The Virtual Centres of Excellence Steering Committee meeting for Europe is scheduled for 9 March 2020, 11:00 – 12:30. The main objective of this meeting is to address possible implications of COVID-19 for the implementation of the face-to-face CoE courses planned for 2020.
The agenda of the meeting includes the following items:
- Agenda of the meeting:
- Welcome and setting the context
- Agenda of the meeting
- Implementation of courses from January to April 2020
- Review of plans of the ITU Centres of Excellence, taking into account impact of the COVID-19
- ITU Academy presentation of the online platform: Technical solutions for possible transit from face-to-face to online
- CoE interventions
- Revision of the 2020 training catalogue (dates, format, pricing, other)
- Sharing of CoE training materials with ITU
- Other business
This is the virtual Steering Committee Meeting of the new CoE network cycle which started in January 2019 and will last until December 2022. The main objective of the Steering Committees is to govern and provide oversight to the CoE network functioning and operations. The meeting will provide CoEs the opportunity to present and discuss their activities, exchange experience, learn from each other and strengthen collaboration.
A key outcome of the meeting will be the agreed revision of the training catalogue 2020 for the CoE network in the region.
According to the Governance structure outlined in the document “Operational Processes and Procedures for the CoE Network 2018" (available on the ITU Academy website), Steering Committees are composed of the Centers of Excellence, Member States hosting a CoE and ITU, who are expected to attend the meetings. Other participants from the broader ITU membership are welcome to attend as observers.
Additional information on the Centres of Excellence programme can be found at ITU Academy Portal
