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Call for Applications to join the Summer school on digital and green transitions in Maastricht Netherlands open to all Nationalities

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Closing Date: Ongoing

Call for Applications to join the Summer school on digital and green transitions in Maastricht, Netherlands open to all Nationalities

Overview

Training topics

E-Waste
Emergency telecommunication
Digital transformation

Event organizer(s)

United Nations University-Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Supported by Global Gateway

Description

This Summer school on digital and green transitions is designed to introduce participants to the concept of sustainable digital transformation through various subtopics, including emerging digital technologies, digital farming, and e-waste management. Participants will become proficient in the use of the terminology related to digital transformation and sustainability through lectures and interactive sessions. Additionally, they will explore academic literature covering topics such as emerging digital technologies, sustainable agriculture, digital farming, e-waste management, and the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and sustainability.

With the generous support of the Global Gateway initiative of the European Union, participation in this training is provided free of charge for selected applicants. This includes accommodation, meals, and extracurricular activities. Participants or their organizations will be responsible for covering their travel expenses to Maastricht, Netherland and if necessary visa application costs. Participants or their organizations are responsible for covering the costs of travel expenses to and from their home country to city, country as well as visa expenses and insurance.

Target population

The Summer school on digital and green transitions is an introductory training course targeted to government officials and policy makers working in digital transformation and sustainability globally.  The number of available places for this course is 30.

Entry requirements

This training course is open to participants that fulfil the following requirements:  

Education: Global Gateway require participants to have a completed BSc or BA (or equivalent) in Social Sciences (Economics, Public Policy) or a related discipline (e.g. Engineering, Political Science). 
Language: Fluency in English is required 
Job profile and country: Participants must be working on a topic related to digital transformation or sustainability.  
Government officials and policy makers from developing countries are highly encouraged to apply. 
Employees in other public and private as well as non-governmental entities working in the field of digital development and digital technology may also participate. 
Gender balance and geographic diversity will be observed. 
Selection will be done by the course organizers upon considering the above entry requirements in addition to the analysis of the application questionnaire and the recommendation / motivation letter of each applicant

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Apply the basic jargon necessary to discuss digital transformation issues; 
Describe the role that digital transformation may play in shaping the economy and society; 
Recognize sector-level specificities in the sources of digital transformation, and compare their consequences for practice and policy; 
Integrate digital transformation’s learnings in a current topic or issue from the participants’ workplace.

Methodology

The summer course offers the following activities: 

Introduction and goal setting session; 
Daily lectures; 
Daily interactive sessions; 
Peer-learning activities; 
Mandatory and optional reading materials; 
Closing session.

Readings: For each lecture, one to two compulsory readings are identified, complemented with a list of additional readings for the interested reader. Selected participants will have access to all reading materials through the ITU Academy platform. 

Financial support available

With the generous support of the Global Gateway initiative of the European Union, ITU will cover training costs, accommodation for 5 nights, meals and training activities.

Registration information

Unless specified otherwise, all ITU Academy training courses are open to all interested professionals, irrespective of their race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, economic status and other diverse backgrounds. ITU strongly encourage registrations from female participants, and participants from developing countries. This includes least developed countries, small island developing states and landlocked developing countries.