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In celebrating World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2007 and its
theme of “Connecting the Young,” the ITU Secretary-General, Dr Hamadoun Touré
announced that Connect the World Honorary Patron,
HRH Sheikha Al-Mayassa of Qatar is
joining hands with ITU to launch a campaign to secure at least CHF 2 Million to
support some 250 new scholarships in addition to creating 1000 new internship
opportunities by 2010. HRH Sheikha Al-Mayassa has graciously agreed to serve as
Honorary Patron of ITU’s Youth ICT Education initiatives to help more young
people around the world gain access to opportunities in the telecommunication/ICT
field.
This campaign aims to attract sponsors from the telecommunication/ICT sectors
and governments and other stakeholders to support new scholarships and
internship opportunities through the ITU Youth
Education Scheme (YES), ITU Youth
Incentive Scheme (YIS) and ITU Internet Training Centres Internship Programme.
Since 2003, 50 YES scholarships have been awarded for a total of CHF 450,000. A
further 100 youth internships have been awarded through the Youth Incentive
Scheme. The Internet Training Centres Internship Programme is a new initiative.
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