Jamaica Observer published an article on November 23, 2020, about a Caribbean countries’ pledge for post-COVID-19 recovery. Here’s a summary:
- Caribbean countries joined their Latin American counterparts who pledged support for promoting digital transformation in helping the region’s social and economic recovery in the post coronavirus era with special emphasis on the trans-border digital services.
- Digital transformation is the essence to promote the region’s inclusive economic and social revamping in the face of the looming COVID-19 crisis. The major challenge posed by the pandemic caused government agencies to develop e-government tools to tackle healthcare and social rises while concurrently supporting regular government operations.
- The role of digital technologies and e-government was emphasized as the tools that facilitate these provide sustainable and equitable services.
- There was a series of meetings on relevant e-government issues such as cybersecurity and emerging technologies and this was complemented with the signing of a document promoting the trans-border digital signature which will boost the validation of the digital signature amount countries in the region.
Source: jamaicaobserver.com
Contributed by Racquel Bailey from Jamaica. Racquel is a member of the WISC Discord group from the G5 Cyber Security Foundation Ltd. Learn more about WISC (Women in InfoSec Caribbean) at wiscaribbean.org. WISC is a non-profit initiative supporting Caribbean women and girls to develop a career in Information Security.