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FUNREDES is an NGO having its head office in the Dominican Republic and a legal representation in France (decree No 91 published in the J.O. on 07/13/1994). It has been working since 1988 on the diffusion of communication and information technologies for development.

The CARIBTIC project, presented by FUNREDES and its partners, consists in creating, from the French-speaking axis of the Caribbean�s, in particular from the French Departments of America (DFA), mechanisms, based on the Internet, for a gathering of the scientific and cultural sectors of the region, and their involvement into actions of regional cooperation. Integration of the Caribbean through the new information technologies

These mechanisms consist in the association of a reference web site that gathers the useful or necessary information to facilitate cooperation in the aimed sectors, of virtual communities endowed with a panoply of means, from translation to moderation, and also including user support and training. The project, which will have a total length of 3 years, has been conceived in four stages. The first stage, with a 6 months duration, is a pilot phase, which consists in elaborating a first level of setting, of experimentation and of demonstration of the planned means of action. A phase of assessment and adjustment of the plans (3 months) will immediately follow it. The third stage, with duration of 24 months, allows to progressively generalize the means of all the expected sectors. The last 3-month stage, consists in the assessment of the impact of the devices. During this last stage, the effort is meant to obtain a regional autonomous structure for the maintenance and the decentralized management of the created devices. At the end of the first year of autonomy, a last assessment is organized to measure the impact of the project.

The project received the support of the FIC for the pilot phase and is undertaking some multilateral partnerships for the ulterior phases.


The new information and communication technologies represent an exceptional opportunity to facilitate the path toward the integration of the Caribbean �s, that will start from the scientific and cultural communities, proceeding to a progressive extension to other sectors of society, aiming at a co - development with the DFA.

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