Caribbean ICT Stakeholders Virtual Community : CIVIC 2.0 Event Report; integrating and empowering the Caribbean ICT4D stakeholders. Unleashing the transformation potential for the region, Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic, November 11-14, 2008

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2008

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CARISNET Consortium, Port-au-Prince, HT

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The planning meeting objectives were to identify and elaborate the components of a 2-year strategic plan for the Caribbean ICT Stakeholders Virtual Community (CIVIC) to address the challenges of advocacy, governance, participation, regional collaboration, knowledge production, capacity building and sustainability; and to understand the process and roles in policy development; recognize and understand ICT policy issues, and link ICT policies and sectoral policies. A training session covered web tools, presentation of the CIVIC platform, automatic translation, tips and techniques.

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CARIBBEAN, INFORMATION SOCIETY, ICT POLICY, NETWORKING, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION NETWORKS

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