GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A senior official of the Guyana-based Caribbean Group (CARICOM) Secretariat says cautious validation, collaboration, and moral concerns are pivotal to shaping digital Improvement and confronting the challenges of speedy technological change.
“We’re witnessing speedy developments which can be reshaping how societies, economies, and establishments function. From the large unfold of synthetic intelligence and machine studying to the growth of cloud computing and blockchain expertise, digital improvements are driving unprecedented alternatives for inclusion, effectivity, and sustainable development,” stated the CARICOM Secretariat’s Programme Supervisor, Data and Communication Know-how for Improvement (ICT4D), Jennifer Britton.
Jennifer Britton
“This speedy evolution additionally brings challenges—cybersecurity threats, information privateness considerations, and digital divides that require cautious validation, collaboration, and moral concerns,” she informed the technical validation workshop for the regional ICT Sector Hole Evaluation Challenge funded by the eleventh European Improvement Fund (EDF).
Workshop individuals included representatives of member states and two regional organizations which can be members of the Regional ICT Cluster of companies, the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU).
The undertaking’s primary goal is to evaluate the state of the ICT sector in every CARICOM member state and to make use of the findings to tell a digital agenda and a cooperation framework. It allows the area to evaluate its digital maturity, alternatives, and challenges within the post-COVID period.
The Secretariat said that the undertaking’s outputs included 20 ICT nation profiles, a Digital Agenda 2030, a draft Cooperation Framework, and a Compass and ICT Maturity Index.
Britton stated it’s important for the area’s collective efforts to deal with guaranteeing that digital Improvement in CARICOM member states stays purposeful, equitable, and aligned with shared objectives for a extra linked and resilient future.
“It’s also vital that we assess our capability to contribute with new information to the continuing world processes associated to digital growth,” she stated, noting that ICT practitioners can affect the course of digital transformation in CARICOM, fostering improvements that aren’t solely technologically superior but additionally socially accountable.
CARICOM’s digital Improvement is grounded within the Improvement of a Single ICT Area, which Heads of Authorities accredited in 2017. Among the many elements of the Single ICT area growth are bringing expertise to the individuals, encouraging entrepreneurial exercise, strengthening cyber safety, and mobilizing assets for investments in ICT.
