Reducing weeks of scientific analysis to just hours is now a reality in Latin America. To achieve this, the BELLA II project created a training program to help researchers and academic teams use digital tools that make analyzing scientific information faster, reduce the time needed for work, and improve access to important research skills, even in places with limited resources.
The 60th edition of RedCLARA’s digital newsletter presents the main activities of the final months of the year and shows how the regional ecosystem continued to strengthen through collaborative projects, new partnerships, and actions aimed at supporting scientific and academic communities. This edition highlights advances in cooperation, infrastructure, and capacity building within Latin America’s national research and education networks.
Driven by RedCLARA and LNET, the Early Adopters Blockchain LATAM Program concluded with an event showcasing the four projects developed during this edition. The day marked the end of six weeks of intensive work, during which the teams transformed their initial ideas into functional prototypes on the BELLA II Blockchain Testbed, a unique experimentation environment in Latin America.
A historic milestone for the Arab region was announced this week with the official launch of Tibr, the Arab Regional Open Access Harvester, an open-access platform that unifies, connects, and enhances the scientific output of the Arab States through a single access point.
On November 20 and 21 in Santiago de Chile, the Third Ibero-American Symposium on Blockchain and Cybersecurity brought together specialists from across Ibero-America in a working space dedicated to analyzing the potential of blockchain to strengthen regional cooperation.
December 4 will mark a milestone for digital innovation in Latin America. Four teams from different countries will present the results of the solutions they developed during a pilot program led by RedCLARA and LNET, the Early Adopters Program, which for the first time provided regional access to the BELLA II Blockchain Testbed: an infrastructure designed to experiment, test, and validate applications based on blockchain technology.
