UN, BHUTAN TIE UP IN ICT CAPABILITY PROJECT
Posted On July 17, 2011
The UN and Bhutan government has launched an ICT capacity development programme through an academy to boost the ICT skills of the government officials in Himalayan kingdom.
The United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT/ESCAP), with the support of Bhutan’s Ministry of Information and Communication (MoIC) has launched the academy called Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders.
UN-APCI has partnered with the Royal Institute of Management to launch the programme. More than 40 senior government officials and policymakers representing 10 ministries and five autonomous government agencies have met Thimphu to roll-out the project.