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An Information Society is not built by designs and intent but by
concrete measurable actions. It is only when global commitments and
national policies are translated into meaningful public policy
development and implementation, that we can say for certain that we are
making progress towards a true Information Society, and genuine
e-quality for everyone, both women and men.
- Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP
The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT) was established as a subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on 16 June 2006.
The Centre's membership is identical to that of ESCAP with 62 Governments, 58 of which are in the region, and a geographical scope that stretches from Turkey in the west to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati in the east, and from the Russian Federation in the north to New Zealand in the south.
UN-APCICT is located in Incheon, Republic of Korea and its objective is to build the capacity of members and associate members of ESCAP in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for their socio-economic development.
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UN-APCICT's Latest Resources
ICT World Today Volume 1
ICT World Today is a journal on Information and Communication Tecnology for Development developed by the Korea Information Society Development Institute with support from UN-APCICT. This first volume examines the socio-economic impacts of ICTs and the digital divide. The current state of ICT development, potential of telecommunications for poverty reduction, ICT policies issues in developing countries, links between digital divide and economic growth, patterns of the digital divide, and the role of ICTs on world summits and Millennium Development Goals are discussed. Updated regional studies on ICT for development in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, and Latin America are also available.
Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders: South Asia Sub-Regional Workshop - Training Materials
Over 20 participants from eight South Asian countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – representing national ICT ministries and ICT training institutions were trained on: Module 1 - The Linkage between ICT Applications and Development; Module 2 - ICT for Development Policy, Process and Governance; and Module 3 - e-Government Applications. Presentations, handouts and exercises from this workshop are available for download.
ICT for Disaster Management
This e-primer introduces policy makers and development practitioners to the application of different information and communication technologies (ICTs) in disaster management, with case studies from the Asia-Pacific region.
Small and Medium Enterprises and ICT
This e-primer looks at how the knowledge-based economy has impacted small and medium enterprises (SMEs); explores why so few SMEs have adopted information and communications technology (ICT) and why SMEs should adopt ICT; and provides some policy recommendations for promoting SME adoption of ICT.
Development of a Multi-Factor Set of Country-Level ICT Human Resource Capacity Indicators
In an effort to measure and bridge the digital divide, several different types of indicators have been developed to measure the readiness of a country to adopt information and communication technology (ICT). Many of these indicators measure the extent to which the technology has been adopted within the target population. While some indicators recognize the importance of computer skills and e-literacy, there has been minimal effort to develop a multi-factor set of indicators to measure ICT human resource capacity. In this paper, the authors draw upon prior work on ICT indicators to develop eight sets of ICT human resource capacity indicators, including human capacity of ICT specialists, advanced users, basic users, ICT enabling managers, ICT equipped educators, thought leaders, policy makers, and infrastructure builders.
ICT Human Resource Development in Asia and the Pacific: Current Status, Emerging Trends, Policies and Strategies
ICT is a skill intensive industry. Human resources related to ICT need close monitoring and development if the region has to maintain and accelerate the current momentum of ICT led economic development and social transformation. The present paper is based on the research and analysis of the status of and trends in ICT sector in the region and in the region’s present and potential international markets; and to analyze the implications of these trends on the ICT human resource development.
UN-APCICT’s Interns Win Award for Paper on International Development Cooperation
