Submitter: CIFAL Shanghai Training Center, based in Shanghai, China.
Subcontractor: Same as above.
Priority area: Technical cooperation among developing countries.
Participating/beneficiary countries: 15 countries (Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Samoa, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Uruguay, and Zimbabwe).
PGTF input: US$ 27,000.
Other inputs: US$ 57,000.
Number: INT/19/K05.
Duration: Twelve (12) months.
Approval: 42nd Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 27 September 2018).
Completion: Final report submitted on 2 August 2021.
Impact: A training programme was organized in China aimed at facilitating the exchange of approaches for constructing informatization infrastructures in the context of urbanization. The training consisted of lectures, workshops and site visits with a view to identifying best practices on informatization development, recognize concrete ways on how to use information technology to promote urban development and exchange views on how to balance the environment and social development in the era of information, and deifine strategies that promote smart city development.

Final Report:

• INT-19-K05-FinalReport.pdf  *  [Language: English; Size: 1295KB]




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