Today, we are pleased to announce that we have opened an office in San Salvador. This is an important step in advancing our efforts to support the country’s digital transformation, including the modernization of government services and economic development.
Since announcing the cooperation agreement signed with El Salvador in August 2023, we have focused on helping El Salvador modernize its processes and services provided to its people, as well as providing training to various government agencies. I left it behind. In addition to announcing the opening of our new office, we would also like to share the progress we have made to date in the areas of digital government, health and education as part of this agreement.
- Digital government. We worked with the government to develop a simple digital ecosystem for import/export, health and hygiene registration. The next step is to continue to support governments in developing platforms that enable interoperability between institutions and improve citizen services through digitization.
- health care. As an important first step, we trained various government agencies on how to use cloud technology. Currently, we are helping governments develop telemedicine platforms that leverage cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence to automate processes and increase access to healthcare services in the country.
- education. We are proud to have built a partnership with El Salvador’s Ministry of Education since 2020 to support long-term projects that put technology at the center of improving teaching and learning in the country’s public education system. The first phase began by distributing Google Workspace for Education accounts to all students in public schools and training teachers through the Ministry of Education’s Instituto Nacional de Formación Docente del Ministerio de Educación . Google has introduced cutting-edge Google Workspace for Education Plus tools that incorporate AI to personalize the learning experience and introduced Chromebooks, laptops running Chrome OS, an operating system made by Google, to fourth graders. , supports acceleration of its programs. The next step is to continue training education managers to increase the digital skills of Salvadoran teachers and students.
Digital technologies such as cloud computing and AI will have an annual economic impact of up to $3.4 trillion for major and emerging economies in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, according to a Google-funded AlphaBeta study. It can create potential opportunities. East by 2030. We believe that our cooperation with the Salvadoran government is proof of this possibility.
Promoting entrepreneurship in El Salvador
In addition to our new office presence and ongoing digital transformation efforts, Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, is working to provide digital skills training to local entrepreneurs to help them grow. , will donate US$200,000 to local civil society organizations. of local businesses.
Innovation and technology have helped millions of people around the world. When governments, the private sector and civil society act together, economic growth and stability can benefit all communities and people.
