Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2023 Nominee

Egyptian African Training Telecom Regulatory Training Center


Description

• The Egyptian African Telecommunication Training Center (EG-ATRC) is established by NTRA, with the purpose of providing capacity development in the field of ICT for the African and Arab region.
• EG-ATRC aims to develop human competencies capable of dealing with the challenges in the ICT sector.
• The Center is launched in July 2021, its broad-wide curriculum includes different training programs and drills on Cybersecurity, Spectrum Management, Smart Cities & Infrastructure, Type Approval, e-payment, Licensing and Market governance issues.

Project website

https://www.tra.gov.eg/en/ntra-websites/atrc/about/about-atrc/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C4. Capacity building 2023
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Global digital compact (GDC) objectives related to this project None

Coverage
  • Africa

Status

Ongoing

Start date

July 2021

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Women
  • Youth, Women, Regulators, Representatives from academia and international organisations working on regulatory or policy issues

Replicability

The project is replicable and can be executed in different fields and regions worldwide


Sustainability

The Project is sustainable and can be expanded to include more geographical coverage and introduce new topics for the training courses.


WSIS values promotion

NTRA believes in the essential and vital role of African human competencies working in the field of Communication and Information Technology, and the role that these human experiences play in developing and stimulating the promising African digital economy, In this project, we highlight the necessity of human competencies development with the aim to transfer soft skills experiences in terms of technology and expertise to African regulators through building bridges across the continent Which comes in line with the WSIS values related to capacity building and that ‘’ Each person should have the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge in order to understand, participate actively in, and benefit fully from, the Information Society and the knowledge economy’’


Entity name

National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA)

Entity country—type

Egypt Government

Entity website

https://www.tra.gov.eg/en/