Transcript International Telecommunication Union

Committed to Connecting the World
Building Human Capacity in
Collaboration with the ITU
Towards Knowledge Economy
Jaroslaw K. Ponder
i.a. Focal Point for Europe
International Telecommunication Union
International
Telecommunication
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Agenda
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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 world’s inhabitants
 Maintain and extend international
cooperation in telecommunications
 Harmonize actions of Member States and
promote cooperation between Member
States and Sector Members
 Provide technical and
policy assistance to
developing countries and
economies in transition
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Building Human Capacity Globally
Programming
DAP
(Doha action plan)
Delivery Mechanism
Networks of Regional and
Local Experts
Training Sessions
Projects
CoEs
T0T
EC
HRD/M programme 5
Face to Face
ITCI
(Workshops)
Training Agreements
ITU eLearning
Platform
Initiatives
Other eLearning Platform
e-CLICs
Target Population
Managers and high level professionals from Telecom Sector:
Administrations, Operators, Regulators, etc
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Students, Technical Staff, Young entrepreneurs
(focus on women, youth and disabled populations)
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Some HCB Initiatives and Projects
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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
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Online training in 8 major areas:
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e-Services, Human Resource Development, Rural
connectivity, IP awareness, Spectrum Management,
Regulatory Issues, Technology awareness, Business
Management
Postgraduates programmes:
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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
Key Figures for 2006:
e-Services
year 2006
Human Resources
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year 2005
Rural Connectivity
IP Awareness
Participants: 1200
Training Providers: 35
Beneficiary countries: 60
Beneficiary Org.: 200
Spectrum Management
Regulatory Issues
Technology Awareness
Business Management
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Centers of Excellence Network
Towards 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
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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 2007
80% through Centers of Excellence Network
Europe
Bulgaria,
Greece
Poland
Romania
Americas
Argentina (2),
Bolivia, Bresil,
Chile,
Colombia (3),
Costa-Rica,
Ecuador,
Perú, Bolivia,
Honduras,
Trinidad &
Tobago,
Uruguay (2),
Venezuela
2007:
1623
CIS
Belarus,
Russia,
Kazakhstan,
Ukraine
2007: 410
Africa
Dakar
Nairobi
2007: 643
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Arab States
Damascus, Cairo,
Amman, Tunis, Bahrain
Asia-Pacific
Damascus, Cairo,
Amman, Tunis, Bahrain
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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 IIT’s 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 Teacher’s 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
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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
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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
Legends
Local Academy-44
Regional Academy-22
Expanded Academy-20
MoC Academy-19
LATIN AMERICA and
CARIBBEAN
Academies 9
Graduates: 339
Continuing students: 470
Female percentage: 24.5%
Active Instructors: 41
Female Instructors: 10
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: 11
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
New Opportunities for
Win-Win Partnership
 Project expansion
 Pilot initiatives
 New projects
 Online training course/content for the
E-learning Platform.
 Content in other forms such as
providing relevant reference
materials.
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Data  Information  Knowledge
ACADEMIA
New
Ideas
R&D
INDUSTRY
PUBLIC SEC.
CIVIL SOC.
New Ways
for Building
Capacity in ICT
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R&D
INDUSTRY
News
Meetings
Resources
Communities
Promotion
New
Membership
MISCELENOUS
ACADEMIA
New
Topics
for SGs
ITU
Relevance
PUBLIC SEC.
CIVIL SOC.
Increased
participation
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Ways to Collaborate with ITU
INSTITUTIONAL
Cooperation
 Membership
 Full membership
 Selected sector
 Associate
 Works within selected
Study Group
 Access to
documentation
 May serve as
rapporteur or editor
 Projects
 Kaleidoscope
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INDIVIDUAL
Colaboration
 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
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/uni/kaleidoscope
Conference
• 75%
of
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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
<[email protected]>
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