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Hyeun-Suk Rhee, Director, UN-APCICT

United Nations – Nations Unies

Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT)?

UN-APCICT: Mission and Programme

Overview on the Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders

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Overview

Mission of APCICT2.

Activities3.

ICT Essentials for Government Leaders

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Brief on APCICT1.

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Brief on APCICT

APCICT : Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development

A Regional Institute of UN-ESCAP

Established in June 2006. Located in Incheon, ROK

Funded by Government of Republic of Korea

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Build ICT Human Resource Capacity of members and associate

members of ESCAP in the use of ICT

Mission of APCICT

Use of ICT for socio-economicdevelopment and to achieve the MDGs

Training AdvisoryService

Research

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Highlights of Highlights of ActivitiesActivities –– Forum/ ConferenceForum/ Conference6

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Forum / Conference

v Regional Forum on ICT Capacity Building (5-6 Mar 2007, Incheon)?

v The International Conference on e-Government: Theory and Practice (10 -14 Dec 2007, Macao)?

v Global Forum on Building Inclusive Internet Economy –Developing Countries Perspectives at the OECD Ministerial Meeting (16th June 2008, Seoul)?

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The Regional Forum on ICT HRD

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The Regional Forum

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The Global Forum

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Highlights of Activities Highlights of Activities –– Training / WorkshopTraining / Workshop

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Training / Workshop

v Planning, Designing, Implementing, and Managing e-Government: Key Issues, Case Studies, and Lessons learned (7-9 March 2007)?

v Distance Learning on e-Business Strategy (29 Jan – 27 April 2007)?

v International Entrepreneurship Training for Women: APEC Women’s e-Biz Training 2007 (16 -21 July 2007)?

v The second session of e-Government (8-12 Oct 2007, Incheon, Cheonahn, Seoul)?

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Out-Class Trainings/ Conference (Partner Countries):

v High Level Workshop for e-Governance (5-6 May 2007, Nepal)?

v ICT Capacity Building Workshop for Women Government Officers (5-9 Nov 2007, Indonesia)?

? APCICT Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders

Training / Workshop

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Thematic Training / Workshop

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Sub-regional Training / Workshop

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Highlights of Activities Highlights of Activities -- ResearchResearch16

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Knowledge Products/ Research

v ICT Human Capacity Building Indicator

v ICT Human Resource Development in Asia and the Pacific

v Small and Medium Enterprises and ICT

v ICT for Disaster Management

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v ICT World Today

v APCICT Digital Opportunity Fellowship

vGraduate StudentsvUniversity

vPublic Servants

Knowledge Products/ Research

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Online Knowledge Strategies

v APCICT Virtual Academy (AVA)?

v E-Collaborative Hub (E-Co Hub)?

v Community of Practices

v Digital Partnership Network (DPN)?

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Highlights of Activities Highlights of Activities –– Advisory ServiceAdvisory Service20

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Advisory Services

vICT Benchmarking for Global Competitiveness

vICT Human Resource Capacity Needs Assessment

vICT Curriculum Advisory Services

vEvaluation on Regional ICT Training Curriculum for Civil Servants

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Academy of ICT Academy of ICT Essentials for Essentials for

Government LeadersGovernment Leaders

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Why Create this Programme?

vTo fully leverage upon opportunities presented by ICTs to achieve national development goals.

vTo use ICT to enhance government efficiency, promote access, and deliver needed services to citizens.

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Needs Based & Demand Driven

v APCICT’s review of existing ICTD training programmes in the region – most programmes stand-alone and not based on a sound pedagogical framework that takes into account the need for cumulative, comprehensive knowledge about ICT and it’s linkage with development.

v APCICT needs assessment survey with responses from 21 countries.

vMarch 2007 Regional Forum on ICT Capacity Building involving 200 delegates from 49 countries.

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Target Audience

v Policy - and decision-makers in central, provincial and local governments;

vManagers in the public sector seeking to understand ICT project management cycle and to learn the appropriate ICT tools;

v ICT trainers and educators in public ICT training institutes;

v Trainers and educators in ICT and other training institutes interested in delivering such curricula.

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Three Clusters of Modules

v Eight modules, divided into three clusters.q Cluster 1 (Modules 1-3) deals with the link between ICT and

the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ICT policy-making, and e-government applications.

q Cluster 2 (Modules 4-6) deals with ICT tools and technologies, Internet security, and Internet governance.

q Cluster 3 (Modules 7 and 8) deals with ICT project management and funding.

v All modules can be delivered on a stand-alone basis or alongside other modules.

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Academy Modules

v M1: The Linkage between ICT Applications and Meaningful Development

v M2: ICT for Development Policy(ICT4D), Process and Governance

v M3: e-Government Applications

v M4: ICT Trends for Government Leaders

v M5: Network and Information Security and Privacy

v M6: Internet Governance

v M7: ICT Project Management in Theory and Practice

v M8: Developing Diverse Funding Structures or Options for Funding ICT4D

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Programme Delivery

vFace to Face - Classroom Environment

vOnline Distance Learning (AVA) and CD-ROM (AVA : APCICT Virtual Academy)?

vDesigned as Open Courseware

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Implementation Strategy

v Via national and sub-regional partner institutions with a mandate in human resource development and interested in offering the modular programme especially to senior- and middle-level government leaders.

v Partners to include public sector training institutes and government nominated "implementing partners" from academia, NGO and private sectors.

v Each partner institution to determine which module(s) it will offer to its client group with whatever customization that may be necessary.

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UN-APCICT Commitments

v To share the content of all modules along with all accompanying reading lists, reference materials, case studies, etc.

v Provide an orientation to the Academy of ICT Essentialsand hands-on training for trainers on all modules.

vOffer a joint (UN-APCICT and host institution) certificate of participation to all trainees.

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Training/ Workshop/ Forum

v Academy Sub regional Training I: South Asia (April, 2008)

v Academy Sub regional Training II: Central and West Asia (May, 2008)?

v Academy Sub regional Training III: South East Asia (May, 2008)?

v Training of Trainers: Regional (June – July, 2008)?

v Academy Module - ICT and Security Management: Regional (September, 2008)?

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The Road Ahead

v Content Developmentq Localize the content with National Partnersq Further develop in-depth training modules based on demand and

needs on specific topicsq Develop new modules based on needs

v Content Deliveryq APCICT Virtual Academy - Online Distance Learning Platformq Printed Materialsq CD-ROM

v South Cooperation q Collaboration with other UN agencies and regional Institutions

v Platform for Exchange of Knowledge and Refinement of Modulesq Virtual Community of Practice 32

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THANK YOU

www.unapcict.org