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E-Government

India to help caribbean nation with broadband

By Xinghui Guo | 9 October 2011

India has received a request for closer contact, co-operation and support from Trinidad and Tobago so the Caribbean nation’s broadband services can be furthered through the Indian Technical Economic Co-operation, said Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, Minister of Public Administration, Trinidad and Tobago.

India’s efforts to empower 250,000 Panchayats (village councils) in rural India by “democratising information” for transparency, accountability, collaborations, training, management and decentralised decision-making was an inspiration to Seepersad-Bachan.

“I understand that these Panchayats (systems in India) perform a very important function as they act as the foundation nodes of information collection and dissemination and the service delivery points for government administration,” she said.

“It is the view that broadband will enable wider public access to government information, which is a prerequisite of good governance and also lead to effective administration and monitoring of quality of delivery of government programmes as well as provide a platform for delivering applications.”

Hence the Trinidad and Tobago is looking to build affordable, high speed broadband services throughout the country with a public-private partnership approach with support from ITEC.

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