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The Institutional Capacity of the State (ICS) Division, a Division of the Institutions for Development Department (IFD) at the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB), is inviting applications from suitably qualified nationals from its member states to fill the position of Modernization of the State Specialist, as an electronic government and information technologies expert.
The Organization of American States (OAS) through the Secretariat of Multidimensional Security (SMS) and the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) released today the report “Latin American and Caribbean Cybersecurity Trends and Government Responses.” Prepared in collaboration with the company Trend Micro, the report illustrates and analyzes cybersecurity and cybercrime trends in the region. The document contains detailed information on cyberthreats in the Americas, and for the first time incorporates the perspectives and experiences of OAS Member State governments.
The representatives of iGovTT (Trinidad and Tobago) and Mer-link (Costa Rica), excelGOV award winners, ended successfully their intensive technical visit to Canada. Thank you to the #IDRC and to the Government of Canada for its continuous support.
From left to right: - Jacqueline Syms, Chairwoman, Board of Directors, National Information and Communication Technology Company Limited (iGovTT), Trinidad and Tobago.
- Shiraz Mohammed, Deputy Chairman, Board of Directors iGovTT.
- Florencio Ceballos, Senior Program Specialist Governance, Security and Justice, IDRC.
- Gustavo Morales, Project Manager, Mer-Link, Gobierno Digital, Costa Rica.
- Edson A Eastmond, Head ttconnect, igovTT.
- Mike Mora, eGovernment team, Organization of American States (OAS).
Canada’s CIO, Corine Charette, receives ExcelGOV winners in Ottawa and shares with the delegations about their mandate and priorities on IT Modernization.
Since 2007 Red GEALC (with the support of IDRC) presents biennially the Award to Excellence in Electronic government, excelGOV. The winners of such recognition in each of the categories of each edition receive a technical visit to Canada to get to know the Canadian experience in e-government.
In the 2012 edition, the winners were Mer-Link of Costa Rica in the category “e-government centered on the citizen” and ttconnect Mobile of Trinidad and Tobago in the category “m-government.”
Despite efforts in the past decade to improve information and communications technologies (ICT) infrastructure in developing economies, there remains a new digital divide in how countries harness ICT to deliver competitiveness and well-being, according to the 12th edition of The Global Information Technology Report, released today by the World Economic Forum.
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