ITU Competition for 2008 ITU Youth Forum Alumni

Posted Wed, 09/30/2009 - 06:12 by Dima

In case you have missed this, here is a recent message from the ITU to the ITU Youth Forum Asia 2008 alumni:

Dear 2008 Youth Forum Alumni

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Asia Pacific Regional Office is pleased to announce a competition open for Youth Forum Alumni from the ITU Youth Forum at Telecom Asia 2008 held in Thailand that have already earned their Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university by 31 September 2009.

ITU is launching “Connecting a School, Connecting a Community”, a new initiative to promote Internet access in schools so that schools can serve as community ICT centres. Connected schools can provide ICT access to their students and open the world of ICT-enabled education materials, digital libraries, and other valuable resources.

In order to launch its initiative, ITU will research information about existing school connectivity initiatives, projects and plans. ITU seeks a junior researcher to assist in this work in order to identify best practices, potential partners, and pilot projects. One of the assignments of the junior researcher will include blogging in order to share information with government leaders, private industry and NGOs that are interested in connecting schools.

If you are interested in applying for this short-term post, you are invited to enter the blogging competition below. The author of the best blog entry will be selected to work with ITU on a part-time, work-at-home basis.

Interested applicants should conduct Internet-based research on existing school connectivity and community connectivity initiatives from the Asia Pacific region and write a sample blog entry of less than 500 words based on the research which includes a hyperlink to the initiative. The applicant can develop his/her blog to URL by 15 October 2009. Be sure to follow the guidelines described on the website in preparing your sample blog entry for the competition.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,
Wisit Atipayakoon


ITU Regional Office for
Asia and the Pacific