Tajik capital hosts third regional forum “Digital Youth of Central Asia”

DUSHABE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- Yet another BarCamp format event will take place in Dushanbe.  The third regional forum titled “Digital Youth of Central Asia” will kick off in the Tajik capital on October 29.

The forum is organized by the Center for Information Communication Technologies under financial support of the Tajik Branch of Open Society Institute/Assistance Foundation (OSI/AF-Tajikistan).

The director of the Center for Information Communication Technologies, Talat Numanov, told reporters in Dushanbe on October 25 that more than 160 people will take part at the forum.  Participants are from different countries, but mainly from Tajikistan (more than 130 people), Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iran.

The main idea of the forum is to gather technically well-educated and active youth, and have them share ideas and experiences, create networks that will put the start for further mutual endeavors.

The partners in organization of the event are the Ministry of Education of Tajikistan, Independent School of Journalism “Tajikistan – 21st Century,” and the Branch of Moscow State University in Dushanbe.  The general partner is closed joint-stock company, TT-Mobile (MLT).

The event is taking part at the Branch of Moscow State University in Dushanbe and will last for three days.  The event participants will consider issues related to use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by youth of the region.  They will also discuss access to information, use of Internet in rural and border areas of Tajikistan, development of electronic media, blogging, development of web-resources, organization of information security and so forth.

A parallel program includes presentations and master-classes on use of ICTs in education, financial and health sectors, entrepreneurship, tourism, electronic commerce, etc.    

We will recall that similar forum took place in Dushanbe on December 5-6, 2009.