Employing knowledge networks as tools for the development of Caribbean Small Island Developing States

Expertise, skills, experiences, understandings and capabilities (knowledge) aid development, not just by informing decision-making, but also by providing ideas for actions and activities that can be taken. Due to their size, and economic and environmental vulnerabilities, Caribbean Small Island developing States (SIDS) faces special challenges when working towards their economic, social and environmental development goals. These challenges have contributed to the creation of knowledge gaps, and that which is already available is located in isolated pockets, throughout the Caribbean. Migration …

Expert Group Meeting on “Knowledge Management in the Public Sector” and “Knowledge Strategies for Development: Knowledge Networks”

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean is convening a combined Regional Expert Group Meeting on “Knowledge Management in the Public Sector”; and “Knowledge Strategies for Development: Knowledge Networks”, which will be held at its Port of Spain Office from Wednesday 24 to Friday 26 August 2011. The findings of a report recently prepared by the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean on the topic of Knowledge Management on the Public Sector will be presented at the meeting, and will serve as the basis for the delib…

Strategies for measuring the knowledge economy in the Caribbean

This report explores the status of the knowledge economy in the Caribbean. Initiatives that have shaped the development of Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D) and the knowledge economy are reviewed. The regional situation is then analysed with regard to measurement of the knowledge economy and the development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) policy and strategy in the region. These policies and strategies are analysed in the context of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) lines of action. The World Bank Knowledge Assessment Methodol…

Monitoring of the Plan of Action eLAC2010: Advances and challenges of the information society in Latin America and the Caribbean

This monitoring report was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);, in its capacity as technical secretariat of eLAC, in collaboration with the Governments involved. Its objective is to highlight progress towards the goals identified in the Plan, identify the main areas in which the region lags behind the rest of the developed world, evaluate the position of each of the continent's countries, while at the same time bringing to light, whenever possible, the differences that exist within individual countries. The expectation is that this report will …

Monitoreo del plan eLAC2010: avances y desafíos de la sociedad de la información en América Latina y el Caribe

Este informe de monitoreo es realizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en su rol de secretaría técnica del eLAC, y en colaboración con los gobiernos que lo conforman. Su objetivo es mostrar los avances alcanzados en relación con las metas de dicho Plan, identificar las principales brechas de la región con respecto al mundo desarrollado, evaluar la posición en la que se encuentra cada uno de los países del continente y a la vez hacer visibles, cuando es posible, las diferencias existentes al interior de los países. Con este informe se espera que los gobiernos …

Knowledge Management for Development: Towards a Practical Approach for the Caribbean

This report proposes a framework for locating, collecting, creating, sharing and applying information and knowledge (from within and outside the subregion) for development purposes in the Caribbean subregion. The framework emphasizes the importance of protecting and tapping into the rich cultural heritage and traditional knowledge of the Caribbean to support its development. This knowledge management for development framework, advanced by ECLAC, is proposed for consideration in the design and implementation of both national policies and strategies, and communitylevel projects to support the ac…

Expert Group Meeting on Knowledge Management for Development

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean is convening a Regional Expert Group Meeting on Knowledge Management for Development, which will be held at its Port of Spain Office on Tuesday 17 November 2009. The objectives of the Expert Group Meeting are: (a) To increase awareness on the topic of knowledge management as a tool to promote economic development, environmental protection and social empowerment; (b) To advance discussions towards a practical know…

Major statistical publications- abstracts. Vol X 2009

First Training Course on Information Society Measurement in the Caribbean

The First Training Course on Information Society Measurement in the Caribbean workshop is organized by the United Nations Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), as part of the activities of its project Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSILAC), under the framework of the actions of the Statistical Conference of the Americas and the Partnership on Measuring ICT for development, particularly with the support of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), who will d…

ICT in the Caribbean

The Regional Coordination Mechanism for the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

ECLAC Launches the Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre

An assessment of the Caribbean Digital Library

Introducción a la gestión del conocimiento aplicada al sector público

El presente documento contiene el resultado del estudio cuyo objetivo principal fue construir un marco de referencia que permitiera comprender y abordar la Gestión del Conocimiento en el sector público para el diseño de estrategias de desarrollo basadas en la creación y utilización de conocimiento. El punto de partida es, por tanto, la visualización de este recurso como estratégico y significativo en cualquier planteamiento orientado al desarrollo sustentable. El trabajo está dividido en cuatro capítulos. En el primero de ellos se define el marco teórico que da soporte y explica la necesidad d…

Caribbean Leaders Address the Potential Development Crisis which HIV/AIDS May Pose to the Caribbean

First Training Course on Information Society Measurement in the Caribbean

The First Training Course on Information Society Measurement in the Caribbean workshop is organized by the United Nations Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), as part of the activities of its project Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSILAC), under the framework of the actions of the Statistical Conference of the Americas and the Partnership on Measuring ICT for development, particularly with the support of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), who will d…

Expert Group Meeting on knowledge management for development: towards a practical approach for the Caribbean

The aims of the meeting were to increase awareness of knowledge management as a tool for development, and advance discussions towards a practical knowledge management approach for the Caribbean subregion. It offered participating countries and institutions the opportunity to share their views on: (a) A background document prepared as the basis for deliberations by ECLAC (b) The role of indigenous knowledge in participatory approaches for sustainable development (c) Country and institutional experiences on knowledge management for development (d) The challenges and way forward towards a knowled…

Expert Group Meeting on “Knowledge Management in the Public Sector” and “Knowledge Strategies for Development: Knowledge Networks”

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean is convening a combined Regional Expert Group Meeting on “Knowledge Management in the Public Sector”; and “Knowledge Strategies for Development: Knowledge Networks”, which will be held at its Port of Spain Office from Wednesday 24 to Friday 26 August 2011. The findings of a report recently prepared by the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean on the topic of Knowledge Management on the Public Sector will be presented at the meeting, and will serve as the basis for the delib…

Seventeenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee

“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC)…

XVII Reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe