Innovation was the main theme of the “SCALING IMPACT IN GUYANA IDB Invest Caribbean Series” at the Marriott Hotel Guyana July 10th 2023. This workshop covered topics ranging from Caribbean Financial Intermediary Strategy & Value Proposition to Inclusion through Innovation.
The NCC was invited to be part of the panel discussion on innovation which brought the curtain down on the one day event. It was there the development our Gender-Based Violence Digital Platform was presented as a tool to be invested in and utilized as part of the social and community development work plan in Guyana and the region.
The platform which is in it’s penultimate stage of development which will see the process of gender-based violence cases be captured digitally from start to end with consideration for privacy, security, levels of accountability, closure and follow up. The key aspect of the platform would be it’s ability to produce reports from the data inputted which will be used as key indicators for strategic decision making in the future.
Speaking on the sustainability of this and similar platform Ms. Henry posited the following.
Attending the event was Ms. Buedeen Williams Gender-Based Violence specialist of the NGO National Coordination Coalition.