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Generaciones futuras. Programa para la inclusión y el talento digital intercultural

The project seeks the design, discussion and implementation of a digital literacy curriculum for young people from 13 to 20 years of age with an intercultural and gender approach.

It arises from the identification of needs and the evaluation of a critical context for education in Bolivia. According to a recent report prepared by UNICEF and the World Bank, due to the impacts of the pandemic, Latin America could go back 10 years in learning levels, with a 12% reduction in the future income of school-age generations, and the observation of greater difficulties in entering higher education and the labor market. The Bolivian educational system is among the most affected, with one of the highest rates of school closures in the region in the period of health measures due to COVID-19.

Likewise, it seeks to influence the design of an inclusion and digital talent program with an intercultural and gender approach for the population aged 13 to 35 that can be promoted and implemented by the Ministry of Education, municipalities, universities and civil society in Bolivia. . This program will be the result of joint work with these entities in three specific actions: The survey of quantitative and qualitative information on the levels of penetration and skills of digital technologies in urban, rural and indigenous municipalities; the elaboration of a standard for digital literacy and talent that can be applied by different state, educational and civil society entities. Lastly, the organization of multisectoral work groups and discussions for the socialization, validation and appropriation of the generated instruments.

Derecho a apelar: herramientas y conocimientos para la autodefensa de derechos humanos en el ámbito digital

The project seeks to develop a tool -online and automated- to guide and accompany the processes of appeal against censorship or content removal (takedown) by the large online platforms. This tool will provide step-by-step information for making the appeal on the main platforms, but fundamentally accompanying the steps with contextual information and strategic suggestions to increase the chances of success of the claims.

Throughout this process, the system records the characteristics of the appeal, and the user will be asked to share the claim number provided by the platform to monitor the process. This will allow monitoring and collection of data on complaints, including types, countries, etc. This monitoring extends to the results, through automated emails sent to users after specified periods, to request information on the results of the appeal.

Access to general data on complaints will allow research on them, but also identify significant issues and cases. This monitoring will also allow the selection of emblematic cases to which OBSERVACOM can provide personalized support with experts and lawyers, prioritizing those involving the media, journalists and their associations, as well as activists, social organizations and human rights defenders.

Fomento al desarrollo de pequeños productores en zonas rurales de Mendoza, Argentina, a partir del Acceso a Internet posibilitado por el uso de energía solar

The main objective of the project is to use the advantages of the Internet to promote and enhance the development of productive activities carried out, mainly, by women and/or members of native peoples in rural areas with high vulnerability and limited or no access to electricity. in the Province of Mendoza, Argentina.

In the implementation of this project, towers, solar kits and Internet nodes will be installed at two strategic points in the rural area of Mendoza where there is currently no internet access and where there is a lack of electricity and/or it is unstable (Parajes de Lavalle, Malargüe and/or Santa Rosa), a situation that hinders, limits and/or deprives its use. From internet access, it is intended to automate different processes that facilitate daily productive work, have more information for decision making and make more efficient use of water resources (a scarce resource in the Province of Mendoza), in short ; improve the production process of small economic units, prioritizing those that involve women and/or members of native peoples in their process (both groups present in the areas identified for possible intervention).

Low cost mobile broadband access networks for rural environments in farms and villages in the state of Mato Grosso

This project faces the challenges of serving the digitally excluded population due to the precariousness or lack of connectivity supporting ISPs. It then considers the implementation of a broadband mobile network, with 4G LTE technology using free software, filling the accessibility gap in terms of the cost of accessing the connection. The main participants in this project are ISPs that already have a fiber optic backbone or high-speed radio communication to serve small villages, farms and remote areas with up to 1,000 (one thousand) users.

Internet access will be provided in the form of private networks. Access will be through an infrastructure (core and radio access network) and simcards for cell phone use, and also for the use of agricultural machinery on farms. The architecture considers elements of a 4G network with EPC (Evolved Packet Core), RAN (Radio Access Network) and is prepared for Edge Computing resources. The EPC solution consists of a network platform located at the ISP’s headquarters with local monitoring, high availability power supply and redundant connectivity. The software will be installed on a robust server operating in an air-conditioned environment with at least 8 GB of RAM, Intel celeron.

Peru IX – Cusco y Chiclayo, descentralizando el Internet de Perú

The Peru IX – Cusco and Chiclayo project seeks to decentralize the Internet in Peru, creating Neutral Interconnection Points in the cities of Cusco and Chiclayo, with which local and regional operators will be able to peer directly with each other, and with CDNs. The project consists of the development of the local infrastructure in said cities, as well as local personnel who provide support and spread knowledge in the local operators so that they begin to use BGP, obtain their own ASN and IP prefixes in LACNIC.

Currently, almost all ISPs in the cities of Cusco and Chiclayo face a paradigm of low bandwidth and high latency, since all content and traffic exchange with other networks takes place in Lima. Furthermore, bandwidth in these cities is priced at several dollars per Mbps, which causes these ISPs to offer very low speeds to the inhabitants of these areas, and in many cases users experience packet loss and high latency due to to the saturation of the WAN links of these providers.
The project seeks to change the paradigm by bringing abundance of bandwidth and low latency to content and access to other local networks by creating an ecosystem of local interconnection in these cities.

This also makes it possible to have an interconnection infrastructure with sub-millisecond latency for the new applications that are being developed and that will allow these cities to be on par with the capital in terms of access to interconnections.

Optimización de redes mediante un mejor iBGP

This project seeks to achieve a systematic approach to internal BGP (iBGP) mesh design within an Autonomous System (AS). These meshes are an integral part of the operation of any large-scale network on the Internet. A good iBGP design within an AS is essential to take optimal advantage of the available paths.

The general objective of the project is to apply a systematic approach to the analysis of BGP traces to different reference cases, using the techniques previously developed, and incorporating other approaches, based on accessibility and distance to the different Autonomous Systems that make up the Internet, which today exceeds 70,000, and propose a methodology for Internet operators to optimize their networks. The project will seek a theoretical foundation for this behavior and connections with other existing lines of research.

The main impact of the proposal is to support the design of regional transit networks with methodological tools, derived from formal models.

Indeed, the methodology and set of tools developed makes available to operators optimized results that do not depend on acquiring infrastructure and/or additional and proprietary software, but on a methodologically assisted design to make the best use of standardized technology and ensure better access to the Internet by users in the region.

Seguridad en el enrutamiento utilizando tecnología Blockchain

The general objective of the project is to analyze the properties of blockchain and its specific application in the assignment and delegation of resources of the Internet infrastructure, as well as in the security of external BGP routing against Route Hijacking or similar attacks.

To carry out a route hijacking attack, no vulnerability or protocol flaw is exploited, but rather the fact that the BGP architecture is based on mutual trust is exploited. For this reason, these attacks are as old as the protocol itself, and today these failures continue to occur and the best strategy to provide routing security on the Internet continues to be investigated.

Current solutions such as RPKI are generating risks due to the centralization of critical information in the RIRs promoted by current management models. This work seeks to implement a model with a tamper-proof decentralized infrastructure (based on blockchain), where thanks to the deployment of a decentralized application (intelligent contract) it is possible to provide security in the allocation of Internet resources, and the subsequent use of that stored information to provide security to the BGP protocol.

Janus – Framework para Gestão de Identidades e Acesso Descentralizado em Arquiteturas Zero Trust Network Access para a Internet das Coisas

With the aim of providing a new approach to identity management, which gives device owners greater control over their assets and strengthens a zero-trust network, Instituto Atlântico proposes Janus, a project that consists of developing a framework that allows issuing and managing Blockchain decentralized identities (DIDs) for devices and users of Internet of Things [IoT] solutions in a universal and interoperable way on Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) architectures and easy to integrate with different IoT device management platforms such as AWS IoT Core, IBM Watson IoT, Fiware and others. Initially in this project, they will be integrated with the Brazilian open source platform for IoT solutions; the Dojot.

DIDs enable a standards-based, globally interoperable identity system that puts IoT device owners out of control. DIDs allow the creation of multiple identifiers to help manage anonymity, auditability, correlation between contexts, privacy, revocability, and traceability. A decentralized ID management system eliminates the need for any central government authority and paves the way for new models of trust between organizations and people, as it is based on the blockchain network, cryptography, and the Zero-Knowledge Proof Protocol ( ZKP). All this provides more transparency, improves communication and saves costs.

Janus intends to provide a framework that enables the development of a cracked access with authentication and authorization mechanism, allowing device donations to define access rules for users and devices, including data access and sharing, while ensuring confidentiality. of the data. users who can trade on IoT networks, in addition to protecting them from other types of attacks such as DDoS attacks.

Reducing the Digital Divide in Vulnerable Populations in the City of Córdoba Using WIFI and Unlicensed LTE Technology

The goal of the project is to reduce the digital divide in vulnerable areas of the city of Córdoba with little or no Internet access, using LTE base stations operating on unlicensed frequency bands for point-to-multipoint links. Thus, it seeks to enable access to the various services available online, including education, health, public services, and access to the Digital Neighbor (VeCi) and Digital Citizen (CIDI) platforms.

The project format allows its replication in different municipalities, as well as in other provinces. Its main focus is to reduce the digital divide. In this sense, any jurisdiction can develop a similar project adapted the characteristics of each city (example: by identifying its own citizen participation centers). The proposed technology only requires electricity for CPEs as it is uses LTE, can reach several places in just a few days, and can be adapted to different modalities and, therefore, to different geographical locations.

Community Communications Networks for Strengthening the Circular Economy and Social Exchange in La Macarena, Meta

Seeking to promote a transformation in the relationship fabric that bonds the actors of the agro-ecological and tourism sectors, this project proposes strengthening community initiatives and alternative economy processes in the municipality of La Macarena-Meta, prioritizing the participation of women and the strategic use of information technologies.

To do so, the project will work on the collective design of a community communications network and its social, financial, and technological components, leveraging the Community Networks Kit developed by Colnodo. It will also implement an open-source digital platform hosted on the community network to facilitate the exchange of local products and services based on solidarity and circular economy dynamics.