Final declaration
The CARDICIS workshop (W�nyon-at�ly� Cara�bes Diversidad Cultural and Information Society - http://cardicis.org) took place in St Lucia between 30th August and 1st September. The participants are listed on the web page http://cardicis.org/index2.htm?lan=es&pg=m5.
The event took place thanks to the support of AIF (Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie http://agence.francophonie.org) and was organised by the Network for Research and Development (Funredes - http://funredes.org), with the Union Latine (http://unilat.org) and Fundaci�n Acceso (http://acceso.or.cr).
With regard to the interpreting and translation services that were provided for the conference, it is necessary to thank l'Universite Quisqueya in Haiti, la Universidad APEC in the Dominican Republic (http://apec.edu.do), Saint Lucias Ministry of Education (http://www.education.gov.lc/) and the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (http://www.salcc.edu.lc/) also in St.Lucia.
The objective of the CARDICIS workshop was to bring together the key actors in civil society in the Caribbean, who specialise in the area of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D), with representatives of those international organisations which have a particular interest in this issue. Also in attendance were the AIF and the Union Latine, and representatives of the following organisations--- the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), the Institute for Connectivity of the Americas/International Center of Research for Development (ICA/IDRC), the Organisation of East Caribbean States (OECS), the United Nations Development Programme (UNPD), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and the European Union (EU). The workshop considered the importance of the cultural and linguistic diversity factor in the working out of regional solutions for an integrated vision for the Caribbean, as well as to establish common stra tegies to address these problems.
The workshop allowed the participants to overcome mental barriers and open the path towards Caribbean integration with regard to the Caribbean Information Society (Shared Knowledge Society - Sociedad de Saberes Compartidos - Soci�t� des savoirs partag�s), and to reach consensus on the following strategic recommendations:
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The CARDICIS workshop (W�nyon-at�ly� Cara�bes Diversidad Cultural and Information Society - http://cardicis.org) took place in St Lucia between 30th August and 1st September. The participants are listed on the web page http://cardicis.org/index2.htm?lan=es&pg=m5.
The event took place thanks to the support of AIF (Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie http://agence.francophonie.org) and was organised by the Network for Research and Development (Funredes - http://funredes.org), with the Union Latine (http://unilat.org) and Fundaci�n Acceso (http://acceso.or.cr).
With regard to the interpreting and translation services that were provided for the conference, it is necessary to thank l'Universite Quisqueya in Haiti, la Universidad APEC in the Dominican Republic (http://apec.edu.do), Saint Lucias Ministry of Education (http://www.education.gov.lc/) and the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (http://www.salcc.edu.lc/) also in St.Lucia.
The objective of the CARDICIS workshop was to bring together the key actors in civil society in the Caribbean, who specialise in the area of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D), with representatives of those international organisations which have a particular interest in this issue. Also in attendance were the AIF and the Union Latine, and representatives of the following organisations--- the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), the Institute for Connectivity of the Americas/International Center of Research for Development (ICA/IDRC), the Organisation of East Caribbean States (OECS), the United Nations Development Programme (UNPD), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and the European Union (EU). The workshop considered the importance of the cultural and linguistic diversity factor in the working out of regional solutions for an integrated vision for the Caribbean, as well as to establish common stra tegies to address these problems.
The workshop allowed the participants to overcome mental barriers and open the path towards Caribbean integration with regard to the Caribbean Information Society (Shared Knowledge Society - Sociedad de Saberes Compartidos - Soci�t� des savoirs partag�s), and to reach consensus on the following strategic recommendations:
- To advocate increased support for civil society organizations� efforts in the construction of multicultural Caribbean information societies. The advocacy for increased funds and greater accessibility is to be directed at governments, international cooperation agencies, civil society and the private sector.
- To encourage and support our governments in the design and implementation of effective mechanisms and tools for the organisation, planning and use of ICTs with the help and support of local expertise.
- To create a Caribbean cultural council that would advocate the use of ICTs and that would have the support of UNESCO.
- To promote the creation and strengthening of intermediation within the framework of the millennium development goals (MDG) for the Caribbean, with ICTs as a dynamic cross-cultural perspective.
- To develop base line studies on Caribbean ICT4D that collect (quantitative and qualitative) information, and conduct analyses about the multicultural and multilingual realities of the Caribbean. Strengthen existing and planned clearinghouses and observatories which use and provide open content.
- To promote the establishment of reinforced relations with the MDG for the Caribbean, taking ICT into consideration in a dynamic transverse perspective. Promote the creation of a harmonious regulatory legal framework for ICT at a regional level, to encourage greater agreement.
- In realising these objectives to construct a network of organisations of persons and institutions of civil society, supported by ICT, and led either by one of the existing organisations or by a new organisation formed by the regrouping of existing organisations.
- To promote actively an awareness, influenced and exercised by pedagogy, to help the peoples of the Caribbean and their governments to understand and to act in the face of the importance and the potential of ICT4D across media and culture, on the basis of popular activities occurring everywhere in the region, like the Internet Fiesta, the Cricket World Cup ICC 2007, or Fet la Woz.
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