NEW CoEs STRATEGY

UPDATE ON CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Regional Development Forum for EuropeBucharest, 20-22 April 2015

CoE

CoE CoE

CoECoE

CoE

CoE

CoE

CoECoE

CoE

CoE

CoEs Network

Why?

• Changing sector environment • New capacity building responses

When?

• WTDC-10• Resolution 73

What?

• New CoEs strategy• Processes and procedures document

CoEs Strategy: Review

• Defined by WTDC-14• 8 themes (including 4 regional)

THEMES VALIDITY

NUMBER PRIORITY AREAS

• Maximum 6 CoEs per region

• During 4-years cycle• In the end of the cycle status

will expire

• Maximum 2 areas per CoE

New CoEs Strategy

HOW TO APPLY ?Application and Selection

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Expertise, recognition and competence

EVIDANCE-BASED

Institutional quality and performance as

a training institution

RESOURCE-BASED

Proposal for implementation of CoEs activities

Application and Selection: Criteria

Application and Selection: Criteria

30%

40%

25%

5%

Image-relatedEvidence-basedResource-basedNon-quantified comments

• Invitation by the BDT Director after WTDC-14

• Endorsed submitted application formAPPLICATION

• Based on Processes and Procedures document by the ITU headquarters EVALUATION

• Considered by GCBI• Selected by the BDT Director• Endorsed by TDAG

SELECTION

Application and Selection: Process

Operations of the CoEs

Awarding of certificates

Partnership

Fees and funding

Operations of the CoEs

Funding partner

Content partnerAcademic partner

Training delivery partner

Operations: Partnership

Launching 4 weeks after selection of the CoEs

Applying by filling a form

Signing partner agreement

Partnership: Call for Partners

Training fees

Partner contributions

Donations from

countries and organizations

Quality assurance

General support to

CoEs

Content developme

nt

Operations: Fees and Funding

Operations: Awarding of Certificates

Assessment test

Submission of the certificate to BDT Director within 1

month

Signing by respective signatories within 2

weeks

Provision of individual

certificates

Entry of names by the Regional Offices and

provision for participants

Operations: Awarding of Certificates

Monitoring and evaluationMonitoring and Evaluation

M&E by ITU based

on KPIs

Evaluation by

participants

Monitoring and Evaluation: Process

Decision by BDT

Director

Monitoring and Evaluation: CoEs

Training process

Teaching staff

Report prepared by CoEs should be submitted to ITU

Regional Offices

Monitoring and Evaluation: Workshop

Governance

Regional representatives of GCBI

Additional representatives from the regional Member States

ITU

Representatives of Member States and Sector Members of the CoEs

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1

Governance: Steering Committee

STEERING COMMITTEE

Advice on operations of the CoEs

Recommend pricing policies and guidelines

Recommend evaluation of performance

Determine the range of

fees

Recommend implementation

of QAM

Recommend regional

annual plan

Facilitate cooperation of regional CoEs

Governance: SCs Functions

Notice of the meeting shall be sent 2 months before the meeting.

SC members announced 1 month

after the CoEs selection

Meeting – 4th quarter of the year

Every meeting includes 2 parts:

• General• Decision-making

Annually rotating

chairmanshipITU is a

secretariat

Governance: SC meetings

Present CoEs continue functioning till 2015

New WTDC cycle will implement the New Strategy

After WTDC-14 topics will be selected and an

invitation to apply will be sent

Processes and Procedures document will be translated

and sent before WTDC-14

Implementation Timeframe

Committed to Connecting the World

Selection Process for 2015 – 2018 period

Applications

• Total number of applications received– 99

• Endorsed applications – 96

• Applications that are not endorsed – 3

• There are 11 priority areas

• Each applicant could apply for 2 areas (max)

Committed to Connecting the World

Selection Process for 2015 – 2018 period.

Evaluation of Applications by Priority Areas – GLOBAL picture

Policy and Regulations

15%

Broadband Access29%

Cybersecurity7%

Conformance and Interop-

erability4%

Spectrum Management

5%

Digital Broadcasting

8%

ICT Applica-tions and Services

22% e-Waste2%

ICT and climate change2%

Internet Governence4%

Committed to Connecting the World

Selection Process for 2015 – 2018 period

NEXT STEPS

• STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING for Europe in February 2015

• ACTION PLANS AGREED in February 2015

• TRAINING PROGRAMS being developed for rollout

Committed to Connecting the World

Centres of Excellence for Europe

• Poland – National Institute of Telecommunications (NIT)

• Czech Republic - Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU)

• FYR of Macedonia – FEEIT Macedonia

• Germany - Technische Universität Chemnitz (TUC)

• Portugal - Institute for Technology and Quality, ISQ

Committed to Connecting the World

CoE Courses for Europe• NIT Poland

• Strategic Aspects for Internet Governance and Innovations, 5-6 November 2015

• End-to-End QoS Network Design, 19-20 November 2015

• CTU Czech Republic• Cyber Security Awareness for SMEs, 1 July 2015 • Cyber Security Lifecycle of the New Millennium, 1 October 2015

• FEEIT Macedonia• Next Generation Broadband Internet Access, 26 May – 22 June

2015• Mobile Broadband, 17 November – 14 December 2015

• TUC Germany• Network and IT Security, 10-11 August 2015• Broadband Access, 17 - 18 September 2015

• ISQ Portugal• Assess compliance of telecommunication and data

communication cables and devices (dates tbd)• Software Quality Control and Testing (dates tbd)

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