LINK AMERICAS Foundation-Technology Serving Humanity

The LINK AMERICAS Foundation fosters collaborative initiatives demonstrating the value of Technology Serving Humanity in the areas of Life, Information, Nature, Knowledge (LINK). The foundation supports educational, environmental and social development, and research projects that further LINK objectives by promoting strategic alliances for systemic and sustained change. Priority focus areas for LINK projects are educational and social media technologies, sustainable resource development, green technologies and Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).

The Foundation aims to stimulate fresh thinking by linking scholars, policymakers, and programs that have been historically separated by boundaries of discipline, regional specialization, methodological tradition, and distance. Through projects, as well as sponsoring and supporting a wide range of conferences involving academics, policymakers, scientists, government officials, labor leaders, business people, and others the Foundation seeks to advance new knowledge in a world region that has become culturally, environmentally and economically interdependent.

The LINK AMERICAS Foundation is on the forefront of the nexus between innovative ICT technologies and the benefits Green ICT applications for the global environment. The Foundation collaborates with research centers, local community organizations, universities, and public sector agencies in building strategic alliances. LINK AMERICAS has formed a collaborative relationship with the Universidad Nacional (UNA) in Costa Rica and engages globally in furthering the dialogue among key stakeholders.

The LINK AMERICAS Foundation promotes global understanding of ICT digital literacy as the new literacy of the 21st Century. To further knowledge and research of digital literacy the Foundation supports the ICT Digital Literacy Portal. This Portal provides a rich global resource and collaborative environment for dissemination of ICT Literacy materials, interactive discussions, research information, and international dialogue.