A series of online training courses on ESCAP Web Toolkits for the Republic of Uzbekistan's national consultants is aimed at Improving Connectivity in North and Central Asia by Facilitating the Co-deployment of ICT, Energy, and Transport Infrastructures. Will be delivered on the following dates:
- October 2, 2024, 9.00 (GMT+5, Tashkent)
- October 4, 2024, 9.00 (GMT+5, Tashkent)
- October 7, 2024, 9.00 (GMT+5, Tashkent)
- October 9, 2024, 9.00 (GMT+5, Tashkent)
The Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD) of ESCAP is implementing several activities under the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (APIS) Action Plan 2022-2026, mainly through Working Group 1 on Connectivity for All. Objectives include actions by the member States to strengthen regional connectivity and bridge the digital divide by promoting broadband access networks, sustainable aspects of ICT infrastructure, co-deployment strategies and mechanisms for cross-border integrated infrastructures with ICT, energy and transport infrastructures. The ESCAP secretariat has developed several capacity-building tools and activities to facilitate this work in the region and regularly updates analytical data for member States.
The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of Uzbekistan chairs Working Group 1 on Connectivity for All as the Vice-Chair country of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (APIS). Through the mechanisms of APIS and the SPECA Working Group, the Ministry of Uzbekistan has expressed its readiness to use several connectivity tools that aim to enhance support for national capacity building. The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan has developed a project entitled “Improving Connectivity in North and Central Asian Countries by Facilitating Co-Deployment of ICT, Energy and Transport Infrastructures”. In particular, the project will use ESCAP connectivity tools to develop a preliminary feasibility study to identify a list of national transport infrastructure corridors.
In this regard, the project plans to recruit a team of consultants to establish a Technical Expert Group on Infrastructure Co-Deployment (TICEG), which will develop an analytical document on the application of the tool for ICT co-deployment in energy and transport infrastructure and identify a list of potential corridors for ensuring cross-border connectivity in Uzbekistan, as well as develop a preliminary feasibility study through in-depth modelling of selected infrastructure co-deployment scenarios to create technically viable solutions that will enable policy commitments for selected ICT infrastructure co-deployment projects. A series of online training seminars are organized to support the active use of these products and prepare relevant consultants.
Target audience: the training series is designed to prepare national consultants working in the following areas:
- ICT and Telecommunications Infrastructure
- Road and rail transport
- Electric power industry
The online training series aims to present knowledge products and network tools developed by UNESCAP, to develop new skills among national experts in using the methodology and tools for effective expansion of seamless cross-border infrastructure through the tools:
- Digital Corridors Simulator - A modelling tool to determine the most appropriate model for the development of new digital transport corridors.
- The Co-Deployment Partner Portal, available at https://co-deployment.online, aims to support the co-deployment of ICT infrastructure with road transport and energy infrastructure.
Expanding the potential and practical skills of national experts of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
- Implement knowledge products for the development of appropriate policy measures that consider intersectoral synergies,
- apply the proposed software to determine the most suitable scenario with an optimal partnership model for the development of new digital transport corridors,
- learn how to form partnerships for effective co-deployment of ICT infrastructure with road transport and energy infrastructure through https://co-deployment.online.