Date: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Time: 10 am – 1 pm
Featured Speaker: Mr. Wayne Chen, President of the Caribbean Employers Confederation
Chairperson: Jennifer Britton, Deputy Programme Manager, ICT4D, CARICOM Secretariat
Topic: Jobs, Work and Opportunities in the post COVID Caribbean
Objectives: To support CARICOM Secretariat technical work (e.g. on the development of the HRD Strategy and the Single ICT space and SDG initiatives) by:
o Bringing awareness of the proposed work of the CARICOM Girls in ICT partnership, which includes developing regional policy for attracting more youth to ICT and STEM careers;
o Providing information on key international trends, in this instance, “Future of work” for regional stakeholders;
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