MinTIC: Boosting the industry from the highest level

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All of us who work in software have seen the importance that this country has gradually gained in our industry. Whether as a market for technology services, a place from which to outsource taking advantage of local talent, or a source of technological startups, Colombia has been gaining the attention of many of us over the last few years.

Let's learn a little about how the Colombian ICT industry has gotten to this point, and what's next.

Colombia has the particular and notable case of having a Ministry (which would tunisia consumer email list be equivalent to a Secretariat in Mexico) dedicated solely to the Information and Communications Technology sector [1].

The Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (MinTIC) is the entity responsible for designing, adopting and promoting policies, plans, programs and projects in this sector.

The Vive Digital Plan [2] was launched in 2010 to promote the widespread use of the Internet in order to reduce poverty and generate employment. It has represented a great technological leap at a national level, involving all government entities in the country. The 4 axes of this plan, which are currently being promoted, are: applications, users, services and infrastructure. The plan is currently in its second iteration (2014-2018) and among its goals, the following are some of the ones that most attract our attention: