Empowering the Youth Through ICTUN-APCICT Student Intern : Lessons and Experiences

28 June, 2011Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Marvin Khristian ZamoraUniversity of the Philippines – BaguioAPCICT Intern : July – August 2008

A Hub for ICT Capacity Development

UN-APCICT

“Turning Today's Youth into Tomorrow's Leaders Programme”

•Enhance awareness on the application of ICT fordevelopment (ICTD)

•Primer Series on ICTD for Youth

•2008 AUN-ROK – DJU Student Exchange Programme

APCICT Experience

Resource submission to UN-APCICT's E-Collaborative (E-Co) Hub

E-Government and E-GovernanceE-CommerceDisaster managementInternet Governance

Review and Develop ICT4D Case Studies: ICT Applications for Government Leaders

Disaster ManagementE-commerceE-procurement

ICTD in Education

Promotion of ICT's role in community development

Assimilation of ICTD to future leaders

Realization of ICT's end goal: faster achievement of MDGs

ICT Industry in the Phillipines

Opportunity to create systems that can reach m(b)illions

Rapid technological development

Unbounded applications: Finance, Education, Entertainment, Media, etc. (any domain you can think of)

Learning from ICT Experience

ICT as enabler/driver and not the standard of development

ICT as a tool to achieve socio-economic development goals

Thank Youhttp://www.unapcict.org/