From twillard@iisd.ca Sat Nov 2 14:06:36 2002
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 10:14:26 -0600
From: Terri Willard
Reply-To: gkd@phoenix.edc.org
To: gkd@phoenix.edc.org
Subject: [GKD] ITU World Telecom Forum - Youth Forum Applications
URGENT DEADLINE: 30 November 2002!!!!
For more details, visit
http://www.itu.int/WORLD2003/forum/youth/index.html
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY!!!!
In addition to serving as the secretariat for the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS), the International Telecommunications Union
(ITU) also organizes the World Telecom forum. The next World Telecom is
in October 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland (2 months before the WSIS).
The ITU has created a Youth Forum as part of World Telecom. Participants
in the Youth Forum will visit the ITU TELECOM WORLD 2003 Exhibition
(Geneva, 12 to 18 October 2003) and will attend the Forum sessions of
their choice. Four sessions will be specifically devoted to the Youth
Forum. These special youth-driven Youth Forum sessions will feature
industry and political leaders, and will address the technical,
regulatory and financial issues, as well as other concerns relevant to
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a tool for social
and economic development. Specific subjects will include:
* the basics of technologies and their possible uses;
* the relationships between policy/regulation and market
structure in the world;
* the fundamentals of building a dynamic communications
environment;
* the relationships between policy, regulation and the
business world; and
* how business is related to the world of communications.
The ITU has initiated a Fellowship Programme to fund one young woman and
one young man of university age (18-25) from each of its Member States
in the world to attend the ITU TELECOM WORLD 2003 within the scope of
its ongoing commitment to fellowships programmes. The candidates will be
selected on the basis of a competition, which aims to broaden the talent
pool of future leaders in telecommunications, and specifically in the
Information and Communication Technology sectors. For each candidate,
travel, accommodation and subsistence costs will be met by the ITU, in
cooperation with Youth Forum sponsors. The Fellowship Programme will
assist approximately 380 fellows from around the world. Post-fellowship
training is planned in the country of origin where an opportunity exists
for a placement within an ICT company or an operator which can offer
such training. A post-fellowship career advancement component is also
planned - this could include internships offered by Government agencies
or companies in the private sector.
Candidates must be nationals, aged between 18 and 25 and must be
attending national universities or higher institutes at the time of
submission. All sessions will be in English, French and Spanish, so they
must be able to participate in one of these three languages. A working
knowledge of English is needed to communicate with other fellow students
of the Youth Forum programme Selection Procedure and to comprehend
briefings which would be conducted in English. They must have completed
two years of university study by 30 June 2003. The selection committee
is seeking a mix of competencies and interests, and there is no
preference for any special area of studies.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS BEING COORDINATED THROUGH UNIVERSITIES. THEY
WILL NOMINATE STUDENTS AND FORWARD THE APPLICATIONS TO THE ITU MEMBER
ADMINISTRATION IN EACH COUNTRY. THE ITU MEMBER ADMINISTRATION MUST SEND
ITS RECOMMENDATION OF ON NOT MORE THAN TWO YOUNG MEN AND TWO YOUNG WOMEN
TO THE ITU SECRETARIAT BY 30 NOVEMBER 2002!!!!! THEREFORE, IF YOU WISH
TO BE CONSIDERED, YOU MUST ACT QUICKLY!!!!
If you are interested in applying for one of these fellowships, you
should contact your university administration. They should have the
nomination forms. You will need to complete the nomination form and
write a short essay (250-500 words) on the subject "It is widely
believed that ICTs can contribute to the economic and social development
of a country; if you were head of state in your country, what role would
you have young people play to make this a reality, or make the
development of your country a reality?". The essay may be written in
English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic or Chinese. Students should
submit their essays and CVs to their respective universities for
selection and evaluation.
If you do not know who to contact within your university, or your
university does not seem to be aware of this competition, contact the
ITU Member Administration in your country directly. Contact information
for each country is available through
http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates
For more information, contact:
Ms Tsehai Bekele
Youth Forum Manager
sunny.bekele@itu.int
tel.: +41 22 730 5179
fax: +41 22 730 6444
We hope that many young people from around the world become aware of
this excellent opportunity. Those of us working on the Youth Creating
Digital Opportunities strategy (adopted as the GKP Youth Strategy in
April 2002), are continuing to talk with the ITU about how to ensure
that the young people participating in World Telecom 2003 become part of
a broader network of young people using ICTs to create a more
sustainable and equitable future for us all. Towards that goal, we will
be launching a new and expanded version of the YCDO Web site (early
pilot version at http://ict.takingitglobal.org/) at the ITU's Asia
Telecom forum in December 2002 in Hong Kong.
We look forward to continuing to work with you all!
Best wishes,
Terri Willard
Project Manager
Knowledge Communications
International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.org/
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