REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS
AND ASSOCIATIONS
S
VG is committed, actively participating and
providing support to most regional ICT
initiatives and these must be factored into
the National ICT Strategy plan.
3.1
CARICOM
SVG is a member of CARICOM which has
elaborated a regional policy on ICT. The country
is a member of the CTU, ITU, CTO, CKLN, CARICAD,
OECS EGRIP Project, ECTEL, OAS (CITEL),
COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, COMSYC and a
regional network of TAIWANESE ICT Centres. The
linkages are summarised in Figure 14.
The interaction between these regional
organisations, and coordinating and aligning
their activities are critical and involves the
National Authorising Officer, National Planning
Ministry, EFD, and cooperation of other state and
Private Sector Agencies. Similarly the
relationship with the major funding agencies of
the European Union, World Bank, CIDA, UNDESA,
UNDP, UNESCO, CDB and other donors needs to be
carefully managed, coordinated and aligned.
The support of the regional organisations and the
support from the regional organisations are an
important part of SVG’s national policy. The
highest level of collaboration, cooperation and
coordination is required to obtain the best value,
CARICOM
CKLN
CTU
ICT for Economic
Development
ICT in Education &
content Creation
TAIWAN/SVG
ICT Support
Centre
SVG
NTRC
ECTEL
CARICAD
ICT-E-Government
In Public Administration
Reform
OECS E-GRIP
E-Government for
OECS Integration
Regulatory
Services
& USF
Figure 14: Diagram of SVG’s Regional Links and Associations
synergy and successes from these regional
agencies. CARICOM Heads of State, in November
2002, agreed on the need to diversify the
economies of the Caribbean through the
promotion of new technologies and regional
cooperation through the mechanism of Centres of
Excellence. The work of these agencies and their
relevance to SVG will now be reviewed.
3.2
CARIBBEAN KNOWLEDGE AND
LEARNING NETWORK (CKLN)
The Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network
(CKLN) evolved in pursuance of the Network’s
implied vision, and to lay the foundation for the
development of regional functional cooperation
in the area of ICT.
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