Call for Applications: e-business training for IT-consultants in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Dear GKD Members, There is a call for applications for a four year comprehensive e-business training programme for IT consultants employed in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The programme - called IT@ASIA - will be launched in April 2002 by the German development aid organisation 'Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft - CDG'. It is financed by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. IT@ASIA will focus on SEA multiplier institutions involved in IT and business training and/or consultancy services. The beneficiaries might be IT training institutes, business training institutes, consultancy institutions, Internet Service Providers, Chambers of Industry and Commerce, etc. >From 23rd March to 29th April 2002 CDG will arrange workshops in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam at which interested enterprises and institutions involved in IT consultancy can discuss their participation at the IT@ASIA programme. Interested institutions should contact CDG in Germany as soon as possible. Contact: Mr. Siegfried Karwatzki; email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information and an application form: http://www.it-in-asia.net The programme: The IT@ASIA programme aims to provide the participating multiplier institutions with state-of-the-art know-how in e-business. Through this it is intended to support practice-oriented IT related consultancy services in SEA and to help to disseminate know-how and experiences within the participating countries. In addition, cooperation between the participating institutions in SEA and partner institutions in Europe and Africa will be supported. CDG has launched already a twin projekt - IT@AB - in five African countries of the 'Southern African Development Community' (Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia, Zambia and South Africa) in autumn 2001: http://www.it-ab.net IT@ASIA includes practice-oriented workshops on e-business in SEA and Germany, a one year internship for junior consultants in German IT companies and Web-based courses. In addition both enabling applications and e-learning courses on e-business will be provided for further commercial exploitation through the partner institutions beyond the IT@ASIA project. A cornerstone of IT@ASIA is the one-year training programme in Germany for junior consultants who are employed by the participating institutions. The programme will offer advanced professional training and on-the-job training within a German IT company. This It@ASIA programme module includes a four-month intensive German language course. The programme will also support selected e-business projects in SEA as part of its curriculum. The sustainability of IT@ASIA is enhanced through tight links between the curriculum and the e-business strategies and practices of the participating institutions. So while working in Germany each junior consultant will support an e-business project of his/her employer in SEA. Curriculum development is therefore a joint activity of all selected partners and the CDG at the beginning of the programme. The selected e-business projects of the SEA institutions will become an integral part of the curriculum and will be supported through out the programme. Open Source based applications for e-learning, project management, distributed publishing and collaboration will be introduced and become part of the programme. The 'project productisation' strategy of CDG will then allow the project partners in SEA to take over not only the applications supporting the IT@ASIA programme but also the e-learning courses on e-business as commercially viable products for their businesses. Regards, Leopold. Leopold Reif Hoffmann & Reif Consultancy http://www.hoffmann-reif.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, an NGO that is a GKP member*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
