|
GROUP
#2, FOR ACTIVITY # 23 Participants |
|
| Errol Hewitt | Jamaica |
| Charles Smith | Puerto Rico |
|
Rey Smith |
Puerto Rico |
| Roberto Mori | Puerto Rico |
| Ronald Severing | Curacao |
| H�ralda Beaug�lus | Haiti |
| Angelica Ospina | Colombia |
| Gregor Williams | St. Lucia |
| Etienne Wermester | France |
| Leconte Boisrond | Haiti |
| Arnelle Chatelier | OECS |
| Gillian Marcelle | Trinidad & Tobago |
| STRATEGIES |
|
|
|
|
| Provoke commitments to provide resources to enable
multi-stakeholder engagement or dialogue across the multi-lingual |
|
| (Low priority) Discuss the proposals for the creation of observatories (clearing houses) in the region in order to avoid duplication of efforts; the observatories could function at donor level, but it is also imperative that the individual States take responsibility for coordinating ICT projects within their own countries. | |
| Develop national and regional ICT4D plans and policies which are coherent, locally-produced and based on a participatory and consultative process. | |
| Use "consciousness-raising", lobbying and education to help the governments to understand the importance and potential of ICT4D. (example: The Caribbean sent very young (average age of 26), junior diplomats to the UN-sponsored training prior to WSIS. There were no representatives of the "power-structure" as there were from Africa, i.e., Ministers of Education, Planning, etc.) The governments must understand the potential of ICT before we can begin to demand the development of the required policies. | |
| ICT4D must be an integral part of the planning and development programs of each country; It will probably be necessary to recommend a central or umbrella agency which would link to and serve all other agencies rather than locate all ICT funding and expertise in the "Ministry of Finance", which seems to be a practice common to most countries. ICT is "pervasive", i.e. it is a medium, a service, a tool which is required by all agencies in order for them to develop, and if placed in one of the "Ministries", the latter risk hogging the benefits� | |
| This meeting (CARDICIS) could be a first step toward the development of a regional ICT group which would develop regional policy. ACS may be asked to create new spaces, including a space for ICT, culture, and civil societies. This might lead to a regional summit. | |
| ECTEL is a multi-state body that is a possible model for two elements: 1) merging regulatory policies (these regulations should be beneficial for all); 2) policies aimed at reducing the digital divide in the region. |
|