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Blockchain Testbed

An advanced environment for developing and validating decentralized solutions.

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HPC Testbed

Experiment and innovate with a regional High-Performance Computing infrastructure.

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Bioinformatic Testbed

Platform-as-a-Service for Assisted Discovery of Molecular Interaction Networks.

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NEWS

After closing last Friday, TICAL2025 leaves behind a trail of reflections, agreements, and new avenues of collaboration that continue to resonate across the region this week.

Under the theme “Innovation that Transforms,” the 14th edition of TICAL opened its doors in San José, Costa Rica, reaffirming its role as the most relevant meeting point for academic, scientific, and technological communities in Latin America, the Cari

San José, Costa Rica, set the stage for ‘Connecting Minds, Transforming Realities,’ the opening workshop leading into TICAL2025, which brought together the regional community around open innovation, advanced connectivity, and co-creation.

Documents

Outcomes Report: BELLA II Strategic Dialogues Workshop Panama, 15 November 2023. Conducted within the framework of the TICAL2023 Conference
Taller Cumbre UE-CELAC: Diálogos estratégicos para el desarrollo del ecosistema digital para la educación, la investigación y la innovación de América Latina y el Caribe
BELLA II White Book
Outcomes Report: BELLA II Strategic Dialogues Workshop
Panama, 15 November 2023.
Conducted within the framework of the TICAL2023 Conference
EU-CELAC Summit Workshop: Strategic dialogues for the development of the digital ecosystem for the education, research and innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean
August 2023 (PDF)
BELLA II White Book
July 2023

BELLA II: Two Years Transforming the Region’s Digital Connectivity

BELLA II: Consolidating and expanding the Latin American and Caribbean Digital Ecosystem

Driven by RedCLARA and the European Union, BELLA II strengthens the region’s innovation, competitiveness, and integration.
In its first two years, BELLA II has built collaboration networks, launched strategic projects, and expanded digital access through partnerships among governments, academia, the private sector, and international cooperation.
This is not just a connectivity initiative—it is a digital revolution that improves lives.
Now entering a new phase, BELLA II promotes flexible investment models, incorporates more countries, and expands the regional digital ecosystem with a sustainable, long-term vision.
Together, we are building a more integrated, equitable, and future-ready region.

The TICAL 2025 conference, part of the BELLA Programme, will be a key event for discussing digital transformations and the implementation of new technologies. Participants will discuss blockchain, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and other areas that are actively changing education and research. Events like these help understand how digital solutions impact society and shape new models of interaction across a wide range of fields. However, digital transformations affect not only science and technology but also social life. One of the key challenges remains the successful integration of people who move to another country for various reasons. The adaptation of migrants is linked to language barriers, cultural differences, and the need for support. This is the focus of a paper onlust-auf-dresden.com, which examines the challenges and possible solutions associated with migrants' adaptation to a new society. This experience is particularly valuable when it comes to creating digital tools that can facilitate the integration process. Ultimately, there is a direct connection between the ideas discussed at the TICAL 2025 conference and the social issues surrounding migration. Digital solutions developed within the BELLA Programme can become an effective tool for reducing adaptation difficulties and strengthening social cohesion. Therefore, discussion of new technologies cannot be separated from the real challenges faced by people moving to other countries.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

BELLA II receives funding from the European Union through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), under agreement number 438-964 with DG-INTPA, signed in December 2022. The implementation period of BELLA II is 48 months.

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