WORKING GROUP
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
September 1, 2004

Participants:
Daniel Prado, Raymond Noel, Angelica Ospina, Etienne Wermester, Amos Tincani, Armelle Chatelier, Danielle Bouhajeb, Paule Thurmel

The assessment of the regional strategies demonstrates the CARICOM and IDB initiatives, and a few fragmentary initiatives of the PNUD the EU.
These initiatives are characterised by a lack of coherence between each other, be it on a regional level or in their application at a national level.
The sectorial actions carried out by the Inter-American Bank which finances actions linked to education in Barbados provide such an example.

Identify Strategies

Propositions

1- Creation of an observatory of the TIC which can:
Place all the sources of finance of the region (Infodev, ICA,) on line
Facilitate information on projects in the region
Create networks of professionals

2- An institution for regional regulation needs be created for better convergence. The ECTEL example of could be brought forth and transposed to the level of CARICOM.

3- the coordination of TIC actions in the countries can be carried out by PNUD

2- the articulation regional agendas in order to facilitate the creation of pathways.

Including preparatory meetings at the WSIS,
the ECLAC has made a proposition for Caribbean regional position for Tunis 2005
Brazil organised by ECLAC and 
Cuba in May 2005 Informatica 
And other initiatives like the meeting of Ministers of TIC organised by the CARICOM in October 2004, the CTU.
The process must end up with a plan for the regional action (a coordination of actions)
This programme should identify 3 or 4 actions (Gillian Marcelle) to present public authorities; it can end with a meeting of ministers involved in TIC or the presidents aware of questions concerning TIC.

3- Invitation of regional institutions to regional TIC events so as to allow a better coordination of actions

4- Creation of a discussion list for les backers by the ICA

5- Support for the idea of the creation of a Caribbean Council of Cultures to propose to l’UNESCO