Working paper on the eLAC 2018 Digital Agenda in consideration of Caribbean priorities for technology-supported development

Williams, Robert Crane

2015-06

WP/2015/1/Rev.1

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Executive Summary.--I. Introduction.--II. Access and infrastructure.--III. Digital economy.--IV. e-Government.--V. Social inclusion and sustainable development.--VI. Governance.--VII. Conclusion.

eLAC 2018 will coordinate the implementation of programmes to support the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in achieving social and economic development goals for Latin America in the Caribbean during the 2015-2018 timeframe. The conceptual framework for this programme of work is described by the eLAC 2018 Digital Agenda, which is anticipated to be ratified by the fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held in August 2015 in Mexico City. There is a need for broader input from Caribbean countries to the eLAC 2018 Digital Agenda. Accordingly, this working paper reviews the document’s current draft, considering each of its objectives in the context of Caribbean development needs. Amendments are recommended to 12 of the objectives. Two additional objectives are also proposed, in the areas of regional coordination on universal service funds, and the establishment of a spatial data infrastructure to support the use of geographic information systems. Representatives of Caribbean countries are invited to use the contents of this document as an input to the development of their own proposed amendments for inclusion in the final version of the eLAC 2018 Digital Agenda.

GOVERNMENT POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; E-GOVERNMENT; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; AGENDA; KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; POLITICA GUBERNAMENTAL; DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE; GOBIERNO ELECTRONICO; TECNOLOGIA DE LAS COMUNICACIONES; TECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION; PROGRAMA; PLANIFICACION DEL DESARROLLO; ECONOMIA BASADA EN EL CONOCIMIENTO; GESTION DEL CONOCIMIENTO;