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Group 3 : Civil Society and Institutional Actors |
| Grande salle - 01/09/04 |
| Moderator Maggy Mathurin |
| Traslation -Ayodele Hippolyte � anglo-fran�ais. |
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Participants - Civil Society : Reina Raveles - Jan Voordouw (Panos Institute ) - Murat Myrtha � Magguy Karole Gizolme � Diane Taylor - |
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- Institutional Actors: Daniel Prado, Raymond Noel, Angelica Ospina, Etienne Wermester, Amos Tincani, Armelle Chatelier, Danielle Bouhajeb, Paule Turmel-John |
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Unanimously : Institutional actors must take on the role of support and assistance for the civil society and NGOs networks and propose accessible funds. |
| Supplementary observations: No civil society bridges / backers / private sector. Access to TIC remains too expensive (comparison continent / islands). Need for more coordination and a coherent plan of action. Support for the creation of a Caribbean Council of Cultures with the help of UNESCO. |
| Needs should be more clearly defined. It is not our generation that will solve the problem of cultural diversity. |
| Governments use the work of NGOs on TIC for demagogical ends without contributing finance. |
| Meetings do not help to affect decision makers. Many meeting are duplicated, intersect; one never knows what is happening. |
| The data bases of ECLAC are unknown. |
| The problem of coordination and management is linked to the culture of networks by professionals; this problem could be resolved by the developing skills ('TICpD manager') |
| Conclusion - group 3: five propositions |
| 1- Institutional actors and States should take on the role of support and assistance for the civil society and NGOs networks and propose accessible funds in a coordinated way in the domain of cultural diversity and of the information society. |
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| Agent responsible: Funredes. Cardicis dshould suggest to regional, national and international institutions to participate Deadline: 24 months Means: |
| 2- Create a Caribbean Council of cultures that would be based on the use of TIC supported by UNESCO. |
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| 3- Encourage creation, reinforcement and intermediation, especially in MODs (millenary objectives for development) through TIC, as an applied instrument for the Caribbean. |
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| 4- Support the creation of an observatory of the region based on a concept open content. |
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| 5- Promote a legislative framework, regulated and harmonised for TIC at a regional level for a better convergence. |
| Priority : Large |
| Backers and intergovernmental organisations with participation Deadline: 24 months Means: participation of backers. Agent responsible: |