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Throughout the region, Government and regulatory agencies are often ill-equipped to respond to the need for relevant research on policy issues in a timely manner. Often, this results in delayed actions, which have negative repercussions in terms of impact on ICT development.
The Caribbean ICT Research Program of the International Development Research Centre, in collaboration with the CTU will spearhead a regional rapid response initiative designed to provide quick, expert advice to regional policy makers, regulators and other groups in the area of information and communication technologies. The initiative seeks to target areas in which the absence or lack of timely and relevant information, is currently resulting in significant challenges to the formulation of appropriate policies and regulations, and negatively impacting on implementation and operation of ICTs and related development. It is imperative that the parties who are aware of the nature of these challenges and most immediately affected by them are involved in developing an appropriate response.
Invitation to Submit Expressions of Interest (EoI)
The Caribbean ICT Research Program in collaboration with the CTU invites Caribbean policy makers, regulators, other interested persons and institutions in the field of ICT, to submit topics and areas for consideration. Respondents are asked to submit a pdf document containing their contact information, as well as an outline of their proposed project area(s) based on the following guidelines:
- Provide details of the policy and/or regulatory challenges.
- Describe the urgency and criticality of the challenges highlighted.
- Describe how these challenges relate to any existing regulations or policies, or the lack thereof.
- Describe the nature of the research that is required.
- Give suggestions on how this research will assist in resolving the policy/regulatory challenge.
- Provide practical examples/scenarios to demonstrate the nature of the issues involved
- Provide additional comments as necessary.
Respondents are asked to submit their documents via email for the Attention of:
Mr. Renique Murray
Research Coordinator
Caribbean ICT Policy Rapid Response Initiative
Email:
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Respondents may submit their documents by fax to: +1 (868) 623 1523
The final date for submission of responses is 11th June, 2010.
The CTU reserves the right to select the areas to be considered for further investigation and to reject any EoI that is not consistent with the goals of the project.
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