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PH to train govt decision makers in ICT

By Xinghui Guo | 30 March 2011

In the Philippines, the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) has implemented an IT training programme for the Philippine government, with the aim of equipping senior public sector officials with knowledge and tools to leverage ICT for development.

The training programme was launched under CICT partnership with the National Computer Centre (NCC) and the United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communications Technology for Development (UNAPCICT).

According to Maria Lourdes Aquilizan, Acting Director of the National Computer Institute (NCI), the programme— called ‘The Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders’— was developed for mid- and high-level government officials. In her view, there should be ICT champions in the government, and it would be best if these will come from top management.

“We feel that no matter how good the people below managerial and executive levels are with ICT, if the management and top level decision makers don’t really understand and recognise the strategic value and role of ICT in the government, then it is useless.” Aquilizan explained to FutureGov Asia Pacific.

This statement is not unfounded. During the launch of the programme on 24 March 2011, Hyeun Suk Rhee, Director of the United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communications Technology for Development (UNAPCICT) noted that only 15 per cent of ICT projects in the Asia Pacific government are successful.

Hence, Aquilizan said that the roll out of the programme, alongside other initiatives of with the National Computer Centre (NCC), CICT and other agencies, will enable the government to improve the success rate for ICT projects.

Based on 8 modules, NCI is planning to conduct the training sessions which are standalone in nature. Aquilizan explained, “It is difficult to get hold of executives in one place for several weeks. What we plan to do is to conduct training on one module in three days or combine two to three modules for five whole days.” Aquilizan also noted that this system will ensure that NCI will gets the attention of the executives and allow them to truly appreciate the value of ICT.

The course ware will also be placed online through the APCICT Virtual Academy (AVA) for e-learning purposes although according to Aquilizan, there is no means for NCI to monitor online users and to cater to users’ questions.

The eight generic modules focus on:

The linkage between ICT applications and meaningful development;

ICT for development policy, process and governance;

e-government applications;

Trends for government leaders;

Internet governance;

Network and Information security and privacy;

ICT project management in theory and practice;

And options for funding ICT for development.

Two new modules on disaster management and climate change are in the final stages of development, and these modules will also be included in the programme.

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