The emergence of technological paraphernalia has opened up opportunities for members within the Caribbean and CMSE (CARICOM Single Market and Economy) to be interconnected. The vision of the eGovernment workshop convened on June 23-24th June at the Marriot Hotel, Frigate Bay St. Kitts, is to maximize public value and strengthen good governance. Some goals of the workshop are to achieve, through technical advancement, improved public service management, create safer societies, strengthen democracy, realize Caribbean integration, and achieve GDP and employment growth among many other similar proposals.
The method and approach of the 2009-2012 eGovernment strategic plans were previously embarked upon in two previous sittings and is designed to use a core group of different target areas and build on work already completed in the first phase under the heading: Action-Oriented E-Government Strategy plan of 2004-2007. An overall plan, when all phases will have been completed, is a merging of governments, human resources, legal& regulatory sector, infrastructure, public sector and civil society organizations to work in unison.
Ms. Jennifer Astaphan, Executive Director of CARICAD, has encapsulated the idea of the e-Government strategy initiative into one thought. She has said that the strategic planning is not essentially about CARICAD, but rather about, “How best the citizens of this region can access their governments.”
Mr. Adam Montserin, eGovernment Advisor at the meeting concurs, “Make no mistake, transforming government is not only about creating technical solutions or tweaking or adding functionality to the status quo. To plan, design and implement transformative change, government must engage in change in socio cultural, operational/technical, human and visionary dimensions,” he said.
The Honourable Sam. T. Condor, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Education, Youth Affairs, Labour, Social Security, Information and Technology, in his featured statement at the strategic planning meeting has said that the Third Caribbean eGoverment Strategists have a task before them to prepare a plan that will reflect that each country’s success is linked to the success of all participating countries, which will in turn ensure that governments give services and meet the people’s need; whatsoever the groupings of people. Whilst extending greetings on behalf of the people and government of St. Kitts-Nevis to the regional delegates assembled at the workshop the Honourable Minister has said of his expectations, “We are confident that the final product will be a road map going forward.”
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Carol Phillip-Tudor
Quelle/Source: PAM Democrat Newspaper, 29.06.2009
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