Budget Speech 2011 - Government of Grenada

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• Reduced cost of IT services. It is expected that significant IT cost savings (of 15 – 20 percent) will be realized beginning at the start of the third full year of the new company’s operation. • Reduced IT capital expenditure as several capital equipment with unused capacity can be shared with other customers. • Increased productivity as a result of improved responsiveness, improved network performance, increased system uptime and improved quality of service. • Improved communication within Government. Request for Proposals will be solicited in early March and a partner selected by the end of May. The transition is expected to take approximately 3–5 months and the new company is expected to be operational by October of 2011. C@RIBNET The United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America and now Africa are all connected and are part of the world’s global education and knowledge network. Grenada and the rest of the Caribbean are not. This lack of connectivity constrains the development prospects of our region in education and innovation and must be addressed as matter of urgency. In July 2006, at the 27th meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, it was agreed that a regional network named C@ribNET be developed connecting all participating members of the community to the rest of the world and that the Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network Agency (CKLNA) be established to implement and manage the network. C@ribNET presents Grenada and other CARICOM countries with an opportunity to connect with and to leverage the world’s knowledge pool. The initial cost of this project is EC$35 million. 2011 Budget Statement Page 53
In a real sense, C@ribNET is a catalyst that can help propel Grenada’s thrust to become a knowledge and information driven economy as well as to achieve its Millennium Development Goals. Specific benefits include: 1) C@ribNET will support the development of a national knowledge and learning network connecting all the tertiary and secondary educational institutions in Grenada together; 2) Tertiary institutions in Grenada, if they choose, could offer joint degrees online or give students the option of taking courses from a range of institutions together counting towards a degree 3) C@ribNET will also support functional cooperation in the areas such as: • Collaboration between Public Officials • Telemedicine (E-Health) • Disaster management and collaboration • Crime and security • Culture We can think of C@ribNET as the bridge that connects Grenada to the information superhighway of the outside world. However, that bridge does not connect institutions inside Grenada. As a consequence, the full potential of C@ribNET cannot be realized before Grenada develops its national ICT backbone to connect all public institutions. Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP) Under this regional project, Grenada has formally requested World Bank financing for the establishment of a national ICT backbone. Among other things, this network will connect all public institutions in Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique. When implemented, this project will properly leverage the regional network that C@ribNET will deliver this year. Page 54 2011 Budget Statement
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GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA 2011 Budget S
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Page 11 and 12: Mr. Speaker, the data show that the
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Page 15 and 16: In an effort to provide additional
Page 17 and 18: It is useful to understand how Gove
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