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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Stakeholders across the Region will, from Thursday 11 November, have an opportunity to discuss and refine the contents of a draft Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Strategy when a Regional Consultation and Awareness Campaign is launched in St. George’s, Grenada.

CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union (EU), Latin America and the Caribbean (EU-LAC) met in Madrid, Spain on Monday to finalise the “Madrid Documents” for approval by Heads of State and Government attending the Sixth EU-LAC Summit on Tuesday.
The endorsement of the Madrid Documents would represent a new strategic relationship between Europe and Latin America and include a new financing line in Brussels for Latin America and the Caribbean. The documents also include the following_

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Measures to accelerate the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be in focus at the Thirty-Fourth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which convenes 28 May, in St. Georges, Grenada.

CARICOM, Guyana -- Oct. 21, 2008 --  The work towards the development of an Action Plan which will augment the development of a regional strategy for Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) was advanced this week.     

President Jagdeo wants the CARICOM region to extend the same kind of commitments it is prepared to give to the European Union (EU) and within the same time-frame to CARICOM endeavours.

In keeping with a decision taken at its second meeting here in May, the CARICOM Regional Information Communication and Technologies (ICT) Steering Committee will develop an action plan by September 30, to accelerate the Community’s transformation into an active part of the Information Society.

BOLANS, Antigua_ Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for Information, Broadcasting and Communications Dr Edmond Mansoor has said that the accessibility to Information Communication Technologies ICT’s will determine the rate at which a knowledge-based economy will emerge in Antigua and Barbuda.