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Sunday, 16 May 2010 22:51

Barbados ICT Profile


BARBADOS ICT PROFILE

POLICY STATEMENTS

Barbados' Information Society Country Profile. ECLAC, September 2006.
A nation with a population of less than 300,000, facing global competition on all sectors and major regional transformations, Barbados has chosen to be ready for an ever changing world and is betting its future on:
  • Using ICT to form creative long-life learning-able citizens.
  • A solid regulatory framework for technology.
  • A competitive telecommunications environment.
  • Elimination of custom duties on ICT related equipment.
  • Leadership on adoption of technology by the government.
Early recognition of the importance of ICT and the allocation of proper funding has given Barbados a head start in the region.
STRATEGIC PLAN

Barbados' Information Technology Indicators Study
One of the key objectives of the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) is the coordination, collection and dissemination of current Information Technology-related research. In keeping with this mandate, the organization has adopted a more systematic program of research to help them better understand the impact of Information Technology on both the Barbadian corporate and residential segments.
LEADING INSTITUTIONS

e-GOVERNMENT

ENABLING LEGISLATIONS

Telecommunications Act (2001)
PUBLICATIONS/DOCUMENTS


INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AS A STRATEGY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES : Prepared Text for Address by Dr.The Hon. Keith C. Mitchell, Prime Minister, Grenada at the Commencement Ceremony of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill , 25 th October 2003
The Caribbean Region confronts the twin challenge of domestic reform and the specter of globalisation.

Today, my friends, globalisation influences, if not shapes, virtually every facet of our inter-phase with the global markets. It is, therefore, timely for us, as Caribbean people, to rethink our development paths and prospects.

We must begin this thought process with an explicit recognition that the world order as we have come to regard it, is not changing - it has changed. Changes in both the terms and nature of our international trading engagements with the international community have already rendered much of our commodity trade in products such as bananas, textiles and apparels non-competitive. In fact, the same fate seems likely to beset commodities such as rice, sugar and other diversified products in exports markets.
Source:CARICOM
ICT INDICATORS collected by Statistical Offices
Published in Regional Country ICT Profiles
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