Quotes on APCICT

"Congratulations to APCICT on your 3rd Anniversary and the official launch of APICT Virtual Academy. Your accomplishments in such a short year had greatly improve governance and the well being of many."
Engr. Paul Victor B. Rotor, Jr., Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, Philippines (18 June 2009)

Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders Programme

"The Central Asia Research and Education Network are planning to conduct the Academy training for management staff of the National Research and Education Network [from 2009 to 2010]."
Almaz Bakenov, Director, National Information Technology Center, Kyrgyzstan (14 July 2009)

"I have seen the content of the [APCICT Virtual Academy] DVD and it is really amazing. Congratulation for the outstanding work."
Yudho Giri Sucahyo, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia (7 July 2009)

"The Career Executive Service Board is truly proud of its partnership with you. Our collaboration through the Academy enables the continuing learning of our government senior executives on ICT and thus sustaining efforts to keep public service delivery efficient and customer-friendly."
Maria Anthonette Velasco-Allones, Executive Director, Career Executive Service Board, Philippines (16 June 2009)

“This Academy will help the mission led by the Ministry of Comunications and Information Technology to develop the ICT sector in Afghanistan and to mentor our policy makers and government decision makers in understanding the benefits of new ICT for social and economic development.”
Amirzai Sangin, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Afghanistan (4 June 2009)

"The roll-out of the Academy in Indonesia is a manifestation of synergy between international agency (UN), government agency and university (University of Indonesia). The translation and delivery of the modules has removed any language barriers to the participants and contribute significantly to apprehending the contents. We plan to disseminate the modules as much as possible to other government agencies in Indonesia."
Herry Abdul Aziz, Director of e-Government, Directorate General for ICT Applications, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Republic of Indonesia (30 April 2009)

“These eight [Academy] modules will really bring huge change by letting our politicians and policymakers know what ICT can do for them.”
Muhammad Aimal Marjan, Director General – ICT, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Afghanistan

“Looking at the content of the [Academy] modules and the things we are doing right now, it is very relevant. By sharing [APCICT’s collective] experiences and knowledge, it will help us move forward in the development of ICTs.”
Iswar Singh Thapa, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, Nepal

"The training design was done in a participatory manner and I really hope that all countries will use it."
Raul N. Nilo, Director, Policies and Standard Office, National Computer Centre, Commission on ICT, Philippines