Areas of Work
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Improved connectivity for Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica, July 20, 2010 – The Jamaica government is focusing on the rollout of a broadband backbone in the short-term to ensure adequate connectivity throughout the island. Minister with Responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Daryl Vaz, says the move is in keeping with the government’s Vision 2030 National Development Plan, which designates information and communications technology (ICT)…
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Caribbean- Telecoms- Urget need for investmentin ICT, Says Central Bank Official
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, CMC – There is an urgent need for investment in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to help bolster the prospects for Caribbean economies, says the chief executive officer of the Central Bank of the Netherlands Antilles. “Today more than ever, technology and specifically Information and Communication Technology is considered one of the main factors contributing to the economic…
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MORE CONCESSIONS FOR HAITI UNDER THE CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The recovery efforts in Haiti was definitely a priority item on the agenda of the 31st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community when they got down to dealing with the business of the Community at the Rose Hall Resorts and Spa in Montego Bay, Jamaica. With the…
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ICT Critical to Rebuilding Haiti
PORT OF PRINCE – A two-day roundtable discussion on the best way forward for the reconstruction of Haiti’s information and communication technology (ICT) sector is expected to see a framework put in place that is capable of meeting the current challenges. Yesterday, representatives from various organisations met at the Hilton Barbados to attend the event coordinated by the International Telecommunication…
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UWI’s Professor Sankat unveils US$70 laptop
UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine, campus Principal Clem Sankat, unveiled a US$70 laptop computer that might fulfil the Government’s promise of a laptop to each Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam pupil. Sankat caused a stir as he unveiled the device measuring about six inches by five inches at the 50th Annual Honours and Awards Ceremony of the…
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CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS AGREE ON NON-RECIPROCAL ACCESS FOR SOME HAITIAN GOODS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has given its support to a proposal for Haiti to have non-reciprocal access to the Community’s markets for some goods for a period of three years. The COTED meeting ended in Georgetown on Friday and Chair of the two-day Meeting, Senator the…
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OPENING REMARKS BY ELIZABETH RILEY, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AG), CARIBBEAN DISASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (CDEMA), AT THE CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AGRICULTURE INSURANCE, 15 JUNE 2010, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Good evening, it is a pleasure to be here in Antigua and Barbuda and an even greater pleasure to deliver brief remarks at this opening ceremony of the Caribbean Regional Symposium on Agriculture Insurance. Ladies and gentlemen, we in the Caribbean know the reality of living with risk. The plethora of traditional hazards which we face – natural and…
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International Conference: The impact of ICT in education
Organized by the UNESCO Office in Brasilia, the Regional Office of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNESCO Santiago) and the Secretariat of Distance Education of the Ministry of Education of Brazil, the international conference “The impact of ICT education, analyzed and discussed the training of teachers in information technology and communications (ICT), and evaluated the impact of ICT…
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STATEMENT BY DR. THE HON. RALPH GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TO THE MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM) AND THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) ON THE AGENDA ITEM: REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 17 MAY 2010, MADRID, SPAIN
If European and US recovery from the global economic and financial crisis can be described as sluggish, characterised by jobless growth and dependent on stimulus packages, imagine what is the situation in CARIFORUM, particularly in the smaller countries of the OECS. The Caribbean with its open economies is one of the regions most adversely affected by the crisis. That situation…
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Montserrat Formulating EGovernment Strategy
BRADES, Montserrat — More than 15 senior members of staff from various government departments in Montserrat began a two-day workshop on developing an E-Government strategy during last month. The workshop comes on the heels of the successful ICT Roadshow which highlighted the necessity for the island to develop a national information communication technologies (ICT) strategy, which would stimulate the island’s…
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