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Technological landscape calls for validation, collaboration, ethical considerations
Careful validation, collaboration, and ethical considerations are pivotal to shaping digital development and confronting the challenges of rapid technological change. CARICOM Secretariat’s Programme Manager, Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D), Ms. Jennifer Britton, shared this perspective when she delivered remarks at a technical validation workshop for the regional ICT Sector Gap Analysis Project that was conducted with support from…
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Digital Skills Commission on CARICOM Heads of Government agenda
Steps to establish a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Digital Skills Commission will be discussed at the 48th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Bridgetown, Barbados, 19-21 February 2025. At their meeting in July last year under the chairmanship of the Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Science and Technology in the CARICOM…
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CARICOM Chair Wants Region to Collaborate, Innovate, Act for a resilient, digitally transformed Community
The Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, wants the Region to collaborate boldly, innovate fearlessly, and act accountably to take advantage of the digital revolution, and accelerate regional integration. Prime Minister Mitchell, Chair of CARICOM, and lead Head of Government with responsibility for Science and Technology in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet, made the call while delivering the keynote address…
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Redouble efforts to champion digital gender equality – CARICOM SG
In the face of the widening digital gender gap, Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General has called for a redoubling of efforts to champion digital gender equality initiatives in the Region. She also recommended a reinforced determination to amplify the voices of women and girls in the ICT sector. The Secretary-General issued the challenges in a message to mark CARICOM…
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Two CARICOM Member States to access pan-Caribbean digital payment system
(Caribbean Telecommunications Union Press Release) In six months, Barbados and Jamaica are set to become the first Caribbean territories to access a new pan-Caribbean digital payment settlement system, called CaribDollar (Carib$). Carib$, a stablecoin, is the creation of partners Abed Ventures Inc., out of Barbados, and German entrepreneur, Dr. Jan Schröder. This revelation came at the Caribbean Telecommunications Union’s (CTU) webinar, Demystifying…
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CARICOM Girls in ICT Partnership Digital Dialogue to commemorate International Girls in ICT Day
Programmes Draft-Programme-CARICOM-Girls-in-ICT-Day-2022Download Presentations Teacher’s perspectives of Girls in ICT- Malisa RichardsDownload Real-World-Cybersecurity-Concepts – Dr. Koffka Khan- UWIDownload GBV iMatter App – Adler Bynoe – UNFPADownload AWS Programs – Abby Daniell – Amazon Web ServicesDownload
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Call for Applications: Will you be one of Generation Connect’s Gender Champions?
ITU is organizing a global competition to select the first group of “Generation Connect Gender Champions.” The competition, funded by the Government of Canada, will select twelve (12) outstanding young women (ages 18-24) from developing countries (2 from each ITU region). This competition is part of the preparatory process for the Generation Connect Global Youth Summit, to be organized…
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Launch Event – Paperless Trade Facilitation in the Commonwealth: Recent evidence of its economic value – Commonwealth Secretariat
The Digital Connectivity Cluster is pleased to invite you to the launch of our latest report presenting a Quantitative Analysis of the Move to Paperless Trade. The report measures and quantifies the gains to trade that Commonwealth countries can realise in moving from paper-based trade documentation to electronic trade documentation.The research covers the Commonwealth’s 54 diverse economies and presents a…
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International Animation Writers Workshop 2022
This two-week Workshop (February 2-11) teaches primarily Guyanese and Caribbean nationals how to create their own 3-page animation scripts with a comedy/funny genre focus. This Workshop was designed to challenge Guyanese and Caribbean artists, animators, writers and creators to createnarratives about Guyana and Caribbean culture that could be consumed and understood by global audiences. It is also aimed at creating…
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Digital skills are vital now
As the pandemic’s unyielding grip on the globe continues, concerns are being raised about its impact on students whose learning has been interrupted for almost two years. Some students have not had the benefit of tutoring since the pandemic shuttered schools across the world. Others have had irregular forms of schooling, and, in some cases, blended and more structured sessions.…
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