ICT ministers across the region have approved the CARICOM Secretariat-led action plans to accelerate digital transformation.
The Secretariat presented the plans to the Ministers at a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on ICT which was held virtually.
Included in it is the “Girls in ICT Partnership Action Plan,” and the draft action plan for the “CARICOM Digital Skills Task Force”.
The Ministers are said to have recognized that digitalizaetion has wid-ranging and significant impacts on the economy and society and needed a broader range of new policy issues.
They agreed to strengthen policy consolidation and alignment and to deepen the cooperation on digital transformation in CARICOM in 2022.
Deputy Premier of Montserrat, Dr. Samuel Joseph, who chaired the Meeting, encouraged CARICOM Member States to continue the progress they have made over the past two years in the area of digital transformation.
Matters before the Ministers of ICT included fast-tracking the digital transformation of the Region; the removal of roaming rates; establishing a Single Regional Telecommunication Regulator; and determining the 2022 priority initiatives to achieve the CARICOM Single ICT Space.
