In line with start of the G8 summit and the large focus on world poverty, seven internet training centres have been set up in developing countries around the world.
The Internet Training Centre project organised by the International Telecommunication Union and funded by the EU, provides two streams of Internet and ICT training to end users and advances users.
Through a train-the-trainer approach, this capacity-building project also supplies learning courses on “How to design and set-up an e-secure web-based business” using free and open source solutions.
The ICT centres are currently taking place in the following countries:
- Syria: Training Centre at STE, Damascus
- Suriname: Training, Research and Development Centre
- Bhutan: Royal Institute of Management, Thimphu
- Mongolia: Mongolian University of Science and Technology
- Fiji: University of South Pacific
- Kenya: Kenya College of Communications Technology, Nairobi
- South Africa: University of Venda for Science and Technology
One of the main aims of the project is to organise the start of student classes, for around 700 students per year with special focus on marginalised communities.