E-Ready – For what…?
Presently an E-Readiness Assessment of St. Kitts and Nevis is being conducted, funded by the ICT4EDC Project.
E-Readiness can be defined as tnhe ability to use iformation and communication technologies (ICT) to develop a country’s economy and welfare of the population. An E-Readiness Assessment can provide a country with a powerful tool for identifying a community's strategic priorities for participating in the Networked World.
There are several benchmarking tools for E-Readiness, for instance developed by the UNPAN, World Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit, Harvard University, etc.
At the global level E-Readiness indicators are constructed primarily for ranking countries and thus facilitate comparisons between countries over time. E-readiness indicators can also be used to track the global digital divide, i.e. the gap between countries.
The E-Readiness Assessment will be finalized by the end of May 2011 and disseminated by the Internet based “ICT Observatory”. It is hoped that the E-Readiness Assessment will be of practival use for the Government and the general public.
Examples and further information on E-Readiness can be found here:
Readiness for the Networked World – A Guide for Developing Countries
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/readinessguide/guide.pdf
Harvard E-Readiness Guide, Online Version:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/readinessguide/forward.html
The E-Readiness Assessment will be finalized by the end of May 2011 and disseminated by the Internet based “ICT Observatory”. It is hoped that the E-Readiness Assessment will be of practival use for the Government and the general public.
Examples and further information on E-Readiness can be found here:
Readiness for the Networked World – A Guide for Developing Countries
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/readinessguide/guide.pdf
Harvard E-Readiness Guide, Online Version:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/readinessguide/forward.html
