The Government of Grenada (GOG) views the country’s digital development as a key driver of economic growth, inclusion, job creation, and service delivery. The National Sustainable Development Plan 2035 clearly identifies the digital economy as a priority area of public investment to enable the country to compete in the digital era and provide opportunities for its citizens. Rising youth unemployment is a critical concern for the Government and requires the creation of opportunities that can support labor market needs of the 21st century. To this effect, GOG has invested in establishing a robust connectivity infrastructure network for government offices and institutions throughout the country under the CARCIP project and is in process of implementing the World Bank-financed DG4R Project that will support the development of key enablers of a digital government and a first suite of digital government services.

The Government consolidated it digital project and efforts through the adoption of the Digital Transformation Agenda. With the ongoing efforts under the CARCIP and DG4R programs, GOG has embarked on a digitization process across the public service, and it views the digitization of government as a key enabler of resilience and continuity of operations. Furthermore, recognizing the critical role played by the public sector across all elements of the economy in Grenada, the Government aims to use the public sector’s digitization effort as a driver of economy-wide digital transformation. CARDTP is seen as complementary to and building upon the ongoing public sector modernization efforts, primarily tackling foundations of digital economy development not covered by the other programs.

The national level program for Grenada under CARDTP is designed to extend the benefits of public sector modernization to the general public and businesses in Grenada. The DG4R project will develop the cross-cutting enablers of digital government, including an enterprise architecture and interoperability framework, digital identification platform (e-identification system), authentication infrastructure, and a government payment platform. However, the economy can benefit from improvements in the digital enabling environment across key areas to enable improved access to affordable and safe broadband services and development and adoption of digital services and to build trust and transparency in the digital ecosystem. Furthermore, there is a need to equip citizens with the skills to use the digital services, as well as to build a talent pool of digitally skilled professionals in the domestic market. CARDTP addresses the above-mentioned gaps through legal and regulatory reforms at the regional level and targeted interventions at the national level to fill cybersecurity, skills, and private sector digitization gaps.

The development objective of the project is to increase access to digital services, technologies and skills by governments, businesses and individuals in the participating Eastern Caribbean countries. Across the participating countries, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the initiative is projected to contribute to enhanced digital connectivity, digital public services, and the creation of technology-enabled businesses and jobs.