Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials today refined a wide-ranging strategy to be presented to Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technologies here on Friday 15 October. A major element of the strategy urges a business approach by CARICOM Member States to the planning and management of the ICC 2007 Cricket World Cup to maximize its financial potential.

In a one-day preparatory session for Friday's meeting of Ministers, the officials considered Secretariat recommendations to use the preparation process for the ICC World Cup 2007 as "a giant canvas on which we paint a model of how small countries could benefit from technology".

During their upcoming meeting on Friday, the Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technologies are expected to consider mandating the appropriate regional and national institutions to articulate an e-vision and strategy for the ICC Cricket World Cup Action Plan, covering logistics management and venue scheduling, e-commerce for global ticket sales and merchandising.

Other ICT-based world cup applications will include integrated tour/ticket packages, television broadcasting and web streaming.

Contact :

Rose Blenman,
rblenman@caricom.org
(592) 223 7625 ext.2319

Jennifer Britton
jbritton@caricom.org
(592) 223 7625 ext.2426