12 July 2010
Press Release No: G/34/2010
UN ICT Hub Continues Support of e-Government in the Pacific through Latest
Round of Training
APCICT delivers training on ICT project management
Bangkok (UN ESCAP Information Services) -- Participants of an e-government
workshop are attending a two-day training session today on information and
communication technology (ICT) for development at a regional United Nations
capacity building institute in the Republic of Korea.
The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication
Technology for Development (UN-APCICT/ESCAP), a regional institute of the
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,
began a training session on ICT project management for twenty-three
government officials from Pacific Island States at its training facilities
in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 12 to 13 July 2010.
The two-day session will deliver Module 7, ICT Project Management in Theory
and Practice, of the "Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders"
(Academy). Module 7 introduces basic project management concepts, methods,
processes and project management disciplines commonly used by development
and ICT service management practitioners.
The training also includes a roundtable session to discuss ways forward on
Academy Module 3, e-Government Applications, which the PIF e-Government
Workshop participants completed prior to the start of today's session and
which covers e-government concepts, principles and types of applications,
as well as the risk factors in e-government implementation.
The Academy, APCICT's flagship ICT human resource and institutional
capacity building programme, is designed to equip government officials and
development stakeholders with the knowledge and tools to fully leverage ICT
solutions for socio-economic development.
The session is a part of the two-week long PIF Officials' e-Government
Workshop based out of Sungkyungkwan University and co-organized by the
Pacific Island Forum (PIF), the Global e-Policy and e-Government Institute
of Sungkyungkwan University, the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Trade (MOFAT), and APCICT.
The PIF e-Government Workshop is the third time APCICT has sponsored the
event in collaboration with PIF, Sungkyungkwan University, and MOFAT. The
workshops have been an integral part of APCICT's work with Pacific Island
countries. Over the last two years, APCICT has also worked with the Pacific
Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), now the Secretariat of the
Pacific Community (SPC), to roll-out the Academy in the Cook Islands,
Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu. Last year, SPC secured European Union
funds in support of its 'ICT Access for the Poor' project, which aims to
enhance the ICT capacity of legislators and policymakers in 14 Pacific
Island States using APCICT's Academy programme.
"The continuance and growth of the PIF e-Government Workshop is a testament
to the enthusiasm with which officials from the Pacific Island countries
have embraced the use of ICT for national and regional socio-economic
development," said Dr. Hyeun-Suk Rhee, Director of APCICT. "The lessons
learned here today and throughout the workshop will help strengthen
economic and social connectivity in the Pacific, and in particular
facilitate the development and implementation of ICT related projects and
the delivery of quality e-government services to citizens in Pacific Island
countries."
United Nations APCICT-ESCAP
http://www.unapcict.org The United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and
Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT/ESCAP) is a subsidiary
body of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,
established with a membership identical to that of ESCAP and is located in
Incheon, Republic of Korea. APCICT aims to strengthen the efforts of the
member countries of ESCAP to use ICT in their socio-economic development
through building human and institutional capacity for ICT.
For further information, please contact:
Hyeun-Suk Rhee, Director
UN-APCICT
Incheon, Republic of Korea
Tel: +(82) 032 245 1700
Email:
director@unapcict.org 
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