HIPCAR Project - Second Consultation Workshop (Stage B) for Working Group 1
Dealing with the ICT Legislative Framework on Information Society Issues
23-26 August 2010 (Barbados)

The Second Consultation Workshop (Stage B) for Working Group 1 (Information Society Issues) of the HIPCAR Project – “Enhancing Competitiveness in the Caribbean Through the Harmonization of ICT Policies, Legislation and Regulatory Procedures" – is to be held in Barbados from 23-26 August 2010.

The aim of the HIPCAR Project is 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, and regional and international organizations involved in ICT. HIPCAR’s Second Consultation Workshop (Stage B) for Working Group 1 on Information Society Issues deals specifically with the following work areas:

·      e-Commerce (Transactions);
·      e-Commerce (Evidence);
·      Interception of Communications. 

The objectives of the Workshop are to:

1. Review, discuss, reach a consensus on and conclude the draft Model texts relating to the ICT Legislative Framework on Information Society Issues (e-Commerce – Transactions,     e-Commerce – Evidence, and Interception of Communications) prepared by a HIPCAR team of regional and international experts.. 

2. Allow participants at the workshop to better understand the issues and options relating to the development of Model legislative texts on these Information Society Issues in the region, and to share this understanding with colleagues in their home countries. 

Who can participate

The Workshop is addressed to relevant government bodies, regulators, service providers, civil society, private sector, and regional organizations concerned with ICT (Information Society Issues) Legislative Frameworks from the following HIPCAR beneficiary countries: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, The Commonwealth of Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.