{"id":170770,"global_id":"ict-pulse.com?id=170770","global_id_lineage":["ict-pulse.com?id=170770"],"author":"2","status":"publish","date":"2024-06-06 09:41:58","date_utc":"2024-06-06 14:41:58","modified":"2024-06-06 09:48:52","modified_utc":"2024-06-06 14:48:52","url":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/events\/regional-workshop-for-the-caribbean-on-promoting-and-measuring-universal-and-meaningful-connectivity\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/170770","title":"ITU Regional workshop for the Caribbean on promoting and measuring universal and meaningful connectivity","description":"
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Date:<\/strong>\u00a011-13 June 2024<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/strong>\u00a0British Colonial Hotel<\/a>, Nassau, Bahamas<\/p>\n

Working language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With financial support from the\u00a0European Commission<\/a>, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is organising a series of regional workshops. These workshops will convene policymakers and statisticians to deliberate on metrics for gauging progress towards universal and meaningful connectivity (UMC), analyze the persistent socio-economic and geographical divides, and harness data effectively to refine, monitor, and assess digital policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The regional workshop for the Caribbean will be held from\u00a011 to 13 June 2024<\/strong>\u00a0in Nassau, Bahamas, and will provide an occasion to examine the concept of UMC and how to streamline it in national digital policies, how to improve the statistical capacity of countries in the region to produce and disseminate relevant statistical data, and how to use the data to identify good practices and policy recommendations. This workshop is organized in collaboration with the\u00a0Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority<\/a>\u00a0of Bahamas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This workshop is intended for policymakers in charge of national policies and strategies for digital connectivity, and executives and experts responsible for the measurement of telecom\/ICT development from ministries, national statistics offices (NSOs), regulators, telecom operators, research institutions, and other relevant organizations from the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The workshop will cover the following topics:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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