Project
Unique ID Strategy for OECS Countries
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Cybil code: G1035
Status: Unknown
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Summary
NRD Companies has finished developing an action plan for implementing a unique ID system in four Member States of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS): Grenada, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The OECS unique ID System seeks to facilitate cross-border movement of people and goods and refine e-governance systems.
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Aim
The new strategy outlines the necessary steps for the development of a single unique identifier issued to all citizens and residents of the OECS Member States. This will strengthen the civil registry processes and the issuance national ID cards. The OECS unique ID System will also enhance citizens’ identification when traveling throughout the OECS Economic Union Area (EUA), which is important for granting indefinite stay entry at the official border and securing access to essential public services like education and health care throughout economic union Member States.
It is hoped that the new system will build and strengthen foundational digital identity systems, introduce unique identifiers at birth at the national and regional levels, outline a single integration layer with (and between) functional and functional external systems, assure access control, as well as lower development and maintenance costs.
Context
Countries in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) face a number of common challenges in a context of increasing global competitiveness. They have high fiscal imbalances and debt ratios while being exposed to external shocks – financial and natural – as Small Developing Island States (SIDS).
Public sector modernization is key to improving efficiency and competitiveness in the region, placing an emphasis on using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve internal efficiency, delivery of public services, coordination among agencies and transparency and accountability of the public sector, with the objective of supporting the free flow of persons and goods as part of a regionally integrated Economic Union.
Outcomes
The next steps in the project include agreement on conceptual design, deciding on governance structure, designation of responsible organizations, drafting and endorsing required legislation, and selecting and implementing technical solutions.
Additional links
Unique ID for Grenada, Dominica, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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