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Economic Commission
for Latin America
and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, United Nations)
ICT Policy Makers Seminar, Barbados, 4-5 of Spetember 2006
Implementing eLAC2007
Working Groups and ongoing activities
www.eclac.org/SocInfo
Martin Hilbert
[email protected]
Proposals
• Caribbean can gain from and
contribute to eLAC2007
• Some Working Groups advance fast
• Regional cooperation in LAC cannot
substitute Caribbean or national
strategies. eLAC2007 platform could
strengthen dialogue.
eReadiness of LAC Sub-regions
(as % of LAC region)
Caribbean can learn from Southern Cone and assist Central
America and Andean Community
Region/
Index
LAC
South Cone
Caribbean
Central
Andean
ArCo
1
1.19
0.91
0.97
1.03
DAI
1
1.11
1.07
0.85
0.93
DOI
1
1.12
1.09
0.88
EIU
1
1.13
1.01
1.10
0.87
IKS
1
1.02
0.82
1.11
0.91
KEI
1
1.26
0.93
0.91
0.89
NRI
1
1.62
1.74
0.69
0.31
Orbicom
1
1.35
0.99
0.84
0.88
TAI
1
1.14
0.97
1.00
0.93
UNCTAD
1
1.14
1.03
0.90
0.90
UNPAN
1
1.28
0.91
0.95
1.07
WBICT
1
1.11
0.94
0.97
0.98
HDI
1
1.06
1.00
0.96
0.97
1.19
1.03
0.95
0.89
AVERAGE 1.00
Source: ECLAC, 2006, Michael Minges, Evaluation of eReadiness Indices in Latin America and the Caribbean, www.eclac.org/SocInfo .
Caribbean involvement in eLAC
background process
• Regional Ministerial Conference of WSIS Geneva in
Bávaro (January 2003) 15 Caribbean countries
participated. More than in WSIS-Geneva!
Namely Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.
Associate members: Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico and the United
States Virgin Islands.
• eLAC2007 drafting meeting in Quito (May 2005) from the
16 invited Caribbean countries, 10 Caribbean country
representatives participated.
Namely Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.
• Regional Ministerial Conference of WSIS Tunis in Rio de
Janeiro (June 2005) 7 Caribbean country representatives
participated.
Namely Barbados, Cuba, Haití, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Trinidad
and Tobago
Long term vision and short term actions
for the Regional Strategy
2005
2007
Guiding Principles WSIS
Short term
Action Plan
eLAC2007
Benchmarking
and evaluation
El Salvador
Oct 2007
…
2015
Long term goals WSIS
Adjusted short
Adjusted short
term Action
term Action
Plan
Plan
Benchmarking
and evaluation
eLAC2007
A. ACCESS AND DIGITAL INCLUSION
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Regional infrastructure
Public access centres
School connectivity
Health center conectivity
Employment
Municipal connectivity
New access technologies
B. CAPACITY-BUILDING AND KNOWLEDGE CREATION
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Free and open source software
User training
Interconnection of research networks
Science and Technology and local production
Firms
Creative and Content industries
Internet governance
C. PUBLIC-SECTOR TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY
15. e-Government
16. e-Learning
17. e-Health
18. Management of natural disasters
19. e-Justice
20. Environmental protection
21. Public information and cultural heritage
D. POLICY INSTRUMENTS
22.
23.
23.
24.
26.
National strategies
Financing
Universal access policies
Legal framework
Monitoring and follow-up
D. ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
8 Resultoriented
measurable
goals
18 Actionoriented
regional
studies and
projects
First Communication of Regional Followup Mechanism eLAC2007, Abril 2006
Countries decide during WSIS Tunis in Dec. 2005:
 Creation of Regional Follow-up Mechanism
 Regional consultation for establishment of Working Groups
 Creation of virtual eLAC2007 service platform
http://www.eLAC2007.info
Institutional architecture eLAC2007
Regional follow-up Mechanism (Goal 27 eLAC 2007)
Brazil - Ecuador - El Salvador - Trinidad y Tobago
Technical
Secretariat
(ECLAC)
Facilitator
Coordinate
information
Promote
country
interests
National Focal Points
One repr. for every country (en general Foreign Ministry)
Up to 3 national repr.
for each WG: from
public, private and civil
sector
Working groups eLAC2007
Goal2 – Goal7 – Goal8 – Goal10 – Goal13 – Goal15 – Goal23 – Goal25 – Goal???
Coordinated by a country
http://www.eLAC
2007.info
Inter-agency collaborations for WG content
ECLAC-OAS-ILO-Cinterfor-Regulatel-WHO-Bireme-ICA-IDRC-IADB-Ahciet-Alfa-Redi-CLARA-CARICOM-Others-etc-etc
Input may be direct or indirect, through existing or new initiatives, with explicit or implicit reference to eLAC2007
Second Communication of Regional Follow-up
Mechanism eLAC2007, July 2006
Countries have created the following Working Groups:
Goal
Activity
Coordinator
5
Telework
Argentina
7
Alternative Technologies
Colombia
8
Software
Brazil
10
Research and educ. networks
Uruguay
13
Creative industries and content
Argentina
15
e-Government
Nicaragua
23
Financing
Argentina
25
Legislative framework
Perú
Source: Fax from
Barbados to
Permanent Mission
of Ecuador in
Geneva and
Permanent Mission
of El Salvador in
Geneva, June 22
2006.
eLAC2007 is working on:
5
Telework
Promote
ICT
capacity-building
for
the
development of new forms of work and tele-work,
Mid-2007
encouraging their application, in particular, for
local job creation.
Facilitate the creation of a network of social
stakeholders to foster an exchange of
Mid-2007
experiences and to formulate proposals for
creating local employment and jobs.
Maintain updated information on necessary skills
and knowledge to ensure the region’s inclusive Mid-2007
and sustainable development.
Coordination: Argentina
Viviana Laura Díaz <[email protected]>
http://www.eLAC2007.info
http://www.eLAC2007.info
eLAC2007 is working on:
10
Research
and
education
networks
CLARA
Develop and expand at the national,
subregional -- especially in the Caribbean -and regional levels advanced ICT-based
End 2006
networks for research and education while
strengthening existing networks, such as the
CLARA network.
Coordination: Uruguay
Ida Holz <[email protected]>
http://www.eLAC2007.info
eLAC2007 is working on:
15
EGovernment
Create and/or strengthen instruments for exchanging egovernment services, such as the e-Government Network
of Latin America and the Caribbean (REDGEALC),
developing regional cooperation for the transfer of
technologies, platforms, applications and software, as well
as the corresponding knowledge, skills and best practices.
Form a working group to elaborate an agenda of priorities
for the implementation of interoperability standards for egovernment services.
Mid-2007
Mid-2006
Coordination: Nicaragua
Guillermo Jacoby <[email protected]>
Fermin Pineda <[email protected]>
http://www.eLAC2007.info
http://www.ege-tf.org
eLAC2007 is working on:
23
Financing
Establish a working group with members of public, private,
subregional, regional and international organizations to
evaluate national and regional needs for financing ICT
development.
November
2005
Suggest initiatives for optimizing the use of financial
resources and instruments and, if necessary, propose new
ones, with the aim of mobilizing more resources,
considering subregional, regional and international financial
and cooperation agencies and the particular features of
each country.
Mid-2007
Coordination: Argentina
Olga Cavalli <[email protected]>
http://www.eLAC2007.info
Questionnaire on financing needs accord. to 23.1
•
Infrastructure
•
School education
•
Health
•
E-government
•
E-economcy (incl. SMEs)
•
Capacities
•
National coordination and policy analisis (incl. Indocators)
eLAC2007 is working on:
26
Indicators
and
measurement
Support and foster, with technical cooperation
programmes, institution-building and methodological
strengthening and the development of ICT access and
usage indicators, differentiated by gender and social
group and in accordance with the ITU definitions of
community access indicators and the recommendations
of the World Summit side event on monitoring the
information society, taking into account their ongoing
evolution and incorporating them into questionnaires and
statistical instruments suited to the regional reality.
Mid-2007
Elaborate comparative studies on the economic and
social impact of ICTs, particularly in reference to
previously agreed national and international development
goals, including the Millennium Development Goals and
the objectives set forth in the World Summit Plan of
Action related to indigenous peoples.
Mid-2007
Carry out annual technical seminars, with the
participation of national and regional statistical offices,
such as those of the Observatory for the Information
Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
(OSILAC).
Mid-2007
<[email protected]>
http://www.eclac.org/SocInfo/OSILAC
OSILAC (Observatory for Information Society in Latin America
and the Caribbean) is working for eLAC2007:
World Bank
ESCW A
WSIS Plan of Action, E, 28 f
“All countries and regions should develop tools so as to provide
statistical information on the Information Society, with basic indicators
and analysis of its key dimensions. Priority should be given to setting
up coherent and internationally comparable indicator systems, taking
into account different levels of development.”
http://measuring-ict.unctad.org
OSILAC (Observatory for Information Society in Latin America
and the Caribbean) is working for eLAC2007:
• Capacitiy-building for measurement practices
• 3rd OSILAC annual meeting in Panama, November 2006
• Compendium of practices of ICT surveys in households
and enterprises (please contact [email protected] )
• Benchmarking and monitoring
• “Benchmarking the Plan of Action of the World Summit
on the Information Society (WSIS) in Latin America and
the Caribbean” 63 graphs - 42 tables
• “Where do Latin America and the Caribbean stand in
relation to the eLAC 2007 Plan of action? Evidence from
available information” 22 graphs - 30 tables
http://www.eclac.org/SocInfo/OSILAC
http://www.eLAC2007.info
d
What are the opportunities for intraregional cooperation?
• Promote Caribbean dialogue NOW
• Global awareness (WSIS)
• Existing initiatives (CARICOM Streering
Committee, ECLAC study, eGE Task Force, etc)
• eLAC2007 platform up and running
• Create strength for the immediate
future
• Influence intern. organizations and donors
• Gain from and contribute non-Caribbean countries
Digital disaster
management
Caribbean 1st rank
Mesoamerica 21st
South America 36th
e-Education
Caribbean 4th rank
Mesoamerica 20th
South America 18th
Digital info. for
cultural heritage
Caribbean 5th rank
Mesoamerica 37th
South America 28th
Thank you for your attention!
More at:
http://www.ECLAC.org/SocInfo
[email protected]