Building Human Capacity in Collaboration with the ITU

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Building Human Capacity in Collaboration with the
ITU

• Towards Knowledge Economy
• Jaroslaw K. Ponder
• i.a. Focal Point for Europe
• International Telecommunication Union

This material do not necessarily reflects the
views of the ITU or its membership.
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Agenda

• ITU Mission and Strategy
• Building Human Capacity Worldwide
• Towards Knowledge Economy
• Ways to collaborate

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ITU in Facts

• International organization where governments and
  private sector coordinate global telecom networks
  and services
• Founded in 1865, it is oldest specialized agency
  of the UN system
• More than 140 years of experience in the
  communication sector

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ITU in Facts

• Headquarters Geneva with 11 Regional Offices
• Three Sectors One Vision
• ITU-T Telecom Standardization
• ITU-R Radio-communications
• ITU-D Development Bureau
• More than 750 staff and 80 nationalities
• 191 Member States, 780 Sector Members Sector
  Associates

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The ITU Mission Bringing the benefits of ICT to
all the worlds inhabitants

• Maintain and extend international cooperation in
  telecommunications
• Harmonize actions of Member States and promote
  cooperation between Member States and Sector
  Members
• Provide technical andpolicy assistance to
  developing countries and economies in
  transition

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Building Human Capacity Globally
Delivery Mechanism
Projects
Programming
DAP (Doha action plan)
CoEs
Networks of Regional and Local Experts
T0T
Training Sessions
EC
HRD/M programme 5
Face to Face (Workshops)
ITCI
Training Agreements
ITU eLearning Platform
Initiatives
e-CLICs
Other eLearning Platform
Target Population
Managers and high level professionals from
Telecom Sector Administrations, Operators,
Regulators, etc
Students, Technical Staff, Young entrepreneurs
(focus on women, youth and disabled populations)
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Some HCB Initiatives and Projects

• ITU e-Learning Platform
• Centre of Excellence (CoEs)
• ToT (Tap on Telecom) (TOT)
• HR e-Communities
• Internet Training Centres Initiative (ITCI)
• e-Community Learning Information Centres

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ITU e-Learning Platform

• Since 1995 as a tool to deliver distance training
  in developing countries.
• Major goals Promoting the e-Learning culture in
  the telecommunication sector and to develop
  training programs.
• Each year more than 1000 participants are trained
  through more than 50 on-line courses in different
  domains.
• Applied to different projects and initiatives,
  carried out in collaboration with telecom
  companies, universities, research institutes
  and administrations.

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The ITU e-Learning Platform

• Online training in 8 major areas
• e-Services, Human Resource Development, Rural
  connectivity, IP awareness, Spectrum Management,
  Regulatory Issues, Technology awareness, Business
  Management
• Postgraduates programmes
• Strategic Management of Telecommunications online
• Telecommunications Technologies online
• In partnership with ICU, Korea scholarships for
  the Global IT Technology Program

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The ITU e-Learning Platform
Participants by Domains
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Centers of Excellence NetworkTowards the Global
Excellence Network

• Regional mechanisms aimed at strengthening the
  capacity within each region in order to develop
  high-level know-how and expertise in
• telecommunication policy
• regulatory issues
• corporate management
• advanced telecommunication technology
• More than 2500 ICT experts trained
• More than 170 trainings planned in 2008

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Human Capacity Building Training 3225 ICT
Professionals Trained in 200780 through Centers
of Excellence Network
Europe Bulgaria, Greece Poland Romania CIS Belaru
s, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine 2007 410
Americas Argentina (2), Bolivia, Bresil, Chile,
Colombia (3), Costa-Rica, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia,
Honduras, Trinidad Tobago, Uruguay (2),
Venezuela 2007 1623
Asia-Pacific Damascus, Cairo, Amman, Tunis,
Bahrain 2007 281
Africa Dakar Nairobi 2007 643
Arab States Damascus, Cairo, Amman, Tunis,
Bahrain 2007 245
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Tap on Telecom
Technical Assistance Program for developing
countries Objective Next Generation Telecom
Networks Building Economic Prosperity through
Knowledge and Innovation A partnership between
IIT, the International Telecommunication Union
and its Centre of Excellence Network, with
the support of the Canadian Government
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Tap on Telecom
The TAP ON TELECOM hands-on approach
through remote access to IIT platform
Remote access to IITs Montreal Lab for training
on Fiber Optics Network, MPLS, SDH, ATM, IP Cyber
Security, as well as Optical Testing, Network
Monitoring and Performance Management A VPN
Gateway (Hosted in a Virtual Machine on the
Teachers laptop) will be installed to
interconnect the classroom Ethernet network setup
to the IIT LAB network.
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Creating HR Communities

• Building a network of HR managers to respond to
  the evolving HR trend
• Creation of an HR virtual community to discuss
  common-interest topics
• Strengthening of the HR function of regulatory
  authorities
• Organization of regional meetings on new trends
  in the HRM/HRD function
• And development of training evaluation models
  to identify the training impact in the working
  environment.

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The ITCI Project in Partnership with CISCO

• ITC Initiative for Developing Countries launched
  in May 2001 in partnership with Cisco Systems.
• To provide students and professionals in
  developing countries with affordable training in
  Internet Protocol (IP) networking.
• There are now 66 centres, in 56 countries
• More then 4,000 graduates
• 20 centres have been expanded to include varied
  curriculum such as cabling, wireless and IT
  essentials

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The ITCI Project
EASTERN EUROPE CIS Academies 12 Graduates
410 Continuing students 373 Female percentage
22.25 Active Instructors 46 Female
Instructors 8
ARAB REGION Academies 7 Graduates 441 Continuing
students 513 Female percentage 24.37 Active
Instructors 26 Female Instructors 6
ASIA PACIFIC Academies 21 Graduates
532 Continuing students 744 Female percentage
19.2 Active Instructors 53 Female Instructors
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LATIN AMERICA and CARIBBEAN Academies
9 Graduates 339 Continuing students 470 Female
percentage 24.5 Active Instructors 41 Female
Instructors 10
AFRICA Academies 17 Graduates 1369 Continuing
students 1029 Female percentage 36.4 Active
Instructors 65 Female Instructors 12
Data as of Sept 2006
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EU-ITU Internet Training Centers

• A project jointly funded by the EC ITU to
  provide skills in open source technologies and
  promote entrepreneurship.
• 140-hour course using a blended learning
  approach to build skills
• Online curriculum developed on How to build
  e-Secure Web-Based Services
• Student Module
• Instructor Module
• Learning Tracking Utility

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Be ITU Partner in Building Capacity

• Provide Expertise for
• any of the listed domains in any/all regions of
  the world in any language (English, French,
  Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese). To
  participate, lead, contribute to the workshops
  and CoE activities.  
• distance learning, web-based curricula,
  e-learning courseware and tools. To serve as a
  tutor for any of the online courses that we
  conduct in the various domains.
• Contribute Reference/Training Material for
• Online training course/content for the E-learning
  Platform.
• Content in other forms such as providing relevant
  reference materials.

New Opportunities for Win-Win Partnership

• Project expansion
• Pilot initiatives
• New projects

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Data ? Information ? Knowledge
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Ways to Collaborate with ITU
INSTITUTIONAL Cooperation
INDIVIDUAL Colaboration

• Membership
• Full membership
• Selected sector
• Associate
• Works within selected Study Group
• Access to documentation
• May serve as rapporteur or editor
• Projects
• Kaleidoscope

• ICT Experts
• Experts Assignments
• Workshops, Confer.
• Study Groups, Focus Groups
• Students (BA, MA, PhD)
• Internship, YES
• Youth Forum
• Researchers
• Visiting professors or researchers
• Kaleidoscope

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Towards increased collaboration ITU-T
Consultation Meeting 18/19 January 2007

• Creation of an ITU-T/Academia Steering Committee
  (IASC).
• Preparation of promotion plan for ITU-T
  activities (workshops, meetings, etc) in the
  academic environment
• Development of an action plan for educational
  initiatives.
• Identification of opportunities for the
  organization of workshops and symposia, possibly
  co-located with ITU-T meetings and harmonized
  with the ITU-T Workshop/Seminar programme.

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Towards increased collaboration ITU-T
Consultation Meeting 18/19 January 2007

• Free selective access to working documents and
  ITU-T Recommendations could be granted on a
  case-by-case basis to professors, e.g. as support
  for preparing graduate and undergraduate courses
  and for supporting research projects.
• Definition of a new membership category to allow
  easier participation of academia in the work of
  ITU-T.
• Promotion of the mechanisms that allow
  participation of members of academia as experts
  in ITU-T activities with no or very limited
  financial engagement.

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Kaleidoscope Conferences

• Innovations in NGN Future Network and Services
• Geneva 12-13 May 2008
• Three Thematic Tracks
• NGN architecture evolution
• Application and services over the NGN
• Social, economic and policy issues in the
• ubiquitous societies

• First Results
• More than 80 professors as papers reviewers
• More than 140 scientific papers received and
  around 50 will be presented at the Conference
• 75 of papers from academic institutions

http//www.itu.int/ITU-T/uni/kaleidoscope
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Thank you for your attention!

• International
• Telecommunication
• Union

Jaroslaw K. Ponder i.a. Focal Point for Europe
Project Manager for ITU Center of Excellence in
Europe and CIS International Telecommunication
Union ltjaroslaw.ponder_at_itu.intgt