Terms and conditions of use

AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND THE KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM

As a general policy, the Knowledge Management
Unit of the Regional Service Center for Latin America and the Caribbean
(hereinafter KMU) considers a fundamental issue the exchange and promotion
of knowledge between the different UNDP Offices, UN System Agencies,
and people and Organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean. Furthermore,
the KMU seeks to facilitate the joint construction of a development
knowledge base to act as support for decision making, project management,
research and education processes in terms of development.

The KMU members recognize the right of
usage of the information contained in the knowledge platform. This use
will be ruled by the following conditions:

Terms of use:

1. User license: knowledge platform
   will use a Creative Commons License (CC). Creative Commons provides
   free tools that let users easily mark their creative work with the freedoms
   they want it to carry. This way, knowledge platform will encourage and
   promote the use of private rights to create public goods.


2. Authorship: Any use of the
   contents stored in knowledge platform, must mention the author or authors
   information as established in the Knowledge Asset or its related files.
   Any further use of these contents must always keep the author or authors.


3. Non commercial use: The information
   within knowledge platform cannot be used for commercial or lucrative
   purposes, unless there is an explicit permission in a Knowledge Asset
   or in any other section within knowledge platform. In this case When
   such a permission exists, the user must notify the author/s and the
   KMU in written.


4. The KMU demands from the knowledge
   platform community the highest quality in the information shared. Contents
   are responsibility of the author/s and the KMU does not take responsibility
   for the quality or veracity of the information published by the knowledge
   platform users.



5. Technological tools and software:
   You acknowledge and agree that the KMU owns all legal right, title and
   interest in and to knowledge platform, You further acknowledge that
   the knowledge platform may contain information which is designated confidential
   by knowledge platform and that you shall not disclose such information
   without knowledge platform prior written consent.


6. Special case of intellectual
   property rights: the information (photographs, videos, sounds, multimedia
   reproductions, assets or documents) with all rights reserved will be
   identified by a © symbol.


7. The knowledge platform grants
   permission to Users to visit the Site and download and copy the information,
   documents and materials (collectively, "Materials") from the
   Site for User's personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell,
   redistribute, compile or create derivative works therefrom, subject


8. All Materials on this Site
   are subject to these terms and conditions.


9. Unless expressly stated otherwise,
   the findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in the Materials
   in this Site are those of the various United Nations staff members,
   consultants and advisers who prepared the work and do not necessarily
   represent the views of United Nations Member States



10. Materials provided on this
    Site are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either
    express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability,
    fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. KMU specifically
    does not make any warranties or representations as to the accuracy or
    completeness of any such Materials. Under no circumstances shall KMU
    be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered
    which is claimed to resulted from use of this Site, including without
    limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay with respect
    thereto. Use of this Site is at User's sole risk. Under no circumstances,
    including, but not limited to, negligence, shall KMU or its affiliates
    be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential
    damages, even if KMU has been advised of the possibility of such damages.


11. This site may contain advice,
    opinions, and statements of various information providers. KMU does
    not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice,
    opinion, statement or other information provided by any information
    provider, or any user of this site or other person or entity. Reliance
    upon any such advice, opinion, statement, or other information shall
    also be at User's own risk. Neither KMU nor its affiliates, nor any
    of their respective agents, employees, information providers or content
    providers shall be liable to any User or anyone else for any inaccuracy,
    error, omission, interruption, timeliness, completeness, deletion, defect,
    failure of performance, computer virus, communication line failure,
    alteration of, or use of any content herein, regardless of cause, for
    any damages resulting therefrom.


12. As a condition of use of
    this Site, User agrees to indemnify KMU and its affiliates from and
    against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and
    expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of User's
    use of this Site, including without limitation any claims alleging facts
    that if true would constitute a breach by User of these terms and conditions.
    If User is dissatisfied with any material on this Site or with any of
    its terms and conditions of use of this Site, User's sole and exclusive
    remedy is to discontinue using this Site.



13. This Site may contain links
    and references to third-party Web sites. The linked sites are not under
    the control of KMU and KMU is not responsible for the contents of any
    linked site or any link contained in a linked site.


14. If this Site contains bulletin
    boards, chat rooms, access to mailing lists or other message or communication
    facilities (collectively, "Forums"), User agrees to use the
    Forums only to send and receive messages and material that are proper
    and related to the particular Forum. By way of example, and not as a
    limitation, User agrees that when using a Forum, User shall not do any
    of the following:




1. Defame, abuse, harass, stalk,
   threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy
   and publicity) of others.


2. Publish, post, distribute
   or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful
   material or information.


3. Upload or attach files that
   contain software or other material protected by intellectual property
   laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless User owns or controls
   the rights thereto or has received all consents therefor as may be required
   by law.



4. Upload or attach files that
   contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs
   that may damage the operation of another's computer.


5. Delete any author attributions,
   legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that
   is uploaded.


6. Falsify the origin or source
   of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.


7. Advertise or offer to sell
   any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain
   letters, or download any file posted by another user of a Forum that
   User knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed
   in such manner.




15. Further, User acknowledges
    that chats, postings, conferences, emails and other communications by
    other users are not endorsed by KMU, and such communications shall not
    be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by KMU. KMU reserves the
    right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the Forums
    received from User, including without limitation email and bulletin
    board postings.



16. KMU reserves its exclusive
    right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue the site
    or any Materials in any respect. KMU shall have no obligation to take
    the needs of any user into consideration in connection therewith.


17. KMU reserves the right to
    deny in its sole discretion any user access to this Site or any portion
    thereof without notice.


18. No waiver by KMU of any provision
    of this Agreement shall be binding except as set forth in writing signed
    by its duly authorized representative.