CARDICIS2

The Caribbean ICT Virtual Stakeholders Community

(in five minutes)

Outline

● Creation of CIVIC

● Achievements

● Challenges

● Joining CIVIC

Creation of CIVIC

● Formed out of the ICT Roundtable held in Barbados in October 2002

● Support from the Institute of the Connectivity in the Americas

● Consolidated in January 2003 as the virtual community hosted on dgroups

Achievements

● The virtual community has grown to about 200 members, (about 10% very active)

● Participation from all sectors – Govt, NGO, Academic, Institutional

● Active knowledge sharing and discussion (An average of 8 messages per day, some days more depending on topic)

Achievements

● Cross regional collaboration on specific tasks– Submission to WSIS 2003– CIVIC members prepared Disaster

Management Advocacy Brief– CIVIC members collaborated on

CARISNET project– Submission of response to WGIG report

Challenges

● Multi-cultural participation– translation facility– CARDICIS (2) and you

● Decision making mechanisms yet to be developed

● Sustainability of CIVIC

Joining CIVIC

● Open to all persons who are interested in ICT4D

● http://www.dgroups.org/groups/icacaribbean/● http://www.icamericas.net/workshops/caribbean/