SANTO DOMINGO. - More than 155 mayors across the country were invited to today’s launch of the "Dominican Republic’s Digital Cities Project (Electronic Municipal Government),” slated for 9 a.m Monday in the National Palace’s Green salon.

The call was made by the Latin American Association of Research Centers and Telecommunications Companies (AHCIET), the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) and the Presidential Office for Information and Communication Technologies (OPTIC).

The invitation, signed by Indotel president Jose Rafael Vargas, and OPTIC director Domingo Tavárez, says the gathering of the mayors marks the start of the cooperation agreement between AHCIET and their agencies, which will allow each municipality to become Digital City, with connectivity, access, information and services available for their inhabitants.