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REGIONAL

CARIBBEAN-CENTRAL AMERICA PROFILE 2018

Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Fax: (868) 623-8485 that exists today. CITEL focuses on many
Peru, Portugal, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. E-mail: registry@eclacpos.org current issues facing member countries such as
Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Suriname, Website: www.eclacpos.org certification of equipment, value-added services,
Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom of Great United States coordination of standards, improvement of
Britain and Northern Ireland, United States 1825 K Street, N.W. Suite 1120, disaster communications in the region, low
of America, Uruguay, Venezuela. Associate Washington, D.C. 20006 earth systems below and above 1 Ghz, networks
Members: Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Tel: (202) 955-5613 and services utilization small aperture terminals
Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Fax: (202) 296-0826 (VSAT), personal communications systems,
Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands ECLAC contributes E-mail: info@eclac.org geo-stationary satellite systems, unlicensed
to the economic and social development of Website: www.eclac.cl/washington personal communications systems, present use
Latin America and the Caribbean, coordinates of the spectrum and many more. CITEL has 35
actions directed towards this end and reinforces FEDERATION OF PRIVATE Member States and over 200 Associate members.
BUSINESSES OF CENTRAL
economic relationships among the countries AMERICA AND PANAMA Executive Secretariat of CITEL
and with the other nations of the world. (FEDEPRICAP) Organisation of American States,
ECLAC, headquartered in Santiago, Chile, was FEDEPRICAP brings together Central American 1889 F Street, N.W.
established by the Economic and Social Council private, nonpartisan organisations committed to Washington, DC 20006
resolution 106 (VI) of 25 February, 1948 and the social and economic development of Central Tel: (202) 458-3004
is one of the five regional commissions of the America. These organisations have joined Fax: (202) 458-6854
United Nations. Thirty-three of its members are forces to improve the regional business climate, E-mail: citel@oas.org
developing countries of the region and seven are promote the development of competitive Website: www.citel.oas.org
industrialised North American and European advantages, and support trade negotiations,
countries. thereby broadening the base of economic LATIN AMERICAN ENERGY
participation and producing healthier economies ORGANIZATION (OLADE)
ECLAC’s sub-regional headquarters for the in the nations of Central America. Members: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia,
Caribbean is located in Port of Spain, Trinidad Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
and Tobago. There is an office in Mexico Federación de Entidades Privadas de Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Centroamérica y Panamá
City serving Mexico and Central America, Apartado 91-2050, San Pedro,
and other offices in Bogota, Brasilia, Buenos Montes de Oca, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,
Jamaica, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay,
Aires, Montevideo and Washington. The San José, Costa Rica Perú, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay,
work of the Commission is carried out in Tel: (506) 253-9815 OR 253-9817 Venezuela. OLADE was established on
a wide range of disciplines which include Fax: (506) 225-2025 Nov. 2, 1973, as a result of the subscription
economic development, social development
and the integration of women into development. THE INTER-AMERICAN of the Lima Agreement, which was ratified by
26 member countries of Latin America and
Additionally, studies are done in international TELECOMMUNICATION the Caribbean. It is an international public
trade, Latin American international relations, COMMISSION (CITEL) cooperation, coordination, and advisory agency,
regional cooperation, natural resources and The Inter-American Telecommunication basically aimed at ensuring the integration,
energy and water resources, transport and Commission (CITEL), the telecommunications
communications, including intergovernmental arm of the Organization of American States, protection, conservation, development, marketing,
and defence of the region’s energy resources.
maritime matters, industrial development and is the main forum in the hemisphere in which
technology, agricultural development, statistics the governments and the private sector meet to Latin American Energy Organization
and quantitative analysis, economic projections, coordinate regional efforts to develop the Global (OLADE)
transnational enterprises, development and Information Society according to the mandates Av. Mariscal N58-63, San Carlos Sector,
the environment, human settlements and of the General Assembly of the Organization P.O. Box 17-11-06413,
information, documents and publications. and the mandates entrusted to it by the Heads Quito, Ecuador
of States and Government at the Summit of
Economic Commission for Latin America the Americas. CITEL brings together the Tel: (593-2) 2598-122
and the Caribbean (In Chile) countries of North, Central and South America Fax: (593-2) 2531-691
Av. Dag Hammarskjold 3477. and the Caribbean to advance connectivity and E-mail: olade@olade.org.ec
Vitacura, Santiago, Chile promote the dynamic, efficient and harmonised Website: www.olade.org.ec
Tel: (562) 210-2000
Fax: (562) 208-0252 development of telecommunications. ORGANISATION OF EASTERN
E-mail secepal@eclac.cl The work programme of CITEL brings together CARIBBEAN STATES (OECS)
Website: www.eclac.cl regulators, service providers, manufacturers Members: Antigua and Barbuda, The
Subregional Headquarters for the and users, working in close coordination Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada,
Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and
Caribbean with international and regional organisations
1 Chancery Lane, P.O. Box 1113, of standards and telecommunications for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Associate
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago the purpose of exchanging information and Members: Anguilla and the British Virgin
Tel: (868) 623-5595 experiences in the fast changing environment Islands.

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