Senior ICT officials meet to discuss work plan for Single ICT Space
The Meeting of Senior Officials ahead of the Sixty-Eighth Special Ministerial session of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) – Information and Communication Technology (ICT) – will convene via video conference on Wednesday, 15 March, 2017.
The main issue for discussion is the Integrated Work Plan for the CARICOM Single ICT Space. Heads of Government granted approval of the Roadmap for the Single ICT Space at the Twenty-Eighth Inter-sessional Meeting in February 2017, and the Integrated Work Plan for the Single ICT Space is expected to be the next big step towards the harmonisation of the ICT sector within CARICOM.
"We approved the Draft Road map for a Single ICT Space" – President Granger #28Intersessional #CARICOMHeadsMeet #COCHOG
— CARICOM (@CARICOMorg) February 17, 2017
The Single ICT Space would be one of the driving forces for social, economic development of Community. – President Granger #28Intersessional
— CARICOM (@CARICOMorg) February 17, 2017
In preparation for this Meeting, the ICT Cluster met virtually on 24 February, 2017, to discuss the way forward on their various work plans which will contribute to the Single ICT Space integrated work plan. The ICT Cluster comprises the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD), CARICOM Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.
The Integrated Work Plan will set out the activities that need to be completed for the development of the Single ICT Space. The activities of the work plan will focus on areas such as conducting gap analyses, public awareness, specific telecommunications issues, legal and regulatory reform cyber security, bringing technology to the people, resource mobilisation, as well as, forecasting for the CARICOM Digital Agenda 2025.
The Ministers of ICT will meet on 24 March, 2017, in Antigua and Barbuda to review the integrated work plan and provide their recommendations to the Heads of Government Meeting in July 2017.