(CTU / A4AI), Press Release
May 10th, 2021 -- The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), represented by Secretary General Rodney Taylor, and the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), represented by Executive Director Sonia Jorge, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday 5th May 2021.
The signing marks their commitment to coordinate efforts and promote joint activities with the goal of expanding meaningful and affordable Internet access through policy and regulatory reform.
The scope of this collaboration will include hosting presentations, seminars and hands-on workshops to support government officials to modernise their policy frameworks to achieve universal affordable and meaningful connectivity in the Caribbean region, leaving no one behind. This will assist them to design or upgrade national ICT policy and regulatory instruments and frameworks; and undertake joint research activities (including data collection, surveys, development of case studies, etc.) to increase research outputs and their usefulness for the Caribbean countries.