Ceibal project
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The Ceibal project is the Uruguayan counterpart of the One Laptop per Child project.
The name “Ceibal” was chosen because of the symbolic meaning that has for Uruguayans the Ceibo, a national emblematic tree and flower. Ceibal stands for ”Conectividad Educativa de Informática Básica para el Aprendizaje en Línea”, which can be translated as "Basic informatic educative conectivity for on-line learning".
[edit] Implementation of the project
The implementation of the project is responsibility of LATU and the Presidency of Uruguay and is also supported by Agency for e-government, ANTEL, the Ministery of Education and Culture of Uruguay, the Innovation Agency, ANEP, CODICEN, within others.[citation needed]
