Bridging Digital Divide through ICT capacity building in APAC
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Bridging Digital Divide through ICT capacity building in APAC APCICT / UN ESCAP 5 June, 2019
Transcript of Bridging Digital Divide through ICT capacity building in APAC
Bridging Digital Divide through
ICT capacity building in APAC
APCICT / UN ESCAP
5 June, 2019
Asia- PacificCentre for
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Asian and Pacific Training Centre for
ICTD(Information Communication Technology
for Development)
To build human &
institutional ICT
capacity for
building for
Policy Makers
Civil Servants
Central Government
Local Government
Training Institutions
Women
Entrepreneurs
Women Entrepreneurs
Women Associations
Local Women Communities
Gender-Related Agencies
Students and Youth
Institutions of Higher
Learning
Future Leaders
PRIMER
Primer Series onICTD for Youth
WIFI
Women ICT Frontier Initiative
ACADEMY
Academy of ICT Essentials for Government
Leaders
OUR PROGRAMMES
Introductory
ICTs and SDGs
DevelopmentPolicy
E-GovernmentApplications
Technical
Information Security
Internet Governance
Managerial
ICT Project Mgmt.
ICTD Funding
Thematic
Data-Driven Governance
Social Media
Climate Change
Disaster Risk Mgmt.
11 programs
Outreach
36Countries,
Academy was rolled out
16Different
languages
200+workshops were organized by APCICT
152Countries enrolled in e-Learning
MyanmarUnion Civil Service
Board of Myanmar is annually organizing Executive Officials
Management Course
Philippines
The Academy Modules have been integrated
into the ExecutiveLeadership Program of
the Career Executive Service Board
WIFIWomen ICT Frontier Initiative
Core Track
Women's Empowerment, SDGs and ICT
Enabling Role of ICTfor Women
Entrepreneurs
Women
Entrepreneurs
Track
Planning a Business Using ICT
Managing a Business Using ICT
Policymakers
Track
An Enabling Environment for
Women Entrepreneurs
5 programs
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Cambodia
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
India
KyrgyzstanCIS Region
ASEAN
Philippines
Armenia
7Countries
7Localized Languages
3Sub-regions
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Sri LankaRoll-out of
WIFI Suhuruliya or WIFI SMART Woman, targeted
to ‘war widows’ or female household heads in post-conflict Sri Lanka
FijiSamoaNepal
Vietnam
PRIMERPrimer Series on ICTD for Youth
Deliver key knowledge of ICT for Development (ICTD) to students and youth
Social Media for
Development
An Introduction to ICTD
Project Management
and ICTD
ICT for Disaster Risk
Management
ICT, Climate change, and
Green Growth
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PhilippinesThe Commission on Higher Education under the Office
of the President of the Philippines is using Primer
Series in 18 state colleges and universities
DELIVERY METHODS
Consultative Meetings
Training of Trainers
E-learning
To solicit feedback for new Module developments
To deepen the knowledge of
policymakers and civil servants
Online e-learning platform available to
everyone
AVA – e-Learning
By incorporating local contexts
as much as possible to
give practical and real help
By localizing and trickling
down to local
government levels.
How to improve the digital literacy of civil servants ?
By finding ‘real’
demands
Employing a demand-driven approach
Partners meeting
Annual Surveys
Workshop and e-learning surveys
Group discussions
M&E Toolkit
Emerging themes in digital government recently been identified as priority areas
Smart Technologies Smart City management
Digital culture and e-tourism
Cybersecurity issues and emergency response systems
ICT and Women Entrepreneurship
Data driven governance
REALIZING DATA-DRIVEN GOVERNANCE
By finding demands
By localizing and trickling
down to local
government levels.
How to improve?
By customiza-
tion for target
audience
By localizing and trickling
down to local government
levels.
Engaging network of national partners not only line ministries, but other ministries and civil service academy
Civil Service Council of the Republic of Armenia
Armenian Young Women’s AssociationArmenia
Bangladesh Institute of ICT in developmentBangladesh
Royal Institute of ManagementBhutan
One Village One Product National Committee
Ministry of Education, Youth and SportCambodia
Academy of Public AdministrationKazakhstan
National Planning CommissionNepal
Union Civil Service BoardMyanmar
16Different
languages
7Localized Languages
TOT (Training of Trainers)
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Cambodia
Partnership with National One Village One Product (OVOP)
and Localizationto reach
1.000 villages
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SHE InvestmentsApcict is partnering with
SHE Investments, to develop a mobile app that can be used by Cambodian women entrepreneurs to
manage their finances
CollaborationPartnerships
Training requests
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