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UN agency, US venture team up for telecommunications training in developing countries
UN agency, US venture team up for telecommunications training in
developing countries
9 October – The United Nations telecommunications agency today
announced that it will formalize a long-standing partnership with an
organization in the United States that provides training for
telecommunications and information technology (IT) professionals from
the developing world.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said it intends to
include training courses by the US Telecommunications Training
Institute (USTTI) – a non-profit joint venture between the
communications and IT industry in the United States and government
leaders – in its annual operational capacity-building plan.
ITU, the main UN agency for coordinating the set up and operation of
global telecommunication networks and services, has been sponsoring
fellows to address the telecommunication training needs of senior-
level managerial and technical personnel from developing countries.
"Human resources development is one of the most pressing needs for
empowering developing countries and enabling them to join the
information society as full partners," said ITU Secretary-General
Yoshio Utsumi, who signed the memorandum of agreement with USTTI in
Marrakesh, Morocco, today during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.
In March, delegates at the World Telecommunication Development
Conference stressed the importance of training and human resource
development in telecommunications, approving a four-year programme
aimed at strengthening the human, institutional and organizational
capacity of developing countries through human resource management
and development activities.
The programme will address the human resource development needs of
government policy-makers and regulators, as well as senior executives
and managers in the industry, by using an appropriate mix of "e-
learning," information technologies and traditional training
methodologies.
source:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=4971&Cr=telecommunication
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