Eight projects were selected as winners of the TICAL2025 Poster Call, an initiative aimed at highlighting best practices, research, and experiences in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that provide creative and effective solutions to the challenges faced in the academic and scientific fields of Latin America and the Caribbean.
From art and intellectual property to regenerative beekeeping, family farming, and digital education, four projects from different Latin American countries are demonstrating how technology can transform realities. Within the framework of the Early Adopters Blockchain LATAM Program, driven by RedCLARA and LNET, these projects leverage the BELLA II Blockchain Testbed to develop solutions that integrate technological innovation, sustainability, and social development, generating tangible benefits for their communities.
San José, Costa Rica, October 14, 2025 – The Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology, and Telecommunications (MICITT) and the Latin American Advanced Networks Cooperation (RedCLARA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marking a new step in digital cooperation and advancing Costa Rica’s integration into BELLA II, the project that promotes connectivity, innovation, and scientific collaboration between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.
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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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