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

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 2international telecommunication union Agenda  ITU Mission and Strategy  Building Human Capacity Worldwide  Towards Knowledge Economy  Ways to collaborate

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 3international telecommunication union 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

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 4international telecommunication union 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

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 5international telecommunication union 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

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 6international telecommunication union Building Human Capacity Globally Other eLearning Platform ITCI EC Training Agreements HRD/M programme 5 Training Sessions T0T CoEs ITU eLearning Platform Face to Face (Workshops) Managers and high level professionals from Telecom Sector: Administrations, Operators, Regulators, etc Students, Technical Staff, Young entrepreneurs (focus on women, youth and disabled populations) DAP (Doha action plan) Delivery Mechanism Target Population Projects Networks of Regional and Local Experts e-CLICs Initiatives Programming

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 7international telecommunication union 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

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 8international telecommunication union ITU e-Learning Platform Since 1995 Since 1995 as a tool to deliver distance training in developing countries. Promoting the e-Learning culture training programs Major goals: Promoting the e-Learning culture in the telecommunication sector and to develop training programs. more than 1000 participants Each year more than 1000 participants are trained through more than 50 on-line courses in different domains. telecom companies, universities, research institutes and administrations Applied to different projects and initiatives, carried out in collaboration with telecom companies, universities, research institutes and administrations.

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 9international telecommunication union 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

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 10international telecommunication union The ITU e-Learning Platform Participants by Domains Participants: 1200 Training Providers: 35 Beneficiary countries: 60 Beneficiary Org.: 200 Key Figures for 2006:

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 11international telecommunication union 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  telecommunication policy  regulatory issues  corporate management  advanced telecommunication technology 2500 ICT experts trained  More than 2500 ICT experts trained 170 trainingsin 2008  More than 170 trainings planned in 2008

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 12international telecommunication union Human Capacity Building Training 3225 ICT Professionals Trained in % through Centers of Excellence Network Americas Argentina (2), Bolivia, Bresil, Chile, Colombia (3), Costa-Rica, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay (2), Venezuela 2007: 1623 Africa Dakar Nairobi 2007: 643 Arab States Damascus, Cairo, Amman, Tunis, Bahrain 2007: 245 Europe Bulgaria, Greece Poland RomaniaCIS Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine 2007: 410 Asia-Pacific Damascus, Cairo, Amman, Tunis, Bahrain 2007: 281

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 13international telecommunication union T echnical A ssistance P rogram for developing countries O bjective: N ext 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 Tap on Telecom

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 14international telecommunication union 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. Tap on Telecom

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 15international telecommunication union Creating HR Communities network of HR managers  Building a network of HR managers to respond to the evolving HR trend; HR virtual community  Creation of an HR virtual community to discuss common-interest topics; HR function of regulatory authorities  Strengthening of the HR function of regulatory authorities; new trends  Organization of regional meetings on new trends in the HRM/HRD function; training evaluation models  And development of training evaluation models to identify the training impact in the working environment.

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 16international telecommunication union The ITCI Project in Partnership with CISCO for Developing Countries  ITC Initiative for Developing Countries launched in May 2001 in partnership with Cisco Systems. affordable training  To provide students and professionals in developing countries with affordable training in Internet Protocol (IP) networking. 66 centres56 countries  There are now 66 centres, in 56 countries 4,000 graduates  More then 4,000 graduates  20 centres expanded  20 centres have been expanded to include varied curriculum such as cabling, wireless and IT essentials

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 17international telecommunication union The ITCI Project LATIN AMERICA and CARIBBEAN Academies 9 Graduates: 339 Continuing students: 470 Female percentage: 24.5% Active Instructors: 41 Female Instructors: 10 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 EASTERN EUROPE & CIS Academies 12 Graduates: 410 Continuing students: 373 Female percentage: % Active Instructors: 46 Female Instructors: 8 Legends Local Academy-44 Regional Academy-22 Expanded Academy -20 MoC Academy -19 Data as of Sept 2006 ARAB REGION Academies 7 Graduates: 441 Continuing students: 513 Female percentage: 24.37% Active Instructors: 26 Female Instructors: 6

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 18international telecommunication union EU-ITU Internet Training Centers open source technologies and promote entrepreneurship  A project jointly funded by the EC & ITU to provide skills in open source technologies and promote entrepreneurship.  140-hour course  140-hour course – using a blended learning approach to build skills How to build e-Secure Web-Based Services  Online curriculum developed on “How to build e-Secure Web-Based Services”  Student Module  Instructor Module  Learning Tracking Utility

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 19international telecommunication union 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.  Project expansion  Pilot initiatives  New projects New Opportunities for Win-Win Partnership

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 20international telecommunication union Data  Information  Knowledge News Meetings Resources Communities Promotion ACADEMIA PUBLIC SEC. INDUSTRY R&D MISCELENOUS CIVIL SOC. ACADEMIA PUBLIC SEC. INDUSTRY R&D OTHERS CIVIL SOC.

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 21international telecommunication union Ways to Collaborate with ITU  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 INSTITUTIONALCooperationINSTITUTIONALCooperation INDIVIDUALColaboration

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 22international telecommunication union 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.

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 23international telecommunication union 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.

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 24international telecommunication union Kaleidoscope Conferences Innovations in NGN: Future Network and Services Geneva 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

Helping the world communicate 22 April 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine 25international telecommunication union International Telecommunication Union Thank you for your attention! Jaroslaw K. Ponder i.a. Focal Point for Europe & Project Manager for ITU Center of Excellence in Europe and CIS International Telecommunication Union