Plataforma Digital “La Minita de Información” en Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the country's mining sector; however, since August 2020, several projects have resumed metal production and exports. For this reason, there was an urgent need to digitalize the operations and the labor modality; for example, companies such as Minsur and Las Bambas implemented teleworking, therefore, the intensive use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) (Seguridad Minera, 2020). In this sense, the situation is propitious to implement the use of ICTs as a business strategy to attract clients, train personnel and provide updated information. Taking into account the current scenario, the creation of "La Minita de Información", a digital platform that responds to the need for information in the mining sector in the city of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, is proposed. In this way, it seeks to set a precedent and a technological tool that allows the correct work performance and interaction between all the actors involved such as: miners, mining companies, clients and authorities. It also aims to provide users with access to all the information from public institutions, as well as private companies and their respective services. Creating this information platform would be of great help at an informative level for the target public. The need to have an option to turn to when there is a problem or need to obtain some type of information would be an incentive for the city. In addition, the participation and acquisition of knowledge of the actors of the mining activity is favored. Keywords MINING - DIGITAL JOURNALISM - VIRTUAL PLATFORMS - DIGITAL JOURNALISM