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What
is the objective of the programme?
How will
the Youth Forum be managed?
Will mentoring be
provided?
Why
is the ITU making such an investment in young university
students at this time?
How
will the Youth Forum ensure that students stay connected?
Where,
and in what language does the Youth Forum take place?
Will
the Youth Forum experience be documented and evaluated?
How
can talented university people apply for a Youth Forum
Fellowship?
The
programme's goal is to enable exceptionally talented
university students (men and women) from all the ITU
African Member States to access the Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) sector. The combination of
their experiences at AFRICA 2001 and their academic
excellence will help to make them constitute a corps of
future leaders in the ICT field.
The
Youth Forum will be managed by ITU in collaboration with
ITU's Member States in Africa, the ITU Regional Bureau,
other international organizations, industry
representatives, and university associations and
universities. ITU headquarters in Geneva will provide
centralized monitoring and information-gathering and
project implementation services for the programme as a
whole.
Mentoring
support services will be provided to motivate participants
and to ensure their healthy and safe participation in the
programme.
There
is an urgent need to improve the knowledge of Information
and Communications Technologies (ICT) amongst the talented
young people who will be Africa's future government and
industry leaders, given the increasing importance of ICT
in the global economy and on existing regulatory
structures. The programme therefore builds on the ITU's
long-term commitment to assist and support low income and
least developed countries (LICs and LDCs) in their efforts
to progressively improve the standard and scope of their
telecommunication infrastructure and to bridge the digital
divide.
The
Youth Forum is held at the Gallagher Estate in Midrand
(Johannesburg, South Africa), the same venue as the TELECOM
Exhibition and Forum. All sessions will take place in
English and French with simultaneous interpretation.
ITU
will document and assess the Youth Forum programme,
including the fellows' performance.
Through
the ITU Member States' Administrations for each ITU
TELECOM event. For more information on the Youth Forum,
interested individuals may contact the ITU Secretariat
(see contact details below).
Contact:
Ms. Sunny Bekele
Forum
Officer
Tel: + 41 22 730 5179; Fax: +41 22 730 6444
Email: sunny.bekele@itu.int
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