1. Society, Culture & Technology: a policy for whom ? Building “shared knowledge societies” in the Caribbean By Armelle Chatelier DCN / ISOC Chapter SL

2. ICT4HD  The digital divide is just a reproduction of the social divide.  ICT as a tool for development: a shortcut ?  At what price? and for whom ?

3. Review of practices Best practice shows that for the process:  Social relevance is required for all uses  Creativity of people and groups is essential  The large vision of ICT includes: Cell phone Cell phone Cable TV Cable TV Music studio Music studio 3D animation 3D animation video game video game  The unconnected majority of persons is important  « Targets » and « stakeholders » are consumers and citizens

4. Dominica Carib territory

5. Caribbean Culture vs ICT ?  Societies of strong vertical hierarchies  Illiteracy  Technology reluctant  Society of the secret  Island mentality  “Slow motion”

6. Caribbean Culture vs ICT ?  Solidarity in the communities  Traditional knowledge  Creativity  Strong link to the diasporas  Regional integration by families  Majority of young people  Knowledge sharing by peers

7. Shared-knowledge societies Concept of Adama Samassekou President of the Academy of African Languages and president of the first WSIS committee. Shared-knowledge societies as opposed to: “information society”, “knowledge society” “communication society”

8. Web search competition in youth training centre in Antigua

9. Action plan and policy for Digital literacy A cooperative vision: in action plans, projects, in the way to make people include themselves…  Include multi-stakeholder participation at ALL LEVELS  Produce our own content  Share information in a win-win situation and in a collaborative way.  Include Ethics in ICT purpose

10. Reinventing the wheel ! The methodology gives the key to digital literacy  Self training all the way  Yes we have to… inform ourselves about new technology  Invent new uses of technology and reinvent the wheel collectively… Thank you.

12. Let me introduce two students from SALCC St Lucia Milan & Kim « devileyez » They will present their blog http://cryforthemalaiway.blogspot.com/