[Ict4devwg] Press Release: United Nations convenes ICTD experts to strengthen programme monitoring and evaluation

[Daniel James Munoz Smith]

*For Immediate Release*

*29 August 2012*

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*United Nations convenes ICTD experts to strengthen programme monitoring
and evaluation *



*Incheon, Republic of Korea:* Regional experts from government, academia,
civil society and the private sector, and the United Nations hub for
information and communication technology for development (ICTD) gather to
enhance monitoring and evaluation tools for ICTD capacity building
programmes.



The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication
Technology for Development (UN-APCICT/ESCAP) today concluded an Expert
Group Meeting towards strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of
APCICT’s *“Academy of ICT Essentials for Government
Leaders”<http://unapcict.org/academy>
* (Academy) programme. The Academy equips government officials and
development practitioners with the skills and knowledge to leverage ICT for
socio-economic development.



Over the two-day meeting, 28-29 August, 8 Academy programme partners from
Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Tajikistan examined various
dimensions of a new ‘M&E Toolkit’ that is under development for the
Academy. The M&E Toolkit is a generic tool designed to help Academy
partners better capture the progress and impact of the Academy programme in
different national contexts.



“The results of this unique gathering will help to strengthen monitoring
and evaluation of APCICT’s flagship capacity development programme, and
provide Academy partners throughout the region with the practical tools to
do so.” said Dr. Hyeun-Suk Rhee, Director of UN-APCICT/ESCAP.



Participants of the Expert Group Meeting reviewed the Toolkit and
concretized plans to customize and apply it in the field over the coming
months. The outcomes and lessons learned from the field application will
subsequently be presented at a regional meeting of Academy partners to be
held later this year.



“This gathering of M&E experts and facilitators was an important
opportunity to share first-hand perspectives and develop resources that
will help to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of ICT for
development training programmes and frameworks, at the national and
regional-levels,” noted Ms. Yvette Cabrera, Senior Competency Standards
Specialist from the Information and Communications Technology Office of the
Philippines.



The M&E Toolkit and this week’s Expert Group Meeting are a part of APCICT’s
continuous effort to strengthen the impact and reach of the Academy
programme, which was first launched in June, 2008 during the OECD
Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy in Seoul,
Republic of Korea.



Since then, the Academy has been rolled-out in 26 Asia-Pacific as well as
Africa and the Middle-East. It is available in 9 languages and has reached
over 12,000 participants through face-to-face and online course enrolments.



*About United Nations APCICT- ESCAP* (http://www.unapcict.org)

The United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and
Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT/ESCAP) is a subsidiary
body of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP), established with a membership identical to that of ESCAP and is
located in Incheon, Republic of Korea. APCICT aims to strengthen the
efforts of the member countries of ESCAP to use ICT in their socio-economic
development by building the human and institutional capacity for ICT
through comprehensive programmes and knowledge sharing platforms.



*For further information, please contact:*

Hyeun-Suk Rhee, Ph.D.

Director, UN-APCICT/ESCAP

Incheon, Republic of Korea

T: + (82) 032 245 1700

E: director at unapcict.org
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