Dominican Republic launches national assessment using UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators
The assessment is currently being executed by the Dominican Chapter of the World wide web Culture (ISOC-DO) with the guidance from UNESCO (Conversation and Details Sector and the Havana Business), the Global Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC), and the Information For All Programme (IFAP). The investigate will assess the country’s World wide web advancement, working with 109 core indicators, to accomplish a human-centered and inclusive World-wide-web primarily based on ROAM-X rules.
Mr Pedro Quezada, the former Director of the Government Details Technologies Business (OGTIC) and Director of the San Luis Group Greater Complex Institute (ITSC) observed the ROAM-X indicators are practical for checking digital engineering improvement and drawing conclusions that go further than infrastructure measurement and incorporate humanistic perspectives of harnessing the Internet’s potential.
Mr Osvaldo Laracuent, president of the Dominican Chapter of the Internet Modern society, explained the research can boost community policies targeted on electronic transformation of Dominican modern society and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The UNESCO Group II Middle for the Review of Facts and Conversation Technologies (CETIC.br) Director, Mr Alexandre Barbosa, and Cooperation Coordinator, Ms Ana Laura Martínez, highlighted their encounters from the very first pilot analysis of the ROAM-X Indicators in Brazil in 2018.
By conducting this assessment, the Dominican Republic aims to identify parts for enhancement in its insurance policies relevant to its digital transformation. UNESCO supports the Online Universality ROAM-X indicators in 44 countries across 5 continents like six in Latin The usa. The conclusions of this examine in the Dominican Republic will supply valuable information about the ICT sector and will support to check and review the advancement and evolution of digital technologies in the region.
A Multistakeholder Advisory Board is currently being composed to guidance the evaluation method and to make policy debates on the findings. This team is manufactured up of a large assortment of establishments from unique sectors which includes:
- Ministry of the Presidency, Larger Education, Science and Technological innovation, Business and Commerce and Ladies
- Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL)
- Dominican Nationwide Commission of UNESCO
- Central Lender of the Dominican Republic
- Typical Directorate of Federal government Ethics
- Govt Office environment of Facts Technologies (OGTIC)
- Autonomous University of Santo Domingo
- Universidad Católica Madre and Maestra
- Technological Institute of Santo Domingo
- Technological Institute of San Luis
- ICT Chamber
- American Chamber of Commerce.
