UNDP and Italian government to build capacity on ICT in Africa

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Italian government on Thursday signed an agreement in Maputo, that establishes mechanisms of multilateral financing for a project to develop Mozambican human resources in the sphere of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Apart from training trainers, civil servants and government leaders in matters linked to ICTs, this project also envisages setting up training centres in north, south and centre regions of Mozambique. The project, to be implemented over a period of two years, is a component of a wider programme on new technologies undertaken since 2002 by the government's Technical Unit for the Implementation of Computer Policy , with the support of UNDP. Speaking at the ceremony, the Mozambican Minister of Science and Technology, Venancio Massingue, said that the said the agreement was a valuable contribution to implementation of the government's programme and that the government is determined to ensure that all citizens can use the available technological resources. He also iterated that the agreement would make it possible to train a considerable number of civil servants and other state employees at various levels and in all regions of the country. More

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