Bridging the Digital Divide for the Caribbean,
New York - 24 January 2003

As part of its effort to mobilize key stakeholders for ICT-for-development, the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (UN ICT TF), in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Fund for International Partnership (UNFIP) launched the Digital Diaspora Network for the Caribbean.

The initiative, supported by the CARICOM Permanent Missions to the United Nations and the CARICOM Secretariat and facilitated by the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce, aims at mobilizing the technological, entrepreneurial and professional capacities of skilled and qualified members of the Caribbean Diaspora in North America into a network with their counterparts in the Caribbean that harnesses the knowledge, experiences and resources of the group in service of the region.

The launch meeting took place in New York at the United Nations on 24 January 2003.