In Section: CARISNET (Caribbean ICT Networking), and Networking Events
Boots the Project CARISNET-2: Integrating and strengthening of the players in the ICT for Development in the Caribbean
18 March 2008
With a workshop of the Consortium partners CARISNET in Jamaica (March 16-17) kicks off the project CARISNET 2, subtitled "Integrating and strengthening of the actors in the TICpD in the Caribbean, unleash the transformative potential of ICT in the region." The project's overall objective is to contribute to social and economic development in the Caribbean region, by strengthening the capacities of the sexes local players for the actions of regional cooperation initiatives in critical TICpD in the Caribbean. Before concluding, the project will succeed in establishing the foundation and develop a work plan for the consolidation of the Virtual Community of Caribbean players ICT (CIVIC) as a regional mechanism for promoting knowledge exchange, capacity building and collaboration among the actors Caribbean ICT .. The Foundation Taiguey assumes the coordination of project implementation.
The consortium partners are the Jamaica Network for Sustainable Development (Jamaica Sustainable Development Network) - JSDN (Jamaica), DevNet (Guyana), L to Haitian Association for the Development of ICT-AHTIC (Haiti) and Taiguey Foundation (Republic Dominican). The project is supported by a grant from the International Development Research Center (IDRC) IDRC with its program ICA
The specific objectives are:
(a) To facilitate the participatory design of a Strategic Plan Working to 2 years, aimed at consolidating CIVIC as a catalyst for regional TICpD in the region. The proposed strategic plan will consist of a coherent package of collaborative actions in different areas (eje.: ICT for education, health, civil society, democratic participation and governance, economic competitiveness, applied research, among others) and transverse components (eje.: multi-peer networks, collaborative project design, effective use of information tools, design of public policies and lobbying -).
(b) Strengthening capacities of the sexes players of ICT in the Caribbean to lead and promote an online collaboration, dialogue and consensus building enriched using ICT tools (such as wikis, blogs, RSS / Atom, interfaces organization processes) by providing training for moderation in line and the formation of working groups led by key local ICT practitioners. These groups are working to develop policies, position papers, documents for the dissemination of practical knowledge or publication in relevant fora base case. These training modules will be available permanently and will be managed by the consortium CARISNET. The virtual thematic working groups will be initiated by CIVIC and / or local actors, and the topics will depend on the interests of the sexes members sexes. There are some suggestions for certain items, such as telecommunications reform, open source software (Open Source), Internet Governance, e-government, and so on. This list is not exhaustive.
(c) design an online platform for improved CIVIC 2.0, which offers flexibility, interoperability, new security features and procedures for participation, among others, to contribute to a more interactive online presence.
(d) To design and publish a methodology for monitoring and evaluation to CIVIC, (based OM) in order to measure and document the impact of the network in key areas such as its influence on the design of public policies, and the capacity-building, regional networks and to coordinate efforts TICpD, among others.
(e) To coordinate and implement a regional meeting in person (face to face) of / as / membership as CIVIC (the sexes actors Caribbean members as of today's virtual community) to gather feedback, validate the strategic work plan 2 years previously mentioned, strengthening the activities of the network, and promote the participation of the sexes Francophones and Spanish speakers.
The project design CARISNET 2 is based on the historical process of CIVIC, the lessons learned from the project CARISNET 1, the synergies of working groups of members / ace CIVIC (particularly "What is CIVIC?", "Civic Platform" and "Diversity Strategy"), and the survey results CIVIC. The Virtual Community of Caribbean Actors / as ICT (CIVIC) has been in existence since November 2002, where he was formally founded with support from the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (Institute for Connectivity in the Americas) IDRC-ICA as a result of the Roundtable Caribbean ICT held in Barbados in October 2002.
for more information see the project document CARISNET-2 in Spanish (translation)
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The traditional "wedding picture" of the consortium partners: from left to right we have to Vidyarata Kisoon of DevNet (Guyana), Yacine Khelladi of Taiguey Foundation (Dominican Republic) Stepahne-Bruno AHTIC (Haiti) Valerie Gordon JSDN (Jamaica), and in front Zelris Lawrence JSDN (Jamaica) (March 2008)
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Photo of the meeting to evaluate the proposed closing CARISNET 1 in December 2006 in Santo Domingo, with the same members ...
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Photo of the honeymoon in St. Lucia, in October 2004, with the first version of CARISNET consortium that included Daniel Pimienta (Funredes, who left the consortium in 2006) without AHTIC. Nothing but lacking in the photo Angelica Ospina, project officer of IDRC / ICA which is an integral part of our coordination mechanisms.
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