The intention of the CARDICIS project (http://cardicis.org) is "to reunite the key actors of civil society of the Caribbean who specialise in the field of the ICT4D, as well as those of the international organisations with a particular interest in this field, in order to reflect on the importance of the factor "cultural and linguistic diversity" in the elaboration of regional solutions that allow an integral vision of the Caribbean to be reached. To establish together strategies to treat this problem and to document common positions with the purpose of promoting the creation of a vision of the Information Society that favors a regional integration based on respect for diversity". 1

The first stage has been characterized by the first CARDICIS meeting, organized in St. Lucia, from 30th August to 1st September 2004, and whose tangible products are documented in http://cardicis.org/index2.htm?lan=es&pg=m15 and the intangible products, fruits of the interaction during the meeting are, partly, materialized through the virtual community CARDICIS whose debates are stored in http://cardicis.org/cardicis-mail/ (moderated discussion list with automatic translation service) and http://cardicis.org/cardis/ (unmoderated and informal discussion).

The general mission of the second phase of the CARDICIS project is "to follow up, to make concrete and to extend the first efforts to the people of civil society with a key role in the field of ICT4D, as well as to those of particularly relevant international organisations".2.

	ACTION	EXPECTED BENEFITS
A1	The participation of a group of persons from the community in a panel on the theme of CARDICIS as a part of the annual meeting of the Caribbean Studies Association 3 in Santo Domingo, from 1st to 4th June 2005.	-Promote CARDICIS with other more academia groups. - Maintain the interest of the community. - Establish contacts with the Diaspora. See http://cardicis.org/index3.htm?lan=en&pg=csa2005
A2	The evaluation of the impacts of the CARDICIS meeting , and identification of expectations for the next meeting	- To identify the first impacts to guide the subsequent actions. - To capitalise on the actions already undertaken and to establish feedback for a more successful follow-up. - To give input for the second meeting.
A3	The support of multi-lingualism in CIVIC through the CARISNET Project (http://carisnet.org).	- To assist CARISNET in the balance of the linguistic components of CIVIC 4 en su componente ling��stico. - To strengthen cooperation with ICA, over the financing of CARISNET and the promotion of CIVIC. - To mark the presence of the Francofonie as an actor in the promotion of cultural diversity in the Caribbean.
A4	Accomplishment of the second CARDICIS meeting.	See what follows in the document....

The specific objectives of the second CARDICIS meeting are:

• To fortify products and impacts of the first meeting.
• To seat together, civil society and international organisations, the bases for the action
• To give the project continuity.
• To open the CARDICIS community more to the di�spora and to the noninsular Caribbean.

The specific direction is to contribute to a better regional coordination of ongoing activities, in terms of multisectorial approach and cultural diversity, building on what exists already and searching for synergies.

Added to this it is proposed to contribute to the strengthening of CIVIC, the existing platform of multisectorial articulation, by diversifying the Community, welcoming new actors, and creating a clear definition of its interfaces and connections in the regional and global context with other existing or intended projects 5.

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