IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

Manuel Acevedo-Ruiz

Manuel Acevedo holds a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and a Master in Information and Knowledge Society Studies. Currently, he is a Ph. D. candidate in the International and Interdisciplinary Ph. D. Program in the Information and Knowledge Society (Open University of Catalonia) focusing on ICT mainstreaming in cooperation agencies. Mr. Acevedo has been involved in ICT for human development since 1994, when he joined the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Mr. Acevedo served as co-chair of the UN ICT Task Force’s Capacity Building Committee (2002-3), and represented the UN Volunteers programme during the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Living in Madrid now, he is an independent consultant on ICT4D. He is also introducing ICT4D into the curricula of some university programmes on International Development, and helping the Spanish Government to integrate ICT into Spanish international cooperation policies and practicesManuel Acevedo-Ruiz.
Body Bottom