The international development community has recognized the role of ICT for knowledge-driven empowerment and economic growth, most prominently in the context of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and in Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). At the national level, the German Government has identified ICT as key enablers to increase impact in different development areas, such as education, health, private sector support and good governance.

Within this framework, InWEnt contributes its particular competencies – capacity development and international dialogue - to foster and sustain local applications of ICT for development purposes.

We believe that education, life-long learning, and exchange through national and international networks of expertise are key to achieve inclusive yet diversified knowledge societies worldwide. Up-to-date and relevant knowledge, as well as constant adaptation and innovation assume an important role in our world of rapidly changing technologies, societies and economies, powered by ICT.

Our focus, therefore, is to strengthen local professionals through skills-building and networking. Competent local actors are empowered to create new business models and ICT-enabled social initiatives, which ultimately lead to knowledge-driven social and economic development at the national, regional, and global level.

it@inwent and other ICT-related programs of InWEnt

The it@inwent program is part of the InWEnt division “Sustainable Business Development and Infrastructure.” In addition to the strategic pillars of the it@inwent programs, InWEnt uses e-Learning and online cooperation techniques for its own capacity development initiatives in almost all areas as well as develops e-Learning capacities of local partners. InWEnt offers trainings in the areas of modern media in vocational education, online journalism and e-governance.

[ICT-Products, as well as more information on all ICT-related programmes on the InWEnt website].

InWEnt - Capacity Building International - stands for the development of human resources and organizations through international cooperation. InWEnt’s training and dialogue services cater to managers, skilled and executive personnel, and decision-makers from business, politics, administration and civil society throughout the world. Reaching about 55,000 persons per year, InWEnt works together with partners in developing, transition and industrialized countries. The Federal Republic of Germany through its Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is InWEnt’s main shareholder. [About InWEnt]