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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. |
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| Q |
How
will the Youth Forum be managed? |
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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. |
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| Q |
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Mentoring
support services will be provided to motivate participants
and to ensure their healthy and safe participation in the
programme. |
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| Q |
Why
is the ITU making such an investment in
young university students at this time? |
| A |
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. |
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| Q |
How
will the Youth Forum ensure that students stay connected?
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| A |
The Forum will provide the students with the
opportunity to form relationships with ITU Member
States and the private sector so that they can stay
connected to various ICT networks. Through these
contacts with ITU Member States and private sector,
internships could be identified. Similarly, through
discussions with other fellows, the students could
carry out useful networking.
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| Q |
Where,
and in what language does the Youth Forum take place? |
| A |
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. |
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| Q |
Will
the Youth Forum experience be documented and evaluated? |
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ITU
will document and assess the Youth Forum programme,
including the fellows' performance. |
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| Q |
How
can talented university people apply for a Youth Forum
Fellowship? |
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Through the ITU Member States' Administrations for each ITU
TELECOM event. For more information on the Youth Forum
click
here or contact the ITU Secretariat:
Ms. Sunny Bekele
Forum
Officer
Tel: + 41 22 730 5179; Fax: +41 22 730 6444
Email: sunny.bekele@itu.int
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