CORONAVIRUS
United against Coronavirus
The National Research and Education Networks (NREN) of Latin America, together with RedCLARA, are coordinating actions to support our member organizations and the health authorities of our countries in the fight against the Coronavirus (Covid-19). The capacity of our networks supports Universities and Research Centres that are vital in the fight against the disease, and they count on our unrestricted support in this circumstance.
Go down through this page and check out our support initiatives and get the information you need in order to access them.
Go down through this page and check out our support initiatives and get the information you need in order to access them.
This contribution is part of the collaborative actions that the National Research and Education Networks (NREN) of Latin America are coordinating, together with RedCLARA, to support our partner institutions in the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
For more information about this or other free services to face the situation that plagues us due to the pandemic, contact your national network:
PAHO: Novel Coronavirus - COVID-2019- geographic distribution in the Americas - Updated on March 18, 2020
- Argentina - InnovaRed, write to:
- Brazil - RNP, write to:
- Colombia - RENATA, write to:
- Costa Rica - RedCONARE, write to:
- Chile - REUNA, write to:
- Ecuador - CEDIA, write to:
- El Salvador - RAICES, write to:
- Guatemala - RAGIE, write to:
- Mexico - CUDI, write to:
- Honduras - RUNBA, write to:
- Uruguay - RAU, write to:
If there is no national network identified here for your country, please write to .
The national Academic Networks that are part of RedCLARA are non-for-profit organizations and do not represent any type of trademark.
Help us to help
If you work in the provision of online services that can contribute to the fight against the Coronavirus and the control of the pandemic, and you want to add your services for free to this initiative, please write to , indicating "Pandemic Control" in the subject of your email and we will contact you shortly.
The following resources are free for hospitals, ministries, universities, research centers and related institutions that decide to implement measures to contain the pandemic, indicating to their staff and / or students the remote work / classes:
Desktop Videoconference
For hospitals, health centres, health professionals and researchers, Universities and Research Centres.
With the support of companies dedicated to the provision of desktop videoconferencing services, provision of free licenses to facilitate videoconferencing services to hospitals, health centres, health professionals and researchers who require it. As well as the Universities and Research Centres that decide to implement measures to contain the pandemic COVID-19, indicating to their staff and / or students the tele/remote work / classes.
If your organization is a University, Research Centre, Health Centre or governmental health entity and requires our help, do not hesitate to contact us to put the necessary resources in this regard.
For this, in the subject of your email write: Coronavirus Help - Name of your institution - Country from which you write. And in the body of the message explain your need and we will contact you as soon as possible.
Send your request for help to the email: .
VC Espresso
The VC Espresso videoconferencing service is an easy-to-use tool, available 24 hours a day and accessible from any computer connected to the Internet. VC Espresso allows you to schedule and attend web conferences with your peers even when they are not registered at Colaboratorio.
Processing Capacity
Provision through Scalac of computing capabilities, in all its computing centres at the regional level, for research activities associated with the virus.
Cisco WebEx Meetings
Through RedCLARA, Cisco will offer free 90-day Cisco WebEx Meetings licenses to universities, research and health centers in Latin America
Wolfram - Mathematica
Free access to the “Mathematica Online” - a modern technical computing system - tool will last until August 15, 2020.
Heavy Files Transfer - eNVIO
With this large file transfer service, you can upload documents, images, presentations, videos and more into an academic cloud from which you can share them easily and securely with your peers.
Coronavirus Webinars Videos
COVID-19 | Innovación Tecnológica en la educación en tiempo de crisis, sesión 2, 04-24-2020
COVID-19: Innovación Tecnológica en la educación en tiempo de crisis, sesión 1, 04-22-2020
Día Virtual Coronavirus, sesión 2, Salud Mental, 03-27-2020
Día Virtual Coronavirus (COVID-19), sesión 1, El Virus, 03-26-2020
Joint fight against disease
Coordinating actions with other regional networks worldwide, to facilitate cooperation among all in the joint fight against the Coronavirus disease.
