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OECS partners with CTU to promote ICT development in Eastern Caribbean
TORTOLA, BVI — An agreement between the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) promises to deepen collaboration between the institutions in leveraging information and communications technology to support development in the sub-region. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on September 30, representatives from both organizations expressed confidence that the formalization…
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SELA, UNCTAD and AEC performed “Regional Workshop on Legislation Harmonization of E-Commerce of the Caribbean
This workshop focused on the current state of legislation on electronic commerce in the Caribbean, and allowed participants to discuss about the challenges they face in the implementation and application of national legal frameworks and consider best practices, toward regional harmonization. Caracas, October 6, 2015.- The Latin American and the Caribbean Economic System (SELA), together with the United Nations Conference…
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Abolish roaming in the Caribbean’- CTU – ICT Week gets underway with meeting of Caribbean Ministers
A very important discussion taking place at the regional conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Week 2015 in the Virgin Islands (British) has to do with the concept of a single ICT space, something Jamaica’s Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Honourable Phillip Paulwell sees as a major beat as the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) seeks to abolish…
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Kickstarting the Caribbean ICT Space: Caribbean Telecommunications Union holds ICT Week in BVI
Caribbean citizens’ growing appetite for digital conveniences is driving the region’s governments to act decisively to move essential services to online platforms. Ministers and senior government officials from across the region are holding talks to outline the practical steps needed to make basic government services available through smartphones and other Internet-connected devices. The Ministerial seminar will take place on September 30 in…
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Urgent action needed to combat online violence against women & girls, says new UN report
Millions affected globally, but most countries still failing to effectively address growing problem New York, 24 September 2015 – A new report released today by the United Nations Broadband Commission reveals that almost three quarters of women online have been exposed to some form of cyber violence, and urges governments and industry to work harder and more effectively together to…
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Open Data, Open Mapping: TeachOSM in the Caribbean
Web-based mapping is an activity of growing importance in many countries around the world, especially in places where base map data is often scarce and out of date. Governments are collecting more and more data, including geospatial data, and are beginning to understand the social and economic benefits of sharing the data. As part of the World Bank-DFID partnership to…
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Guyana strengthening cyber security against hackers, fraudsters
Guyana is moving to insulate a number of loopholes and so drastically reduce the possibility of cybercrimes ranging from website hacking to fraud, officials said Wednesday. Experts are being trained in cybercrimes legislation and enforcement while plans are on the drawing board to enact several laws related to cyber security. Cyber Security attacks on websites such as defacement and other…
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ECTEL says telecoms stakeholders need to find ways to increase broadband uptake in Caribbean
Telecommunications service providers, consumers, regulators and policymakers need to engage in constructive discussions to address the factors contributing to slow uptake of broadband in the Caribbean. Director of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Embert Charles That’s the suggestion of managing director of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Embert Charles who cited a recent student undertaken by…
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CTA wins international prize for youth and ICTs project
CTA’s Agriculture, Rural Development and Youth in the Information Society (ARDYIS) project has won an international award in the 2015 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Project Prizes. After being shortlisted earlier this year, the ARDYIS entry was proclaimed winner of the e-agriculture category following a round of online voting and a review by a panel of experts of…
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CYA attends UNESCO conference on youth and internet in Paris
The two-day event ,which was conducted in both English and French, brought together more than 250 officials, academics, policy-makers, youth NGO’s, experts and practitioners from a range of institutions and disciplines from across the world, to share experiences, highlight gaps and explore options in reducing the internet as a tool for youth extremism and radicalism. The conference highlighted the need for…
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