Caribbean Telecommunications Union

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Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)
AbbreviationCTU
Formation1989
HeadquartersTrinidad and Tobago
Secretary General
Rodney Taylor
Website www.ctu.int

The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is an intergovernmental organization established by CARICOM in 1989, to facilitate development of the telecommunications sector in the Caribbean. [1] [2]

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Governance

Secretaries-general

NameYears
Deoraj Ramnarine1990–1994 [3]
Roderick Sanatan1994–1999 [3]
Laurent Justinian Coipel2000–2002 [3]
Bernadette Lewis2003–2020 [3]
Rodney Taylor2021–present [3]

Regional initiatives

Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF)

In 2005, the CTU and the CARICOM Secretariat initiated the CIGF as a regional, multi-stakeholder, annual forum. As part of the 18th CIGF in 2022, the CTU hosted the inaugural Small Island Developing States Internet Governance Forum (SIDS IGF) in Trinidad and Tobago. [4]

Other initiatives

Member states

Between September and October 2022, 13 of the CTU member states participated in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) in Bucharest, Romania. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff writer (2024). "Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)". UIA Global Civil Society Database. uia.org. Brussels, Belgium: Union of International Associations. Yearbook of International Organizations Online. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)". CARICOM. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 CTU - Governance
  4. ↑ "Caribbean to host Internet Governance Forum". Jamaica Observer. 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  5. ↑ "SKNVibes | High-Level Caribbean Delegation Advance Region's ICT agenda at ITU meeting in Romania". www.sknvibes.com. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
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