On Friday (October 15) on the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Jamaica’s Ambassador to the USA Her Excellency Audrey Marks addresses a reception marking the conclusion of a week-long session on info, communications know-how (ICT), cyber safety and vitality between the governments of Jamaica and the USA. Others from left are Minister of Schooling and Info Hon. Fayval Williams; Delegation Head, Minister of Science, Vitality and Know-how Hon. Daryl Vaz; Minister with out Portfolio within the Ministry of Financial Progress and Job Creation, Senator Aubyn Hill and Minister with out Portfolio within the Ministry of Nationwide Safety Senator Matthew Samuda.
Jamaica’s ambassador to the USA, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, says the island’s relationship with the USA underneath the Biden Harris administration stays sturdy, and that the Authorities of Jamaica continues to drastically worth its enduring partnership with the US.
She was on Friday addressing a reception on the Embassy of Jamaica to mark the conclusion of high-level consultations on info and communications know-how (ICT), cyber safety and vitality in Arizona and Washington DC.
“It’s a distinct pleasure to host my Jamaican and American colleagues immediately at this reception, as it’s a becoming finish to a productive week of engagements between the Authorities of Jamaica and our companions within the US Authorities, non-public sector, and academia,” Ambassador Marks noticed.
“This week-long slate of consultations marks yet one more optimistic improvement in Jamaica’s coverage concentrate on rising stronger from the Covid19 pandemic. This strategic involvement of the USA can be symbolic of its sturdy dedication to proceed its longstanding assist of Jamaica’s improvement efforts,” she declared.
The Jamaican 12-person excessive degree delegation was led by the Minister of Science, Vitality and Know-how Daryl Vaz, and included Minister of Schooling and Info Faval Williams; Minister with out Portfolio within the Ministry of Financial Progress and Job Creation Senator Aubyn Hill, Minister with out Portfolio within the Ministry of Nationwide Safety Senator Matthew Samuda, and head of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Dr. Wayne Henry.
Ambassador Marks identified that the various nature of Jamaica’s delegation to the consultations was indicative of the significance of ICT and cybersecurity to the Authorities of Jamaica, noting that, “we are able to obtain a lot once we work collectively to handle shared challenges in a spirit of friendship.
“Even earlier than the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the Authorities of Jamaica has been working assiduously to strengthen its digital choices and capabilities. We now have had challenges, however we’re cognisant of the alternatives that lie in a digital financial system,” she noticed.
She thanked the staff from the U.S. Division of State for his or her invitation to the Authorities of Jamaica and particularly, Mr. Alexander Sokoloff from the Embassy in Kingston, as a part of an ongoing collaboration on info know-how, cybersecurity, and vitality.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in control of the Caribbean Mark Wells, in responding mentioned that the Biden-Harris administration was very centered on deepening the connection between Jamaica and the US as a result of it is rather necessary to take action.”
He pointed to the staging of the high-level consultations on digital know-how for instance, noting that, “You will need to have a authorities and a Cupboard that’s pondering long run in regards to the challenges that face our individuals. As well as, you’ve got an embassy that is considering how we may be of help to the Caribbean and so we talk about points resembling: the digital financial system; cyber safety, digital training, vitality, and naturally local weather change.”
