The Project Steering Committee was appointed by Cabinet to provide overall guidance and oversight for the Caribbean Digital Transformation Project (CARDTP). The Project Steering Committee is comprised as follows:

Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology- Director General, Finance and Planning (Chairman)

Economic Planning Department- Director of Economic Planning

Treasury Department- Accountant General

Customs and Excise Department- Comptroller

Information Technology Services Department- Director

Inland Revenue Department- Comptroller

Ministry of Health etc. – Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Transport, Works, Land and Physical Planning- Permanent Secretary

Ministry of National Security etc.- Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Legal Affairs- Hon. Attorney General

Registry, High Court

Ministry of the Public Service, etc. – Permanent Secretary

Commerce and Intellectual Property Office- Registrar

CARDTP Project Implementation Unit- Project Coordinator/ Manager

The role of the Project Steering Committee is to:

• Assess project progress;
• Provide advice and guidance on issues facing the project;
• Assist with resolving strategic-level issues and risks;
• Use influence and authority to assist the project in achieving its outcomes.

Responsibilities of the Steering Committee Chair

The Steering Committee Chair is the Director- General- Finance and Planning. The responsibilities of the Steering Committee Chair are to:

• Set the agenda for each meeting.
• Ensure that agenda and supporting materials are delivered to members in advance of meetings.
• Make the purpose of every meeting clear to members and explains the agenda at the beginning of each meeting.
• Clarifies and summarizes what is happening throughout each meeting.
• Keep the meeting moving by putting time limits on each agenda item and keeping all meetings to two hours or less.
• Encourages broad participation from members in the discussion by calling on different people.
• End each meeting with a summary of decisions and assignments.
• Follow up with consistently absent members to determine if they wish to discontinue membership.

Responsibilities of Steering Committee Members

• Individual Steering Committee members have several responsibilities. He/ She must:
• Understand the goals, objectives and desired outcomes of the project.
• Ensure that the project is making prudent decisions- especially in procurement and responding to issues, risks and proposed project changes.
• Ensures that the project remains aligned with the strategy, policies and directions across the government.
• Understand and represent the interests of project stakeholders.
• Take a genuine interest in the project’s outcomes and overall success.
• Act on opportunities to communicate positively about the project.

Project Implementation Unit

The Project Implementation Unit (PIU) consists of the Project Coordinator, Assistant Project Coordinator, Procurement Specialist, Environment and Social Specialist, Financial Management Special and Grant Manager/ Training Coordinator, Systems Administrator. The implementation unit role is to work along with the Technical Working Groups and the Technical Advisory Firm to ensure that the project is implemented successfully. The Technical Advisory Firm is that firm (s) that will provide support to the PIU for procurement preparation, contract management, capacity building and related functions.

Members:

Chairman – Mr. Edmond Jackson

Project Coordinator- Mr. Winston George

Assistant Project Coordinator- Mr. Anson Latchman

Systems Administrator- Mrs. Lizanna Williams Henry

Grant Manager/ Training Coordinator - TBD

FM Specialist- Ms. Keisha Gonsalves

Procurement Specialist- Mrs. Janelle Quow

Procurement Specialist- Ms. Stacey Browne

The Technical Working Groups were formulated by the members of the Project Steering Committee. A total of eight (8) Technical Working Groups were established. The overall mandate of the working groups is to assist with the implementation of the different components of the project.

However, there are specific works to be carried out under the different working groups. The Citizen Authentication and Digital ID working group is responsible for reconciling births and deaths, creating a population registry and establishing a single multipurpose unique Identification Card.

This multipurpose Identification Card will be the heart and soul of the new system as it will provide the necessary credentials to access all of the government services. The project also has a Customs Single Window for Trade Transaction working group and a Single Window for Land and Property Transactions.

The prior has the mandate of creating a one stop shop that is interoperable and financially sustainable for customs trade transactions while the latter is tasked with creating a one stop shop that is interoperable and financially sustainable for land and property transactions, a parcel based land information system.

There is also an E-Government Infrastructure working group which has the responsibility of integrating the different ministries and departments seamlessly. Moreover, the streamlining of business processes to enhance efficiency and drive greater cost savings.

Citizens should be able to pay for government services and file for taxes at any time from any remote location. Thus, to facilitate this need two working groups emerged. They are E-Payment and E-Tax. The E-Payment working group will establish a digital platform to enable digital payments thereby reducing time and costs. On the other hand, the E-Tax working group will provide the necessary mechanism necessary for persons to file for taxes and make tax payments online.

The environment in which the government services will operate needs to be regulated and legal. Thus, a Data Protection and Privacy working group was established to craft the regulatory and legal framework for protecting citizen’s data, it’s usage and access.

Additionally, the new systems will be of no value if they are not secured. Therefore, securing the government’s infrastructure is of utmost importance. The Cybersecurity working group will be responsible for establishing the necessary protection of systems, networks, programs and all infrastructure from digital attacks which are aimed at accessing, altering or destroying sensitive information.  Outlined below are the different working groups.