SIDESCO

A pan-Caribbean, Multilingual Master

on Information Society,

Development & Cooperation

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Why SIDESCO?

DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

INFORMATIONSOCIETY

Why SIDESCO?

DEVELOPMENT

IS AT THE CORECORE OF ALL CARIBBEAN STAKEHOLDERS VISION.

GOVERMENTS

PRIVATE SECTOR

ACADEMY

CIVIL SOCIETY

Why SIDESCO?

COOPERATION

IS BOTH

THE ESSENCEESSENCE OF INFORMATION SOCIETIES

AND

THE ONLY WAY TO THE FUTUREFUTURE OF THE CARIBBEAN

Why SIDESCO?

INFORMATION SOCIETY

MEANS

A HOLISTIC NEW PARADIGM VISION WHICH REQUIRES TO MASTER

MANY SKILLS

e.GOVe.LEARN

PRIVACYSECURITY

INTERNETGOVERNANCE

e.COM

DIGITAL INCLUSIONOPENDATA

OPENSOURCE

IPvsCOMMONS

KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

OPENACCESS

Why SIDESCO?

• Because it is urgent to educate Caribbean decision makers, from all stakeholders groups, to Information Society matters within a perspective of development and cooperation!

Why SIDESCO?

• Because there is no such comprehensive no such comprehensive education optioneducation option in Latin America nor in the Caribbean at this stage.

!!

Who is behind SIDESCO?

A committed group of academics from

under the impulse and the European

and coordination of contribution from

Facultad Latino-Americana de Ciencias Sociales

Key regional institutionHigh research profileAcademic experience in IS themesInterest to replicate in UNASUR

University of West Indies

The best example ever of regional integration A high level university spanning the whole

English speaking Caribbean A must as a partner for SIDESCO

Universidad Iberoamericana

Outstanding ICT infrastructureTop level Dominican UniversityStrong regional and international

orientation

European research and innovation network E.learning large experienceDevelopment & cooperation orientationDense Caribbean experience (Winds,

Cariberasmus, Eucarinet)

Pionneer NGO in the field of ICT4DLarge record of regional projects coherent

with SIDESCO objectivesLarge world wide network of contacts in the

Information Society fieldStrong IS knowledge baseUnique multilingualism experience

SIDESCO

IS THE LOGICAL OUTCOME OF

LARGE AND DIVERSE SET OF RESEARCH-ACTION EXPERIENCES AROUND ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT

FROM 1988 TO DATE.

RCP (1991)

2000-2007

CARIBTIC1998-2000

2005-2012

REDID (1992)

REHRED (1993)

SOCINFO.DO (2000)

2005

WINDS-CARIBE2007-2009

2005

Observatorio lenguas1998-2013

What is the vision of SIDESCO?

• Multilingual education in an essential theme as a practical tool for medium term regional integration.

• Half presence, half distance education with common multilingual basis for the second part

• Inclusion of language inter-comprehension as a key component

• Very high level education offer open by a special effort of international/regional /national scholarships

• Includes internships and exchange programs within the Caribbean

• Curriculum tuned towards the needs of the Caribbean

What are the assets of SIDESCO?

• First comprehensive initiative in the region• Stand on strong knowledge and network

basis• Multilingualism built-in design• Key partners committed (UWI, UAG,…)• Regional balance• Sustainable project• Long term vision (regional integration)

How to implement SIDESCO?

A relatively modest support for

a feasibility study

enough to launch

a sustainable project

to fulfill many urgent requirements

for the Caribbean

FEASIBILITY STUDY

140,000 Euros budget6 months durationcollaborative effort under Funredes

coordination18 tasks requiredfollowed by a partner workshop for

consensus reaching (additional budget of some 70,000 Euros required)

TASKS FOR THE STUDY• General coordination• State of the art of connex projects world-wide and regional• Curriculum definition• SIDESCO network building• Institutional/financial model for SIDESCO network• International and national support framework for scholarships• Achitecture of the teaching/learning • Learning Management Systrem Design• Evaluation model• Business case (2 countries)• Administrative design• Multilingualism design• Internships and exchanges program• Project realization schedule• Aligning the project to global and regional agendas• Fundraising and project management

SIDESCO

Let’s cooperate towards an important academic project

for the Caribbean which will strongly contribute

to get well educated and integration mindeddecision makersdecision makers

from governments (include local)

private sector and

civil society.