HIPCAR Project Support - ITU Centres of Excellence Expert - level Training Workshop on “Network Cost Modelling for Countries in the Caribbean Region”
4-8 October 2010 (Kingston, Jamaica)

The Workshop

This training workshop “Network Cost Modelling for Countries in the Caribbean Region” is organized jointly by the Telecommunication Development Bureau of the ITU and the Telecommunications Policy and Management Programme, Mona School of Business, University of West Indies, Kingston - one of the Nodes of the ITU Centres of Excellence Network for the Caribbean region.  

The event is to be held in Kingston, Jamaica from 4-8 October 2010. 

This training workshop is a five-day expert level workshop, which seeks to analyze in detail the advantages and disadvantages of different cost models, including their implications for the calculation of cost-based tariffs for regulated retail and wholesale services and the challenges of data collection. 

For further information on the event, kindly visit the ITU Academy portal at http://academy.itu.int/index.php/events/item/327 .

Who can participate

The training workshop will be conducted on a highly participative basis and is addressed to professionals working in the finance sectors of regulatory authorities, government and telecommunication operators. This workshop is particularly suited for personnel involved in the calculation of cost-based tariffs for regulated retail and wholesale services.  

The HIPCAR Project supports, subject to available budget, designated participants from relevant government bodies, regulators, and regional organizations from the following HIPCAR beneficiary countries: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, The Commonwealth of Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.