Significant progress was made in the Conformity and Interoperability programme. An International Research and Developing Testing Center (IRDTC) was launched in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Support in capacity development was provided to specialized training centers working with children with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan and Belarus to improve their capabilities in the use of ICTs.
Teachers of informaticsin rural areas of Kyrgyzstan were helped upgrade their digital skills.
Through various capacity building programmes, including the “TechBika” project, efforts are under way to bridge the gender divide in Uzbekistan.
Armenia and Kazakhstan are pioneering countries’ digital resilienceassessment under the Connect2Recover initiative.
A new learning center for children with hearing impairments opened in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The first Interregional Meetingfor Asia-Pacific and CIS, part of 2021 Global Cyberdrill, discussed the current threat environment related to Cyber Resilience and Protecting Critical information infrastructure.