HIPCAR Project - First Consultation Workshop for Working Groups 2 & 3
Dealing with work areas (a) universal access/service, (b) interconnection, and (c) licensing
26-29 October 2009 (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)

The Caribbean Harmonization Project is designed to support Caribbean countries in improving their competitiveness by harmonizing approaches to ICT development. It brings together Caribbean governments, regulators, service providers, civil society, private sector, regional and international organizations involved in ICT. The project will provide guidelines for harmonized policies, legislation, technical matters and regulatory procedures and processes.

The objectives of this First Consultation Workshop are to:

1. Review and discuss (i) the Assessment Reports on (a) universal access/service, (b) interconnection, and (c) licensing in the Caribbean and (ii) discuss the objectives and draft collectively the ICT Policy Recommendations, with the support of a Project team of international and regional experts.
    

2. Allow participants at the workshop to better understand the issues and options relating to ICT policy development in the region, and to share this understanding with colleagues in their home countries.

The ICT policy recommendations on the above lines will be discussed during the First Consultation Workshop. A model legislation and implementation guidelines will be prepared during a Second Consultation Workshop based on the output of this First Consultation Workshop.