ESCWA inaugurates a Multi-Tasks Technology Center [Archives:2007/1058/Local News]

TAIZ, JUNE 9 ) An inauguration ceremony for the Multiple Task Technology Centre took place in Taiz at the headquarters of the Social Solidarity Association in coordination with the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

Dr Ali Abdullah Al-Shibani – President of the National Institutions Association and Industrial Companies, called upon transcending the success of courses to get acquainted with the young people and their needs.

Mansour Faraj – Head of the Training Center in the ESCWA, stated that the program started two years ago after obtaining fund from the Development Fund of the United Nations. He stressed on the importance of linking technology with the development process through information, industrial activities, and agricultural products.

Faraj added that the center has local marketing expertise to market its products and has created a labour market in rural areas, thereby helping to raise the pace of economic development of rural areas. He also stressed on the potential contribution of the center to the development of the handicraft industry through Internet marketing, international marketing, redistribution strategy, as well as vocational training.

The center comes as another step to Smart Groupings Project managed by the Division of Information Communication Technology in the ESCWA under the ESCWA initiatives designed to promote the use of new technologies to create employment opportunities and reduce poverty in the member countries. The project is partially funded by UNDP and is focusing on the Multi-Tasks Technology Center and the Industrial Unit for Food and Agricultural. It also aims at encouraging the use of computers and information technology, spreading new technology for development, reducing poverty, creating employment opportunities, supporting small and medium institutions, and achieving the millennium goals.
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