Colombia. The Minister of Information and Communications Technologies, ICT , Sandra Urrutia, confirmed that $ 2,900 million will be allocated to strengthen community radios nationwide (about US $ 600 thousand).
The resources will be allocated through "a call in which we have $ 2,900 million, destined to strengthen the content of community radio. We will work in agreement with the Ministry of Culture to nourish those important grills of those who communicate and promote weaving in the region, "said the head of the ICT portfolio.
This call, he said, will be announced before April and ratifies the commitment of the Government of Change with the spaces that reach all corners of the country.
The announcement is announced in the framework of World Radio Day and the opening of the microphones of 'Colombia Hoy Radio', the new informative and digital space of the Presidency of the Republic, which aims to be the direct channel of communication with Colombians throughout the country.
Finally, the Minister reiterated that one of the priorities of the Government of Change will be digital literacy, under the slogan "connect for productivity", as a task entrusted by President Petro, which seeks not only to bring digital infrastructure to the regions, but knowledge.
