ICT Centre of Excellence at UG for August month end completion

May 21, 2016 News

Work is moving apace for the establishment of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre of Excellence for which a Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed between the Governments

Discussing the proposed architectural designs: Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon (first, right), Advisor on E-Governance, Floyd Levi, Director of Policy and Training, Malcom Williams, Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes and Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Venkatachalam Mahalingam (first from left)

of Guyana and India.
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon; Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes, and Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Venkatachalam Mahalingam, yesterday visited the proposed site for the Centre of Excellence at the National Data Management Building at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus.
Also present during the site visit were Advisor on E-Governance and Head of the E-Government Unit, Floyd Levi; Training Coordinator of the E-Government Unit, Kim Lawrence; Director of Policy and Training, Malcolm Williams, and General Manager of the National Data Management Authority (NDMA), Godfrey Proctor.
“The Ministers, High Commissioner and team examined the architectural designs and drawings for the proposed centre. Works are expected to be completed by the end of August 2016. They also discussed the use and size of the offices, floor space and the make-up of each classroom.”
The Centre will provide training for public sector ICT professionals to ensure the availability of a highly skilled ICT workforce, equipped with the requisite expertise to meet the increasingly complex demands of the public and private sectors.