PRESENTATION Caribbean Diaspora and Information and Communications Technology: Bridging the Divide

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PRESENTATION Caribbean Diaspora and Information
and Communications Technology Bridging the
Divide

• Canada-Caribbean Diasporas and Development
  Conference Series
• Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto
• 30 May, 2005

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Introduction

• PanAmericas/IDRC Scoping Study
• Pan Americas Project Officer
• Angelica Ospina
• Consultants
• Schiller Jean-Baptiste-REHRED
• Chanzo Greenidge-Diplomats Inc., UWI

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Agenda

• 1. Project Overview
• 2. Methodology
• 3. Findings- Diaspora Country Profiles
• 4. Findings- Project Development Implementation
• 5. Findings- Opportunities Best Practices
• 6. Impact and Dissemination
• 7. Conclusion and Acknowledgements

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1.
Aims and Rationale

• ICT and Diaspora in Context
• Mapping and Project Identification
• Strategies and Approaches
• Priorities and Potential
• Caribbean Diaspora in the Caribbean?

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2.
Methodology

• Schedule
• Questionnaire Interviews
• Country Visits
• Secondary Sources
• Comparative Studies

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2.
Methodology

• Questionnaire
• TARGET RESPONDENTS
• STRUCTURE
• Institutional Overview and Mapping
• Project Selection Criteria
• Target Market/Beneficiaries
• Approaches to Networking/Partnerships
• Funding Implementation Challenges
• Outlook Best Practices

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3.
Diaspora Profile

• Demographics and ICTs
• Caribbean Diaspora ICT initiatives
• Prime Movers
• Middle Stratum
• Lower Stratum
• Migrants, Returnees Expatriates

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3. Institutional Overview and Mapping

• Country Profiles
• Jamaica
• Haiti
• Guyana
• Dominican Republic
• Barbados
• Pan-Caribbean?

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4. Project Selection and
Beneficiaries

• Youth and Schools (The Alma Mater syndrome)
• Demographics (Rural/Urban, Gender)
• Transnational Households

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4. Approaches to Networking/Partnerships

• Personal and Alumni Networks
• Key Institutions
• Cyber-Diaspora

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4. Funding Implementation Challenges

• Telecommunications Costs
• Banking and Finance in the Caribbean
• Co-ordination and Focus
• Government/Private Sector Partnerships

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5. Opportunities Best
Practices

• INVESTING IN TRANSNATIONALISM
• Rural/Diaspora Partnerships
• E-Industry and Innovation
• E-commerce- Cottage Industries and ICT
• OpenSource- Intellectual Property
• Disaster Prevention and Response
• Cross-diasporic Linkages

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5. Opportunities Best
Practices

• KNOWLEDGE MOBILITY MANAGEMENT
• Honest Brokers
• Diaspora Skills Bank
• Trade and Investment Focus
• Customised Policies
• Cross-national Co-ordination?

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5. Opportunities and Best
Practices

• KEY INSTITUTIONS
• Academic and Media Institutions
• Religious and Voluntary Associations
• Government Agencies
• Professional Organisations Networks
• Business and Financial Institutions
• ICT-oriented Agencies

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6. Impact and
Dissemination

• Release Schedule
• Scoping Study
• Anticipated Impact

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7.
Conclusion

• Information, Communication Diaspora
• Acknowledgements

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THANK YOU

• Schiller Jean-Baptiste Chanzo Greenidge
• PanAmericas/IDRC Scoping Study
• Caribbean Diaspora and Information and
  Communications Technology