9 DTCs have been selected globally to participate in Phase 1 of the Initiative, from Africa (4), Americas (2) and Asia Pacific regions (3). Phase 1 runs for 21 months from January 2020 to September 2021. During this phase, with the support of ITU, Cisco and other partners, the 9 selected DTCs will deliver training at basic and intermediate level to citizens with a focus on rural and underserved communities. At the end of phase 1, more DTCs will be able to join the network for phase 2. An Onboarding Workshop for phase 1 took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 11 to 13 February 2020 and all the 9 selected DTCs were invited to attend. The workshop gave the DTCs an understanding of their roles and responsibilities and how best to contribute to the goals of the Initiative.
List of DTCs per region
Africa
Ecole Multinationale Supérieure des Postes d'Abidjan (EMSP), Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), Ghana
Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA), Rwanda
Smart Zambia Institute (SZI), Zambia
Americas
Centros Tecnológicos Comunitarios (CTC), Dominican Republic
Instituto Federal de Brasilia (IFB), Brazil
Asia-Pacific
Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT), the Philippines
ICT Training and Development Center (BPPTIK), Indonesia
Papua New Guinea University of Technology (UNITECH), Papua New Guinea