The “Training
Course on Measuring Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Access and Use in Households and Businesses”,
took place from 30 May to 9
June 2011 in Amman, Jordan. The training was organized jointly by the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and in cooperation with
the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS).
The training was delivered to staff of National Statistics
Offices and other national institutions in charge of the production
of official statistics on the information society from countries of
the Arab region. This training is part of the efforts of the
capacity building
task
group of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
to assist Member States in the area of ICT measurement.
The training is based on the ITU “Manual
for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals, 2009
Edition” and the UNCTAD “Manual
for the Production of Statistics on the Information Economy, 2009
Revised Edition”.
The training
is part of the project
on “ICT
indicators and
capacity building for ICT
measurement in the Arab Region”,
which is
a project carried by the ITU Arab
Regional Office. This
project aims to establish
effective and efficient mechanisms in
the Arab region to collect, analyze and disseminate ICT indicators.
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Final report
(pdf format) -
English
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Agenda
(pdf format) -
English
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Information Note (pdf
format) -
English
