Second Commonwealth meeting on digital divide

Foreign Minister Michael Frendo chaired the second meeting of the Steering Committee of the Commonwealth Action Programme on the Digital Divide (CAPDD) at Marlborough House, in London.

Mozambique and Trinidad and Tobago joined Malta and India with financial contributions to the CAPDD Fund which was set up at the Malta Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting last November.

Trinidad and Tobago and Mozambique have added contributions of $100,000 and $30,000 respectively to the contributions of €110,000 and €1,000,000 by Malta and India.

CAPDD aims to bridge the digital divide in the Commonwealth by putting the expertise and experience of ICT-advanced Commonwealth countries at the service of other Commonwealth countries with specific projects aimed at a wide span of beneficiaries.

The Steering Committee includes representatives from Commonwealth countries, Commonwealth agencies and the deputy secretary general of the Commonwealth, Winston Cox.

The first meeting was co-chaired by the Commonwealth secretary general Don McKinnon and Dr Frendo.