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Launch of the National e-Skills Dialogue
23 March 2009
"From Agrarian, Industrial to Information Society"
Minister of Communications, Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri invites media to the National e-Skills Dialogue Initiative to be held on Monday, 23 March 2009.
Details are as follows:
Venue: The Innovation Hub, opposite CSIR, Lynnwood, Pretoria
Date: Monday, 23 March 2009
Time: 10h00 to 12h00
There is a serious shortage of skills within the information communication technology (ICT) sector in South Africa. The National e-Skills Dialogue Initiative (NeSDI) is a first step in realising the objective of a fully operational Meraka e-Skills Institute by 2010.
In September 2008 the e-Skills Council submitted a comprehensive report, arguing that a national programme is urgently required to achieve a large scale improvement in the supply of those ICT skills for which there is a need in industry, but also in society generally.
The NeSDI will collaborate and engage with the spectrum of relevant role players from government, industry, social partners and academia in multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnerships for action.
Enquiries:
Joe Makhafola
Minister of Communications Spokesperson
Tel: 012 427 8010
Cell: 071 290 1735
E-mail: joe@doc.gov
Issued by: Department of Communications
23 March 2009
Source: Department of Communications (http://www.doc.gov.za)