ST GEORGE’S,
May 26, 2011 (GIS) – Prime
Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas will deliver remarks Friday, May 27, at a CARICOM
meeting of ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technology
(ICT).
It’s the 36th Special
Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on ICT.
Friday’s
meeting begins 9.30 a.m. and will be held at the Grenadian Rex Resorts in St.
George’s.
Mr. Thomas,
who is also Minister of Information and ICT, will be joined at the meeting by
Senator Arley Gill, Minister of State for Information, ICT and Culture in the
Prime Minister’s Office.
The COTED
meeting was preceded by a two-day gathering in St. George’s of regional ICT
officials.
One of the
items officials discussed, and which will be raised at the ministerial level on
Friday, is a draft Regional Digital Development Strategy (RDDS).
According
to CARICOM, the RDDS is aimed at guiding regional ICT activities and
initiatives, and in using ICT as a critical tool to advance the Caribbean on
its path to an information and knowledge society.
The
ministerial meeting of COTED comes just one week after Grenada hosted TEXPO, a
four-technology exposition of the Grenada Government and the Caribbean
Telecommunications Union.
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