ITU Academy Training Centre

UNU-MERIT is an ITU Academy Training Centre that empowers ICT professionals for digital transformation in developing countries.

ITU Summerschool

UNU-MERIT is an ITU Academy Training Centre, as part of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU’s) Academy Training Centre programme. This programme takes the ITU’s capacity development work forward into the future. It will directly contribute to building knowledge and skills among professionals in the ICT field, thus enabling them to contribute to – and fully participate in – the digital transformation.

ITU Academy Training Centres (ATCs) are internationally recognised institutions offering high-quality training to intermediate and senior personnel, with a focus on the needs of developing countries. ATCs are the core capacity development partners of the ITU, delivering first-rate courses that address the most important training topics, as identified by ITU’s membership.

If you have any questions about our work as an ITU Academy Training Centre, please reach out to UNU-MERIT’s Capacity Development Office: cdo@merit.unu.edu

Course offering

ITU Academy Training Centre

Causes and consequences of the digital divide

Challenges of digital inclusion, consequences of digital divides, and opportunities towards inclusive and equitable digital transformation

ITU Academy Training Centre

Summer school on evidence-based digital policies for universal and meaningful connectivity

This summer school focuses on enhancing skills for creating evidence-based digital policies to achieve Universal and Meaningful Connectivity.

ITU Academy Training Centre

Economics of Innovation applied to the digital sector

The course aims at providing an introduction to the main theoretical and empirical issues surrounding the economic analysis of innovation.