute to overcoming the digital divide in the region to transform the lives of all people and prompt the countries' development. After the successful BELLA project, which achieved a direct submarine connection between Europe and Latin America, and the improvement of the South American linkage of RedCLARA, BELLA II will promote the strengthening of the Latin American and Caribbean digital ecosystem, through state-of-the-art connectivity, to leverage the development of science, academy, and regional innovation