Delegates of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) were impressed after a demonstration of how Guyana’s Smart Classrooms work. The delegates are currently in Guyana for the 12th Biennial Conference. They were given a hands-on tour of the operations of one of the classrooms by the National Centre for Educational Resource Development’s […]
Residents of Baracara Village now have an eGovernment ICT Hub in their community and hope that the presence of free internet in the village will aid in the improvement of their agricultural practices while decreasing the migration of the village’s young people. A team from the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) visited the village in […]
Georgetown, Guyana — (October 17, 2018) Chairman of the Management Board of the e-Governance Academy (eGA) of Estonia, Dr. Arvo Ott, accompanied by Ms. Marit Lani and Mr. Tõnis Mäe, presented a draft report on the project, Digital Governance Roadmap for the Government of Guyana, during yesterday’s Cabinet meeting. The draft roadmap outlines an implementation […]
─ agreement signed on side-line of UNGA 73 ─ team from Estonia assisting Ministry of Public Telecommunications with e-governance plan ─ Bilateral meetings important for establishing standing framework for cooperation – Min. Greenidge DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Last month, Guyana signed an agreement with the president of Estonia to improve cooperation in the […]
The National Data Management Authority, on October 10, made a donation to the Friends Primary School located in Sisters Village, Berbice, to support the school’s One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative which will see students receiving special laptops aimed at assisting them in their studies and giving them access to technology at an early age. […]
Chairman of the National Data Management Authority (NDMA), Mr Floyd Levi, and team continued their outreach at Community ICT Hubs in Regions Five and Six. The outreach is part of an effort to meet with the Management Committee of the ICT Hubs and other stakeholders to discuss concerns and other matters regarding the functioning of […]
The NDMA over the last week continued its mandate of taking free internet to under-served areas around the country. Last week’s journey took the team- including the NDMA Chairman Mr Floyd Levi and Director of Community Development and Social Management, Mr. Phillip Walcott- to Region Five where they met with the Toshao of Moraikobai , […]
NDMA Chairman Mr Floyd Levi and Director of Community Development and Social Management, Mr. Phillip Walcott, last week visited several ICT Hubs in Regions Five and Six to meet with members of the Management Committees. Among those visited were Weldaad, Blairmont, Caracas, No. 53 Village, Kildonan and Liverpool. The Committee members expressed their gratitude to […]
The National Data Management Authority expressed its intention to work with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in order to be able to open more eGovernment ICT Hubs across the country. Chairman of the NDMA, Mr Floyd Levi made this announcement at a One Stop Business Conference held in Queenstown, Essequibo, Region Two on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. […]
Two experts from the eGovernance Academy (eGA) of Estonia have returned to Guyana on a second visit, and as part of the first phase in a project to develop the Action Plan for the creation of a Digital Governance Roadmap. The experts arrived on Monday and met with Public Telecommunications Minister, Cathy Hughes, accompanied by […]