The Virtual University of Pakistan conducted a train-the-trainer course in November 2024 that prepared participants – comprising 10 visually impaired trainers and 10 sighted assistants – to teach basic computer skills to people with visual impairments.
At the Global DTC Workshop 2025, held from 10 to 12 June in Santo Domingo, DTC focal points shared the importance of sharing best practices and lessons learnt.
New communities have been created in the ITU Academy for the Steering Committees of the Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in each region. This feature has been introduced as part of the action items from the Second Steering Committee meetings held between November 2015 and January 2016.
The 2026 meeting of the GCBI will be held virtually on 26 March 2026.
In collaboration with ST Microelectronics Foundation (ST Foundation), ITU organized a virtual train-the-trainer programme on the ST Foundation course "Introduction to Computer Basics (ICB)" from 5 to 11 March 2026.
From 23 to 27 February 2026, the DTC in Nigeria conducted a 5-day training to introduce its instructors to some of the core content and courses available under the DTC Initiative.
The DTC in Trinidad and Tobago (MAAPI) implemented its first series of digital skills trainings for citizens from February to April 2026.
Under the Project “Boosting Digital Skills through Digital Transformation Centres (DTCs)” co-funded by ITU and the Government of Norway, ITU supported several DTCs to implement outreach activities to promote their work under the Initiative at the national and/or local level within their target communities.