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Fellowships and Training - 2007

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The Secretariat of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), is offering Fellowships and Training in Telecommunications issues. Also, we informed to all the interested, if you wish to take this courses without the fellowship support. Please register and pay directly to the "Regional Training Center". Tuition fees and method of payment depend of each course. Please see list attached with fellowships and training available.

Note: Please be reminded that these fellowships are subject to the availability of funds corresponding to the 2007 regular budget. Some of the dates of the course are still under revision

Frequently Asked Questions on CITEL fellowship

Update date: October 11, 2007

 

Course

 

Offered By

 

Type of course, language, date

 

Number of scholarships

Deadline to present candidates

Spectrum management in the civil sector Course

United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI)

Sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Comsearch

Traditional (12 days)

 

English

 

Orientation: April 6

April 9 to 20

Washington DC, USA

4 scholarships offered of economy class tickets

2 scholarships of economy class tickets awarded 

(USTTI offers a scholarship of US$ 400 and doesl not charge the administrative fee of US$ 150)

Please see list with selected candidates

 

March 5, 2007

Wireless multimedia services Course

Available only in Spanish

Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (ITBA)

Distance learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

April 30 to June 8

45 scholarships offered for registration fee

  • 15 OAS scholarships of US$ 200

  • 30 OAS scholarships =US $ 100 and Center & ITU= US $ 100

Please see list with selected candidates

 

April 16, 2007

Digital Terrestrial Television Course: Technological and Market Considerations 

 

Colombian Association of Engineers (ACIEM) (Asociación Colombiana de Ingenieros)

Distance learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish and English

 

April 30 to June 8

45 scholarships offered for registration fee

  • 15 OAS scholarships of US$ 200

  • 30 OAS scholarships =US $ 100 and Center & ITU= US $ 100

Please see list with selected candidates

 

April 16, 2007

Mobile telephony Systems Course

Available only in Spanish

Julio Garavito Colombian School of Engineering (Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería “Julio Garavito”)

Distance learning (4 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

May 14 to June 8

15 scholarships offered for registration fee (US$ 160)

Please see list with selected candidates

April 27, 2007

Internet Television (IPTV) Course

Available only in Spanish

National Telecommunications Administration of Uruguay (ANTEL) (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones de Uruguay)

Distance learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

May 14 to June 22

45 scholarships offered for registration fee

  • 15 OAS scholarships of US$ 200

  • 30 OAS scholarships =US $ 100 and Center & ITU= US $ 100

Please see list with selected candidates

 

April 27, 2007

Environmental Management of Electromagnetic Fields Course

Available only in Spanish

National Engineering University – Executing Unit 002 INICTEL – UNI (INICITEL-UNI)

Distance learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

June 4 to July 13

15 scholarships offered for registration fee (US$ 200)

May 21, 2007

TCP/IP Network Management Course

Available only in Spanish

National Telecommunications Administration of Uruguay

Distance learning (4 weeks)

Spanish

 

June 4 to 29

 

30 scholarships offered for registration fee (OMS = US$ 100, Center & ITU= US $ 100

Please see list with selected candidates

May 21, 2007

E-government to develop strategies and policies Course

United States Telecommunications Training Institute) (USTTI)

 

Traditional (15 days)

 

English

 

Orientation: June 15

June 18 to 29 Washington, DC, USA

4 scholarships offered for economy class tickets

(USTTI offers a scholarship of US$ 400 and does not charge an administrative fee of US $150)

Please see list with selected candidates

 

May 11, 2007

Design and Implementation of Quality of Sevices (QoS) on IP Networks Course

Available only in Spanish

Center of Excellence for the Americas Region of the International Telecommunication Union through CINTEL (Colombia)

Distance Learning (4 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

July 23 to August 17

30 scholarships offered for registration fee. (OAS=US$ 100, Centro & ITU =US$ 100)

Please see list with selected candidates

June 29, 2007

Internet Network Engineering Course

Available only in Spanish

Center for Technological Innovation of the Engineering School of Paraguay

 

Traditional (5 days)

Spanish

 

July  16 to 20 Asunción, Paraguay

 

5 scholarships offered for economic class tickets. The center offer to pay for lodging, lunch and medical insurance

June 14, 2007

ICT Policymaking in a Global Environment; Purpose and Impact of European Regulation of Communications Course

United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI)

 

Traditional (5 days)

 

English

 

Orientation: July 27 July 30 to August 3 Washington, DC, USA

 

5 scholarships offered for economic class tickets.

 

(USTTI offers one scholarship of  US$ 400 and does not charge administration fee of  US$ 150)

 

June 25, 2007

Mobile broadband Course

United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI)

 

Traditional (5 days)

 English

Orientation: August 10

August 13 to 17   San Diego, California, USA

5 scholarships offered for economic class tickets. 

(USTTI offers one scholarship of  US$ 400 and does not charge administration fee of  US$ 150)

 

July 6, 2007

Sequence of courses on internet security   (Domain names and related Internet technology, protection of the infrastructure of national/development security policies, cybersecurity)

United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI)

Traditional (5 days)

 

English

 

Traditional: September 7

September 10 to 17. Washington, DC, USA

 

4 scholarships offered for economic class tickets. 

(USTTI offers one scholarship of US$ 400 and does not charge administration rate of  US$ 150)

 

August 3, 2007

Radio Spectrum Monitoring Techniques and Procedures

United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI)

Traditional (5 days)

 

English

 

Orientation: September 24

September 24 to 28. Columbia, Maryland. USA

 

1 scholarships offered for economic class tickets. 

(USTTI offers one scholarship of US$ 400 and does not charge administration rate of  US$ 150)

 

August 31, 2007

Fraud Prevention, Detection, and Control Techniques Course

Available only in Spanish

University Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

(Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas)

Distance learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

September 24 to November 2

15 scholarships offered for registration rate (US$ 200)

14 September 2007

Disaster Communications Management Course

United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI)

Sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Traditional (5 days)

 

English

 

Orientation:October 5

October 9 to 15 Washington DC, USA

6 scholarships offered in economic class tickets (USTTI offers a scholarship of US$ 400 and does no charge administration rate of US$ 150)

14 September 2007

TCP/IP Network

Available only in Spanish

 

National Telecommunications Administration of Uruguay

Distance learning (4 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

October 15 to November 9

30 scholarships  offered for registration rate (OAS=US$ 100, Centro & ITU =US$ 100)

21 September 2007

Implementation of aggregate ethernet/MPLS networks for rendering multiservice Course

Available only in Spanish

Engineering and Technology School of the Catholic University (Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnologías de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay)

Distance learning (5 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

October 15 to  November 16

15 scholarships offered for registration rate (US$ 200)

October 5, 2007

Balanced Scorecard for telecommunications companies Course (Complete command chart applied to telecommunications sector)

Available only in Spanish

 

Center of Excellence for the Americas Region of the International Telecommunication Union through CINTEL (Colombia)

Distance Learning (4 weeks)

 Spanish

 

November 5 to November 30

30 scholarships  offered for registration rate (OAS=US$ 100, Centro & ITU =US$ 100)

October 5, 2007

WiMax Networks—IEEE 802.16 Standard Course

Tecnological Institue of Buenos Aires (ITBA)

Distance learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish to English

 

November 5 to December 14

 

45 scholarships offered for registration rate.

  • 15 Scholarships from OAS US$ 200

  • 30 Scholarships from OAS =US$ 100 & Center & ITU =US$ 100

 

October 19, 2007

Broadband –ADSL technology Course

 

Available only in Spanish

Center for Technological Innovation of the Engineering School of Paraguay (Centro de Innovación Tecnológica de la Facultad de Ingeniería de Paraguay)

Traditional (5 days)

 

Spanish

 

November 19 to 23  Asunción, Paraguay

 

4 scholarships of tickets economy class offered. The Center will pay for lodging , lunch and medical insurance.

 

October 30, 2007

Design and Implementation of IP Networks Course

Available only in Spanish

Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería - Unidad Ejecutora 002 INICTEL-UNI (INICTEL-UNI)

Distance learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

November 12 to  December 21

 

15 scholarships offered for registration rate (US$ 200)

November 2, 2007

Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

Available only in Spanish

Universidad Blas Pascal (Cordoba, Argentina)

Distance learning (5 weeks)

 Spanish

November 12 to  December 14

 

30 scholarships  offered for registration rate (OAS=50%, Centro & ITU =50%)

November 2, 2007

Public Policies for Information and Communication technological sector (ICT)

Available only in Spanish

Central American Telecommunication Commission  (COMTELCA) - Honduras

Distance learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

October 15 to  November 9

 

15 scholarships offered for registration rate (US$ 200)

November 5, 2007

Balanced Scorecard application and follow-up Course (Supported in the Information and Communication Technology ICT)

Available only in Spanish

Center of Excellence for the Americas Region of the International Telecommunication Union through CINTEL (Colombia)

Distance Learning (4 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

December 3 to 14, 2007 and January 21 to February 15, 2008

 

30 scholarships  offered for registration rate (OAS=US$ 100, Centro & ITU =US$ 100)

November 5, 2007

Regulation and Standardization of Interconnection Course

Colombia Association of Engineers (ACIEM)

Distance learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

December 3 to 14, 2007 and January 21 to February 15, 2008

 

45 scholarships offered for registration rate.

  • 15 Scholarships from OAS US$ 200

  • 30 Scholarships from OAS =US$ 100 & Center & ITU =US$ 100

 

November 20, 2007

Fixed and Mobile services  convergence through IMS Course

Telecommunications National Administration of Uruguay (ANTEL)

Distance Learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

September 10  to October 19

 

45 scholarships offered for registration rate.

  • 15 Scholarships from OAS US$ 200

  • 30 Scholarships from OAS =US$ 100 & Center & ITU =US$ 100

 

Not announced yet

Risk Management in Technological Projects Course

Center of Excellence for the Americas Region of the International Telecommunication Union through CINTEL (Colombia)

Distance learning (4 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

September 10 to  October 5

 

30 scholarships offered for registration rate.

(OAS=US$ 100, Centro & ITU =US$ 100)

 

Not announced yet

Harmful Interference to Satellite Systems Course

Federal Commission of Telecommunications of Mexico (COFETEL) (Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones de México)

Traditional (5 days)

 

Spanish

 

Date to be confirmed México D.F., México

 

4 scholarships offered for economy class tickets

(SATMEX offers one scholarship of US$500 per beneficiary

 

Not announced yet

Transmission Media Course

Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

 

Distance Learning (6 weeks)

Spanish

 

Date to be confirmed

 

30 scholarships offered for registration rate. (OAS=US$ 175, Centro & ITU =US$ 175)

Not announced yet

Process in billing in the rendering of telecommunication services Course

University of Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas

 

Distance Learning (6 weeks)

 

Spanish

 

September 10 to October 19

 

30 scholarships offered for registration rate.

(OAS=US$ 100, Centro & ITU =US$ 100)

 

Not announced yet