Concluded Events

The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development, in collaboration with the National One Village One Product Committee under the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development, and with support from the Ministry of Women’s Affairs of Cambodia, co-organized the national launch of Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) on 19-21 December 2016 at the Office of the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT) and the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) of the Royal Government of Bhutan co-organized the Capacity Building Programme on Social Media for Development on 28 October – 04 November 2016 in Thimphu.

The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development organized the Session on Regional Capacity Building on ICT for Development on 6 October 2016, as part of the First Session of the ESCAP Committe on ICT, Science, Technology and Innovation.

The United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT) held its 11th Governing Council Session on 5 - 6 October 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The 11th Session brings together nine member countries who were elected at the 71st ESCAP Session: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Republic of Korea, the host country.

The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development convened the Consultation Meeting on Women and ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) National Implementation on 5 - 7 October 2016.

The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT) and the Union Civil Service Board (UCSB) of Myanmar organized a 3-day Academy workshop for senior government officers on 3-5 October 2016 at the Central Institute of Civil Service (Lower Myanmar), Myanmar.

The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT) and the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka co-organized High Level Briefing on the Primer Series on ICTD for Youth on 29 September 2016. The Briefing took place in conjunction with the national launch of Women and ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI) in Sri Lanka.

The Women and ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI), a flagship programme of the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development, was launched on 26 September 2016 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

WIFI is an ICT capacity development programme for promoting women entrepreneurship. In Sri Lanka, the programme is known as WIFI Suhuruliya or WIFI SMART Woman. It aims to promote the economic empowerment of women in Sri Lanka through the use of ICT in entrepreneurial activities.

The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development organized the Session on ICT Human Capacity Development for Resilience during the Technical Meeting on Resilient ICT Connectivity for the Knowledge Economy, SDGs and the WSIS Goals on 21 September 2016.