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CARICOM Secretariat ICT Festival

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ImageOn Friday 22nd May 2009 the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat hosted its first Children’s ICT Festival at the Guyana Conference Centre under the theme “Protecting Children in Cyberspace”. The festival comprised a number of workshops for school children and parents/teachers, and was designed to increase awareness of the innovative possibilities in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the Internet, but also served highlight the threats that can be posed to users particularly young children. Over one hundred and twenty children from local primary and secondary schools participated in workshops as part of the ICT Festival. The four workshops hosted for the schoolchildren were: Making/Producing a Personal Video; Making/Producing Music; Creating a Website; and News Production. In addition, a workshop targeted specifically for parents and teachers sought to provide Guidelines on Child-safe Internet Use.

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Guyana

“Rethinking Regionalism: Beyond the CARICOM Integration Project”

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Event date: 
Monday, October 7, 2013 - Wednesday, October 9, 2013

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

SALISES, UWI, Mona Conference

Participating states: 
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
Regional CARICOM
Regional CARIFOURUM
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Stakeholders involved in the event: 
University of the West Indies (UWI)
Location: 
Mona, Jamaica
ICT Focus Areas: 
Legal / Regulatory
ICT Awareness
ICT Infrastructure
Meeting Documents: 
application/pdf iconAppel a communications
application/pdf iconConvocotoria
application/pdf iconConference Call for Papers

Improving Teaching and Learning Outcomes in the English-speaking Caribbean Countries with ICT

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Year: 
2011
Type of Publication: 
Web based
ICT Focus Areas: 
eLearning, ICT in Education
Related Member States: 
Barbados
Belize
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago

Regional Learning Event: Improving Teaching and Learning Outcomes in the English-speaking Caribbean countries: Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
and Effective Teaching
Bridgetown, Barbados
April 14-15, 2011

The World Bank, in coordination with the Ministry of education, Barbados, hosted a Regional Learning Event on Improving Teaching and Learning Outcomes in the English-speaking Caribbean countries with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Effective Teaching as sub-themes in April 2011.

Web URL: 
World Bank website

Caribbean Information Platform on Renewable Energy

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Year: 
2009
Type of Publication: 
Web based
ICT Focus Areas: 
ICT and Energy
ICT and the Environment
Related Member States: 
Anguilla
Belize
Cuba
Bahamas
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Montserrat
Guyana
Jamaica
Turks and Caicos Islands
Trinidad and Tobago
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Barbados
British Virgin Islands
Antigua and Barbuda

Very few ministries responsible for Energy in the region have a web presence and only Jamaica has a section devoted to renewable energy. The Caribbean Information Platform on Renewable Energy (CIPORE) was developed for the provision of information on renewable energy in the region, it will be integral to assist the local ministries responsible for energy build their capacity in this area.

CIPORE is a renewable energy web portal that will serve to:

Web URL: 
http://cipore.org/

Caribbean Risk Management Initiative - Tools

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Year: 
2012
Type of Publication: 
Web based
ICT Focus Areas: 
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
Climate Change Adaptation, eResilience
Related Member States: 
Barbados
Cuba
Antigua and Barbuda
Belize
Bahamas
British Virgin Islands
Guyana
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Related Stakeholders: 
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency(CDEMA)

These tools provide applications and methodologies involving the use of online technologies for disaster reduction, disaster management and climate-related initiatives.

Web URL: 
CRMI Tools
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