Preliminary calendar of OAS/CITEL scholarships for Telecommunication training in the Americas’ region for 2008

Below, please find attached the Preliminary calendar of OAS/CITEL scholarships for Telecommunication training in the Americas’ region for 2008. The dates of the courses are to be confirmed. Please check the CITEL web site for the announcements.

Course	Offered By	Type of course, language, date	Number of scholarships
[1] Design and Implementation of IP Network Course	National Institute for Telecommunication Research and Training of Peru (INICTEL-UNI) (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Capacitación de Telecomunicaciones) (INICTEL-UNI)	Distance Learning (6 weeks) Spanish May 5 to June 13	15 scholarships  offered for registration rate (US$ 200)
[2] Implementation of  aggregate Ethernet/MPLS network for rendering of  multi-service Course	Engineering and Technology School of the Catholic University (Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnologías de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay)	Distance Learning (5 weeks) Spanish May 5 to June 6	15 scholarships offered for registration rate (US$ 200)
[3] E-government for Development: Strategies and Policies Course	United States Telecommunications Training Institute) (USTTI)	Traditional (2 weeks) English June 16 to 27 Washington, DC, USA	4 scholarships offered for economy class tickets. (USTTI offers a scholarship of US$ 400 and does not charge an administrative fee of US $150)
[4] Convergence of fixed / mobile through IMS Course	National Telecommunications Administration of Uruguay (ANTEL)  (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones de Uruguay)  (ANTEL)	Distance Learning (6 weeks) Spanish June 30 to August 8	15 scholarships offered for registration rate (US$ 200)
[5] Third-Generation  Wireless and Multimedia Systems / CDMA 450 Course	Center of Excellence for the Americas of the International Telecommunication Union	Distance Learning (4 weeks) Spanish June 30 to July 25	15 scholarships offered for registration rate (US$ 200)
[6] Internet Network Engineering Course	Center for Technological Innovation of the School of Engineering of Paraguay (Centro de Innovación Tecnológica de la Facultad de Ingeniería de Paraguay)	Traditional (5 days) Spanish July 14 o 18 Asunción, Paraguay	4 scholarships offered for economic class tickets. The center offers to pay for lodging, lunch and medical insurance.
[7] Public Policies for Information and Communication technological Sector (ICT) Course	Telecommunications Commission of Central America (COMTELCA) (Comisión de Telecomunicaciones de Centro América) (COMTELCA)	Distance learning (4 weeks) Spanish July 28 to August 22	15 scholarships  offered for registration rate (US$ 200)
[8] Wireless and Mobile Network Safety Course	Julio Garavito Colombian School of Engineering (Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería “Julio Garavito”)	Distance learning (4 weeks) Spanish July 28 to August 22	15 scholarships offered for registration fee (US$ 200)
[9] Fraud Prevention, Detection and Control of  Techniques Course	University Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas)	Distance learning (7 weeks) Spanish July 28 to September 12	15 scholarships offered for registration rate.  (US$ 200)
[10] Regulation and Standardization of Interconnection Course	Colombian Association of Engineers (ACIEM) (Asociación Colombiana de Ingenieros)	Distance Learning (6 weeks)  Spanish  August 18 to September 26	15 scholarships offered for registration rate.  (US$ 200)
[11] 3G-4G Technology Course	Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (ITBA) (Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires) (ITBA)	Distance Learning (5 weeks) Spanish September 29 to October 31	15 scholarships offered for registration rate.  (US$ 200)
[12] Integrated Managed Telecommunication Networks and Services Course	National Telecommunications Administration of Uruguay (ANTEL)  (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones de Uruguay)  (ANTEL)	Distance Learning (6 weeks) Spanish September 29 to November 7	15 scholarships offered for registration rate.  (US$ 200)
[13] ABC Costing System Applied to Connection Pricing Course	Engineering and Technology School of the Catholic University (Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnologías de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay)	Distance Learning (5 weeks) Spanish October 6 to November 7	15 scholarships offered for registration rate (US$ 200)
[14] Digital Cities Course	Center of Excellence for the Americas of the International Telecommunication Union	Distance Learning (4 weeks) Spanish October 6 to November 7	15 scholarships offered for registration rate (US$ 200)
[15] Applying 21st Century ICT in Emerging Markets Course	United States Telecommunications Training Institute) (USTTI)	Traditional (5 days) English October 6 to 10 Santa Clara, California,USA	4 scholarships offered for economy class tickets. (USTTI offers a scholarship of US$ 400 and does not charge an administrative fee of US $150)
[16] Satellite Networks – VSAT Course	National Institute for Telecommunication Research and Training of Peru (INICTEL-UNI) (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Capacitación de Telecomunicaciones) (INICTEL-UNI)	Distance Learning (7 weeks) Spanish November 3 to December 19	15 scholarships  offered for registration rate (US$ 200)
[17] Harmful Interference to Satellite Systems Course	Federal Commission of Telecommunications of Mexico (COFETEL) (Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones de México)	Traditional (5 days) Spanish Date to be confirmed México D.F., México	4 scholarships offered for economy class tickets. (SATMEX offers a scholarship of US$500 per beneficiary)