The ALliance for the Information Society-Phase 2 (@LIS2) is a European Commission Programme aiming to continue the promotion of the Information Society and fight the digital divide throughout Latin America. Its objectives are to continue to promote, and at the same time improve and extend the dialogue and applications on Information Society in Latin America, boost interconnections between research networks and communities in both regions reducing the digital divide and integrating Latin America into a Global Information Society. The Programme was adopted by decision of the European Commission on 16th October 2008.