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viNGN Sustainable Broadband Adoption Programm

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About Our Project:

 

The Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority has formed a public-private partnership with a wide range of

broadband-related entities as part of its viNGN network.  This comprehensive effort intends to provide digital literacy and job skills training, launch a telework program, and conduct a multifaceted outreach campaign to increase broadband subscribership and stimulate job growth in the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

Project partner BetterWorld Telecom plans to  establish a virtual call center for use by large companies

throughout the United States that will recruit teleworkers in the Virgin Islands. The project also proposes to maintain an electronic database and job bank that would be available to local and national employers, documenting key information about program participants who wish to be included, including courses taken, class-hours spent, tests passed, and certifications achieved.

 

This project is funded through a two-year grant of$2,535,082 from the U.S Department of Commerce’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.

 

 


 

Our Mission:

 

The viNGN project also proposes to:

 

  • Provide computer skills and broadband training to as many as 2,000 residents over the life of the project, offering approximately 500,000 teacher-led training hours highlighting online skills, career building and jobhunting, community resource development, and education.
  • Leverage two additional BTOP awards, one for public computer centers and the other for comprehensive community infrastructure, to expand and enhance connectivity and access and to demonstrate the value of broadband to Virgin Islands residents.
  • Partner with the U.S. Virgin Islands Bureau of Economic Research to measure and report upon changes in subscribership and business uptake centered around infrastructure or skillset improvements resulting from BTOP-funded projects.  

 


 Project Partners:

 

  • Virgin Islands Division of Libraries
  • University of the Virgin Islands
  • National Education Foundation/CyberLearning
  • VI Technical Services, LLC
  • Alliance Data Services
  • BetterWorld Telecom, LLC

 


Contact: 

 

Julito Francis

Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority

32-33 Kongens Gade

St. Thomas, VI 00802-0430

(340) 714-1635 

jafrancis@usvipfa.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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