Presentation given by Santiago Amador, manager of Communication Technologies Adoption Department, Ministry of ICT at the WSIS Forum 2013 on the winning project of WSIS Project Prizes 2013 in the category C8 Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content: En mi idioma ("In my language") (Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies, Republic of Colombia)

6. Foster the access of ICT’s on Indigenous communities to
promote and recover native languages.

7. Promote free flow of ideas to foster the
plurality and diverse cultural expressions
of the Indigenous Communities.
.

8. Promote through ICT’s
Empowerment and
participation of Indigenous
Communities in the
information society
.

9. 1. From en Tu idioma to En
Mi Idioma
2012: Communication
Forums, and capacity
building
2013-2014: Digital Content
Production centers-
ViveLabs Origen
ICT for culture preservation
of ethnical communities
Phases

11. CONTEXT
UNESCO willing to preserve the language and to promote the
cultural preservation on Indigenous Communities.
- Colombia – Guatemala – Mexico – Peru
-Pilot scheme with NasaYuwe in Cauca
Colombia.
-2008-2011: We focus on
the production of
digital contents and
expand it
to other comunities.

12. - 10 Indigenous communities benefited by the formation
processes.
- 4 Afro Colombian communities benefited by the
formation processes.

15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhjesDVQqzs&feature=youtu.be

16. Public forums to build a specific communication
public policy for Indigenous and Afro Colombian
communities.
Promote the creation of autonomous digital
contents through ICT’s.

17. Work together to Build
capacities

20. Communal spaces for the creation of digital contents to
preserve the cultural expressions of ethnical
communities.

21. Create Prosumers in order to preserve their
language through the production of their own
content by adopting the ICT’s and using them
on their lives.

22. We are convinced that through
technology adoption we will preserve the
cultural costumes of Indigenous and Afro
Colombian communities.