DOMINICA: A team from India is currently in Dominica with the intention to accelerate the process for the commencement of training at the ICT Centre for Excellence at the Dominica State College.
The centre for the development of information communication technology is the collaboration between the Indian Government and the Dominica State College.
The almost $300k project began in March 2015.
The Hon. Minister for ICT, Kelver Darroux told a National Broadband Consultation on April 18th, “The Indian team is expected to be here for two years [in the first instance] undertaking a training programme for trainers. Ten goals have been proposed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network directed by the Broadband Commission to further enhance the development of broadband services.”
He continued, “These goals include bringing an end to extreme poverty and hunger; ensuring effective learning for children and youth for life and livelihood; achieving health and well-being at all ages, and improving agriculture systems while raising prosperity for all underserved areas in our respective communities.”
Meanwhile, Hon Darroux says broadband and ICT are critical to the process of developing both human and institutional capacity to take full advantage of ever emerging technological trends.
“At the 33rd ECTEL Council of Ministers Meeting in St.Lucia, the Council gave approval for the Electronic Communication Bill to be approved. This is a Bill which will replace the Telecommunications Act of 2000 which is outdated.
“The telecoms sector is very diverse and dynamic and therefore amendments had to be made…to ensure greater flexibility in the telecommunication sector,” he explained.
