1. SIDESCO A pan-Caribbean, Multilingual Master on Information Society, Development & Cooperation DE CO ÌS

2. Why SIDESCO? DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION INFORMATION SOCIETY

3. Why SIDESCO? DEVELOPMENT CORE IS AT THE CORE OF ALL CARIBBEAN STAKEHOLDERS VISION. GOVERMENTS PRIVATE SECTOR ACADEMY CIVIL SOCIETY

4. Why SIDESCO? COOPERATION IS BOTH ESSENCE THE ESSENCE OF INFORMATION SOCIETIES AND FUTURE THE ONLY WAY TO THE FUTURE OF THE CARIBBEAN

5. Why SIDESCO? INFORMATION SOCIETY MEANS A HOLISTIC NEW PARADIGM VISION WHICH REQUIRES TO MASTER MANY SKILLS e.GOV e.LEARN PRIVACY SECURITY INTERNET GOVERNANCE e.COM DIGITAL INCLUSION OPEN DATA OPEN SOURCE IPvsCOMMONS KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY OPEN ACCESS

6. 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!

7. Why SIDESCO? no such comprehensive education optionBecause there is no such comprehensive education option in Latin America nor in the Caribbean at this stage. !

8. Who is behind SIDESCO? A committed group of academics from under the impulse and the European and coordination ofcontribution from

9. Facultad Latino-Americana de Ciencias Sociales  Key regional institution  High research profile  Academic experience in IS themes  Interest to replicate in UNASUR

10. 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

11. Universidad Iberoamericana  Outstanding ICT infrastructure  Top level Dominican University  Strong regional and international orientation

12.  European research and innovation network  E.learning large experience  Development & cooperation orientation  Dense Caribbean experience (Winds, Cariberasmus, Eucarinet)

13.  Pionneer NGO in the field of ICT4D  Large record of regional projects coherent with SIDESCO objectives  Large world wide network of contacts in the Information Society field  Strong IS knowledge base  Unique multilingualism experience

14. SIDESCO IS THE LOGICAL OUTCOME OF LARGE AND DIVERSE SET OF RESEARCH-ACTION EXPERIENCES AROUND ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT FROM 1988 TO DATE.

15. RCP (1991) 2000-2007 CARIBTIC 1998-2000 2005-2012 REDID (1992) REHRED (1993) SOCINFO.DO (2000) 2005 WINDS-CARIBE 2007-2009 2005 Observatorio lenguas 1998-2013

16. 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

17. 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)

18. 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

19. FEASIBILITY STUDY 140,000 Euros budget 6 months duration collaborative effort under Funredes coordination 18 tasks required followed by a partner workshop for consensus reaching (additional budget of some 70,000 Euros required)

20. 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

21. SIDESCO Let’s cooperate towards an important academic project for the Caribbean which will strongly contribute to get well educated and integration minded decision makers from governments (include local) private sector and civil society.