Contents
Contents.............................................................................................................................. 1
Contents.............................................................................................................................. 2
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 5
KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY................................................................................ 5
Executive Summary: .......................................................................................................... 7
Collaborative Approach.................................................................................................................... 9
Human Resource Development ....................................................................................................... 9
Access of Communities to Technology ......................................................................................... 10
Project Management ........................................................................................................................ 11
BUILDING AN INFORMATION SOCIETY IN GRENADA....................................... 12
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell ........................................................................................ 12
VISION .................................................................................................................................... 12
MISSION ................................................................................................................................. 12
STRATEGY............................................................................................................................. 12
Underlying Principles ............................................................................................................. 13
Vision of Grenada in the Information Age ........................................................................... 14
STRATEGIC THRUSTS................................................................................................................... 16
BUILDING THE NATIONAL CAPACITY.................................................................... 18
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................. 18
THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE:......................................................................................... 18
DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES EDUCATION AND TRAINING...................... 22
DEVELOPING THE HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY................................................. 22
Teacher Education And Engagement.................................................................................... 24
Engaging Civil Society: Open Door Strategy ....................................................................... 25
Delivering Curricular Change ............................................................................................... 25
A Regional Educational And Training Role For Grenada.................................................. 27
Education and Training objectives........................................................................................ 27
FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE...................................................................................... 38
DEVELOPMENT OF ICT INDUSTRY ............................................................................... 39
Modernizing Government ...................................................................................................... 41
INSTITUTIONAL & MANAGERIAL INFRASTRUCTURE........................................... 43
PROMOTING UNIVERSAL UPTAKE OF THE INTERNET..................................... 45
DEVELOPING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE.............................................................. 50
THE IMPACT OF ECOMMERCE ON THE ECONOMY................................................ 50
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A STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN FOR GRENADA
Anurag Sinha