The 1st Centres of Excellence Steering Committee meeting for Europe Region was held in Warsaw, Poland from 7 to 8 February 2019. The meeting was organized by ITU and hosted by the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), Poland. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the 1st Steering Committee meeting for the Centers of Excellence for the CIS region.
This was the first 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 was to govern and provide oversight to the CoE network functioning and operations. The meeting provided CoEs the opportunity to present and discuss their activities, exchange experience, learn from each other and strengthen collaboration.
A key outcome of the meeting was the agreed training catalogue for the CoE network in the region for the upcoming year. With the aim of creating synergies among the CoE networks in Europe and CIS region, the first meeting of the respective Steering Committees was held in conjunction.
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
