{"id":70581,"date":"2014-12-05T04:02:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T09:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=70581"},"modified":"2014-12-05T04:08:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T09:08:09","slug":"egovernment-efforts-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2014\/12\/egovernment-efforts-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Government efforts across the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>For a class at the University of the West Indies, a\u00a0discussion of e-government and recent e-government initiatives from across the Caribbean.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In mid-October, and for a talk on e-government with graduate students at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, the following presentation was delivered on e-government across the Caribbean. The presentation\u00a0focussed on\u00a0three areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a quick overview of\u00a0e-government<\/li>\n<li>an examination of how\u00a0the Caribbean performed on latest e-government\u00a0survey conducted by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and<\/li>\n<li>a discussion of select e-govt initiatives from across the region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E-Government\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>, e-government, which is short for electronic government,\u00a0speaks to\u00a0&#8220;<em>the digital interactions between a citizen and their government (C2G), between governments and government agencies (G2G), between government and citizens (G2C), between government and employees (G2E), and between government and businesses\/commerce (G2B)&#8221;<\/em>. Hence although the\u00a0discussion on e-government tends to focus on G2G, G2C, C2G and G2B, G2E, which is included in the definition, is often overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>The e-government initiatives highlighted during the talk are just a few of those in the Caribbean.\u00a0To highlight other initiatives that might be occurring in the region, do leave the details in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/42305200\" width=\"476\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: ICT Pulse<\/em><\/p>\n<p>_________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a class at the University of the West Indies, a\u00a0discussion of e-government and recent e-government initiatives from across the Caribbean. 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