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Behind every digital infrastructure there are people, institutions and territory

Ecuador Blockchain / EcuaChain brings together human and institutional capacities so that the country's digital transformation is built with method, evidence and territorial roots. It is not a promise: it is a structure of clear responsibilities.

What Ecuador Blockchain / EcuaChain is

An initiative that brings together technology, education and territory in a single architecture

EcuaChain is an initiative aimed at building capacities, institutional coordination, education, research, social innovation and digital infrastructure for Ecuador. It begins in the territory, with evidence and without replacing the dollar.

Technology

Digital infrastructure with restraint and purpose.

Education

Hands-on training and continuous support.

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Research

Method, baseline and indicators with academia.

Territory

Social innovation rooted in communities.

Institutional architecture

Three responsibilities, a single structure

Each layer plays a distinct, complementary role. In seconds you can see who coordinates, who executes and who ensures rigor.

Initiative Ecuador Blockchain / EcuaChain

Coordination

Fundación Ayllu

The project's institutional coordinating entity.

—Coordination of resources and alliances
—Institutional coordination
—Administration and cooperation

Execution

Technical Direction

Structuring and execution of the project.

—Technical direction and structuring
—Operational coordination and follow-up
—Coordination with stakeholders

Knowledge

Academic Coordination

Methodological rigor and content validation.

—Academic quality and methodology
—Training and research
—Knowledge, training and territory

Team

The people accountable for the project

Technical Director · Responsible for execution

Pablo Andrés Carlosama Morejón

MSc in Economics (PUCE) and GODI Master's student — Université Grenoble Alpes. Author of the master's thesis underpinning the project and of the proposal submitted to the EU-LAC Social Accelerator call. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19212220

Roles

Technical direction Structuring Execution and follow-up Operational coordination Strategic vision

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Academic and Methodological Coordination

Nelson Lascano

Responsible for the project's academic quality and methodological rigor. His contribution connects knowledge, training and territory, and underpins the validation of the content that reaches communities.

Roles

Academic quality Methodological rigor Training and research Content validation Knowledge and territory

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A structure built to grow

This team will add new members as the project advances. We do not publish profiles or credentials that are not confirmed.

The territory

From the territory to a national infrastructure

Tungurahua is the starting point. From the geographic heart of Ecuador, the model is implemented, measured and prepared to scale.

Map of Tungurahua province, Ecuador — territory of initial implementation and project scalability — Active pilot area · Ambato Tungurahua Province

Origin

Ambato

Provincial capital and coordination hub of the territorial lab.

Initial implementation

Quisapincha · Pasa

Communities where training and on-the-ground support begin.

Scalability

9 cantons of Tungurahua

Provincial expansion path, as a step toward a national infrastructure.

Locations based on project documentation. Unconfirmed areas are not shown.

Ecosystem

A network of stakeholders the project seeks to connect

The initiative is built with many hands. These are the categories of stakeholders we aim to connect; they do not represent confirmed alliances nor imply institutional endorsement.

Academia

Research, evidence and validation.

Social organizations

Territory, training and participation.

Companies

Cooperation and technological innovation.

Productive sectors

Real application in the local economy.

Communities

Building from the grassroots.

Public institutions

Coordination and public policy.

Cooperation

International frameworks and programs.

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