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Chiapas (Mexico) is to present its “Express Government” project, implemented via cash dispensers, at the Bilbao World Summit

The II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society, which is to be held in Bilbao from the 9th to 11th November, will dedicate one of its workshops to e-education, in order to show how the new technologies contribute towards improving the education of people, who hence gain social and employment benefits.

Jorge Figueroa Córdova, undersecretary for planning of the Government of the State of Chiapas (Mexico), is due to participate in the workshop on e-education, which is to take place on the morning of the 10th November. For years, this rural area of Mexico, well known internationally, has been committed to the development of an Information Society which improves the welfare of its citizens, who coexist with a mountainous relief which complicates their daily life. Chiapas has patented the Express Government, a cash dispenser system which enables more than fifty public service operations to be performed in a few minutes. From obtaining a birth certificate to a driving license, and even collecting the registration plate of a vehicle.

At the workshop, Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, First Lady of the Dominican Republic, will also present her experience in the application of new Technologies in education. Married to the president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna, Margarita Cedeño implements the social-political programmes developed by her husband’s government, particularly those related to education and technology.

E-education will also be analysed by the Brazilian, Tarcisio Della Santa, the driving force behind simultaneous interpretation systems on the Internet, as well as the expert, Bernard Cornu, responsible for the International Federation of Internet Processes (IFIP), and Sanjeev Shah, consultant of the All Indian Institute of Local Self-Government, among others.

The advantages of e-education are numerous, such as flexibility of timetables, reduced costs and the constant advice offered by the new information technologies. It improves the interaction of students, particularly shy people who are afraid to express themselves, and promotes the social inclusion of the under-privileged.