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Jennifer,
sorry for the delay.
1.I would like to see Malta as a distance -learning e-hub,capitalising on mixed,distance-learning and on-site educational programmes,combined with use of English, which is a differentiator. This could be in conjunction with overseas partnership-which could be used to open up opportunities for local people e.g. sabbaticals facilitated within these partnerships.Obviously this would have to be adequately resourced, with due attention paid to international competition.I think that long-term this should prove to be an income generator for Malta.
2.Virtual communities that enable higher levels of local development.e.g. having all our professionals trained to be able to meaningfully participate.For example,within medicine,the ability of all our doctors to participate and have access to the latest developments-or even better have systems in place enabling practice to reach the highest levels..This would require access to knowledge databases at present,and in future,decision support.
Taking this a step further to develop seamless'care between private/public sector,University and government. For this to occur there has to be a global vision developing this -preferably from the end-user perspective.
e.g. the development of an electronic patient record on a smart card,that would be accessible to all authorised users allowing for issues such as confidentiality.
Hope these are helopful,
with kind regards,
Myra
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Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 1:33 PM
Subject: eForesee malta-ict: Scenarios for Malta in ICT
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to initiate an on-line discussion on alternative futures for Malta in ICT. We would like you to send us up to ten different scenario themes for Malta in ICT.
These can be scenario themes focused on:
- specific niche areas (e.g. Malta as an e-learning hub)
- or ICT-enabled initiatives (e.g. on-line gambling)
- or telecomms-related initiatives
- or any other ideas in general !!
Ideally, this exercise should not involve too much time - maximum 30 minutes - just jot down what comes immediately to mind. So send us your feedback if possible by Thursday 22 August.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Jennifer
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Dr. Jennifer Cassingena Harper
Head, Policy Unit,
Malta Council for Science and Technology
Villa Bighi, Bighi, Kalkara CSP 11, Malta
email: [email protected] http://www.mcst.org.mt
direct dial-in: +356 23602125
tel. +356 21 660340 (fax) +356 21 660341
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