cardicis2 the caribbean ict virtual stakeholders community (in five minutes)
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CARDICIS2
The Caribbean ICT Virtual Stakeholders Community
(in five minutes)
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Outline
● Creation of CIVIC
● Achievements
● Challenges
● Joining CIVIC
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Creation of CIVIC
● Formed out of the ICT Roundtable held in Barbados in October 2002
● Support from the Institute of the Connectivity in the Americas
● Consolidated in January 2003 as the virtual community hosted on dgroups
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Achievements
● The virtual community has grown to about 200 members, (about 10% very active)
● Participation from all sectors – Govt, NGO, Academic, Institutional
● Active knowledge sharing and discussion (An average of 8 messages per day, some days more depending on topic)
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Achievements
● Cross regional collaboration on specific tasks– Submission to WSIS 2003– CIVIC members prepared Disaster
Management Advocacy Brief– CIVIC members collaborated on
CARISNET project– Submission of response to WGIG report
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Challenges
● Multi-cultural participation– translation facility– CARDICIS (2) and you
● Decision making mechanisms yet to be developed
● Sustainability of CIVIC
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Joining CIVIC
● Open to all persons who are interested in ICT4D
● http://www.dgroups.org/groups/icacaribbean/● http://www.icamericas.net/workshops/caribbean/